Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 After all , don' forget Brett wuz handicapped by bein' injured before they fought that night . ’
2 From the mobility of each polypeptide of the expressed proteins on SDS-PAGE , the M.wt. of r74s containing the C-terminal sequence down to the 435th , 356th , 256th , 205th , 136th and 73rd amino acid were calculated to be 74 , 62 , 32 , 27 , 21 and 16kDa , respectively .
3 During the placebo experiments basal serum gastrin was 10 ( 1 ) pM , meal stimulated serum gastrin values peaked at 54 ( 4 ) pM , while integrated meal stimulated serum gastrin responses were calculated to be 157 ( 13 ) pM/hour ( Figs 1–3 ) .
4 Of course , SERPS rights had to be forfeited , but for younger people these were calculated to be worth much less than the personal pension could offer .
5 Ungar ( 1973 ) alleges that the test results on which Merrell secured permission from the Federal Drug Administration to market the chemical substance were proven to be ‘ doctored ’ , thus concealing the extent to which the company knew of the drug 's adverse side-effects .
6 Very few pagan cemeteries were in use throughout the period , and those that were tend to be the large examples in eastern England which may have been centralised depositories , not belonging to individual settlements .
7 Those who , like Newman Hall , let Gothic design take over , were criticized for being imitative and for demeaning the sermon .
8 I can not understand why our pigs were criticized for being too fat because the meat was so sweet and tender , almost like chicken .
9 More seriously , the proposed authorities were criticized for being too large and too remote .
10 We were taught to be polite and pleasant . ’
11 We were taught to be thrifty .
12 Whereas the men , the men were taught to be more tidy erm although let me say this that er if you asked Jimmy who was an old established fitter in Brothers , where you would find a certain item , you know , in the fitting department , er he could go and get it , erm but er when the new system was invoked er everybody knew that they were stored either you know to the north of the department or to the south or whatever .
13 Most of those leaving the cities have had to buy their way out if they wanted to live in environmentally more-attractive areas that , particularly in the south of England and — to some extent — increasingly elsewhere , were proving to be the most economically active .
14 The support operations in the gilt-edged market were proving to be an awkward commitment for the authorities .
15 It is to these factors , rather than to artillery itself , that we should turn if we wish to see which arms were proving to be of the greatest significance in the war .
16 The increase in the dividend and presumably the optimistic implication about the bank 's future earning ability or the possibility that past investment policies were proving to be injudicious ?
17 But the first public glimpses of the charter were proving to be a disappointment .
18 This period around 1967 was the time of the big change-over in the airline business from piston engines to jets , so it was clear that the programme I had selfishly pursued for my own good was in fact a proper course to follow for all Ops inspectors if they were to continue to be able to do their work effectively .
19 These pointed fingers were adjusted to be my guide and , apart from the very ends of each cut , were quite reliable .
20 But if a voidable disposition were registered before being avoided , I would doubt whether the register could be rectified under paragraph ( d ) , even if the disposition were voidable on account of fraud .
21 Another tradition has it that the knockers are afraid of the sign of the cross , an idea which probably stems from the legend which says that knockers are the GHOSTS of the Jews who took part in the crucifixion of Jesus and were punished by being sent to work in the mines .
22 If he lost , the saints were to leave Cornwall ; and if he won , the giants were to consent to being baptised .
23 Moreover , the SPOs — who were intended to be the key link between ‘ bottom-up ’ development and strategic planning — had large managerial responsibilities and were grafted on to the developmental CMHT model rather than being key initiators of it .
24 It is difficult to achieve truly three-dimensional accuracy with this method , but mathematical precision was not a prime requirement in Roman commissions , most of which were intended to be displayed in a setting with a restricted angle of view .
25 Some of the castings were intended to be worn as pendants , some were decorations for staffs , while others were vessels .
26 UDCs were intended to be merely pump-primers to bring in the private sector , which after a time would be reduced as private sector finance took over .
27 The mystery plays were originally known as the Corpus Christi Play ; the use of the singular ‘ play ’ indicated they were intended to be seen as a whole , while Corpus Christi refers to the holy day on which they were performed .
28 As delivered , Nos. 36–45 and 56–60 were mounted on Mountain & Gibson 7 ft. 6 in. 21EM trucks , which were intended to be a copy of the Brill 21E design in defiance of American patents .
29 He also found that on their face , the memoranda were intended to be immediately effective documents .
30 The Independent Companies were intended to be a ship-based force slipping ashore to harass German communications and cut the supply line of Swedish ore , but they often fought as infantry because the Allies had no other troops available ; an unavoidable reason for deploying special forces in this role in Norway .
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