Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had as much right to be there as I , and I was in no position to judge what benefits they were deriving from their experiences , beyond a developed attraction towards pyromania . |
| 2 | As the trio grew up , so the hurts piled up until they were stacked upon them like old 78 records , each playing the same dreary old repetitive tune . |
| 3 | She read her books with an intense concentration — and she learned what Johnny had to do , and of the terrible odds that were stacked against him ; for as she , in her time , moved towards the middle of July , she knew that , for Johnny , it was August ; and in one of her books she learned that it was in August , between the 8th and the 15th , that the most heavily concentrated forces of enemy bombers had been sent against the military installations , and the ports and airfields of Britain . |
| 4 | In terms of power relations , the odds were stacked against him . |
| 5 | But Leeds was where England beat us and I felt that , after the row at Old Trafford , the odds were stacked against us up there . |
| 6 | As control families were traced through their general practitioner with the facilities offered by the central register , families who emigrated before the study began ( five ) and those whose current family health services authority was not recorded ( five ) or incorrectly recorded ( 11 ) were replaced by the next eligible control in the series . |
| 7 | A number of recent kidnappings were traced to its labyrinthine streets and alleys . |
| 8 | The words were propelled at them like stones from a sling : a direct hit would have killed a bear . |
| 9 | One of the young men had been hurt in a demonstration and his clothes were spattered with his blood . |
| 10 | This rule proved too severe for the courts and exceptions were developed to it . |
| 11 | If this notion of integration were developed within our total society , the mentally handicapped would cease to be regarded as a race apart . |
| 12 | After they died , many kung fu systems were developed by their students , and over the next few hundred years more branches of these styles , barely recognizable from the original forms , came into being . |
| 13 | If any memorials were erected at their burials , as at Crosthwaite , none remain today . |
| 14 | We were continually answering questions and giving away pre-decimal coins , badges and keyrings to young children , who were fascinated by our finds . |
| 15 | She felt almost naked , as if she were parading in her chemise . |
| 16 | On 9 December the long-haired devotee of the Beatles ' ‘ White Album ’ , Charles Manson , and five of his followers were indicted for their murder . |
| 17 | The side which lost were reprimanded for their weakness ; the side which won could have anything they wanted from new horses to new leaders . |
| 18 | Terms were arranged on which the petition might be withdrawn upon payment of £3,000 . |
| 19 | When he became Minister of the Interior and thus boss of the Securitate , its various intelligence activities and methods were explained to him . |
| 20 | I particularly enjoyed long evening discussions with Lance , whose meticulous methods and ambitions in broadcasting were explained in his book ‘ The Stuff of Radio ’ , which he sent me on his return to London , together with a copy of his novel , ‘ The Perfect Witch ’ . |
| 21 | As a complete neophyte in this area , I attempted to establish the criteria according to which some languages were listed under their language families while others had separate entries . |
| 22 | Such a pair belonged to Sir William Ingleby of Ripley , Yorkshire , in 1617 and were listed in his inventory as ‘ shipp sawceres ’ . |
| 23 | They were listed in your original list on fifteen . |
| 24 | Finally , two officers were mauled by their own subject . |
| 25 | The two huge spikes were rammed into his body . |
| 26 | He became aware that men were scheming against him and therefore summoned a council of gods . |
| 27 | As sessions were completed by me , a series of certificates of competence was signed for . |
| 28 | The results of these labours over a period of fifty years were many papers and five influential books , the last two of which were completed by his son . |
| 29 | ( Indeed , the anti-vivisectionists were allowed a small but notable coup on this score : Sue Crowshaw , badly disabled by rheumatoid arthritis , made a moving speech denying scientists the right to claim they were experimenting on her behalf . ) |
| 30 | The two women had barely crossed the threshold before they were halted in their tracks . |