Example sentences of "[vb pp] were [det] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Tropical Plants experts as the team was to be called were all seen tending the plants throughout the shopping centre . |
| 2 | Those who had their immunity waived were all noted parliamentary figures : Carlo Tognoli ( PSI ) , the Minister of Tourism in the previous government , two other PSI members Paolo Pillitteri and Renato Massari , Antonio Del Pennino from the Italian Republican Party and Gianni Cervetti from the Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS , formerly the Communist Party of Italy ) . |
| 3 | The Mayor of Liverpool opened an appeal to assist them , and the eight men against whom a " true bill " was ultimately found were all discharged on agreeing to enlist in the Navy for war service . |
| 4 | The only muniments which had been catalogued were those dating from before about 1650 . |
| 5 | The day from which the Romans calculated and the day to be designated were both included , for example , 2 January was designated ante diem IV Non . |
| 6 | but those left were all spoken for . |
| 7 | planned were all despised . |
| 8 | Specifically mentioned were those connected with anti-war movements , especially those demonstrating against American involvement in Vietnam . |