Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] were [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 They became scapegoats for crimes committed and were widely bruited as potential subversives .
2 Other reasons given for not doing courses were varied and were only cited a small number of times .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 Field meetings and other services were arranged and were well attended .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 ) .
10 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 .
11 All four men escaped but were later arrested .
12 The ‘ Leather 's Patent Ventilators ’ between the opening lights projected and were gradually removed .
13 Most of the programs Carter proposed either were never passed or were drastically rewritten by Congress . ’
14 Barges of Lee 's fleet were always well maintained and were never over-loaded .
15 The claims of increased activity were disputed but were apparently confirmed by the absence of those traditional indicators of NHS inactivity — hospital beds temporarily closed as a year end cost saving exercise .
16 The casual attitude may be related to the observation that the children were rarely changed and were often left in wet nappies .
17 They could not enter the church , were excommunicated and were never to eat meat .
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