Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [was/were] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She almost asked whether he had not been there the previous Friday but stopped , unsure whether he had forgotten or was deliberately misleading her . |
| 2 | I suspect the King was surrounded and was lightly wounded by arrows . |
| 3 | They became scapegoats for crimes committed and were widely bruited as potential subversives . |
| 4 | Other reasons given for not doing courses were varied and were only cited a small number of times . |
| 5 | The materials were broken down and thoroughly mixed and were then led into a " back " where the slurry remained for several weeks while the water was gradually drained off . |
| 6 | It was reported to him that Lizzy 's hair was still golden , but his MSS book stank ; it had to be disinfected and was eventually burned . |
| 7 | But the coroner added that the water system had since been disinfected and was now cleaned out regularly . |
| 8 | I found myself superseded by much younger men , and so resigned and was duly pensioned off . |
| 9 | He had twice been badly wounded and was still hobbling around with a stick when he was given command of Fort Vaux , the smallest of the forts ringing Verdun but crucial to the defence of the important Fort Souville . |
| 10 | Along the inland , mostly mountainous boundary , despite the efforts of the joint delimitation commission , much remained to be clarified and was still causing difficulties in 1980 . |
| 11 | The wheel was never repaired and was eventually broken up for scrap . |
| 12 | Obviously , the Government share the hon. Gentleman 's pleasure at the fact that the liquidator may well be working out an arrangement with the main shareholders that would mean BCCI 's creditors possibly getting a considerably greater return on what they are owed than was previously thought possible . |
| 13 | One evening Leopold Zborowski , a Polish poet , came to look at the modern paintings exhibited and was immediately taken by Modigliani 's remarkable talent . |
| 14 | Some members of staff at the school felt that it had suffered and was still suffering from the effects of the reorganization . |
| 15 | The evidence from elsewhere in America and Britain is that exhibitors increasingly took the masses for granted and were always investing in better and better cinemas so as to hang on to the more respectable lower middle-class audience . |
| 16 | Markby asked twice if she were cold and she knew he 'd noticed and was politely trying to find out what was wrong . |
| 17 | It may be possible to reconcile the seismic evidence with fractured rock beneath the lava , which is no more than a few kilometres thick , particularly if the first few sheets that flowed were heavily fractured and were then covered by the sheets we see today . |
| 18 | Field meetings and other services were arranged and were well attended . |
| 19 | Perhaps the woman had already met Jesus previously , had changed her immoral life , in so doing had realised that her sins had been forgiven and was now showing gratitude for this . |
| 20 | Mr Nellis was also treated and was later released . |
| 21 | One must be careful not to sentimentalise : more detailed anthropological studies would be needed to see how far this respect was diluted as frailty advanced or was ritually accorded , without substance . |
| 22 | At times I feel a wee bit guilty having returned home to Scotland all in one piece , when so many of my friends have died or were badly injured . |
| 23 | Normally , married women only applied for re-admission to the union and thus to the trade ( which was not granted automatically ) when their husbands had either died or were severely incapacitated . |
| 24 | The village school attended by my father was a Church school : it had been founded and was originally funded by the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church ( was there ever a more eloquent title ? ) . |
| 25 | Following a meeting of the National Examinations Board of Embalmers on 19th October 1990 , which was attended by representatives from the National Education Committee and Tutors Guild , a report was produced and was also published in The Embalmer . |
| 26 | Jefferson , whose eloquence on the theme of natural equality is constantly reiterated and was even written into the American Declaration of Independence , remained a slave owner to the end of his life . |
| 27 | Ultra pure gases were used and were further purified prior to entry into the chromatograph using the following filters ; oxyfilter , moisture filter and charcoal filter ×2 ( Chrompack , London , UK ) . |
| 28 | One crew member ejected but was later found drowned , the other did not eject and died in the crash . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , the Department said later that the documents were not illegally leaked but were inadvertently sent to the Press Association because the two fax numbers were similar and the operator had mistakenly hit a wrong key . |
| 30 | Our plane landed and was immediately surrounded by children from the school , although the arrival of aircraft is no great novelty in the many villages in the region that have an airstrip but no access by road . |