Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] was [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we arrested people , if we arrested them and if they were in the police station for many hours , the only food that they were given was supplied by Weavers Restaurant , just inside Street . |
| 2 | A 30 minute equilibration period , during which the samples were discarded was followed by six hours of collection . |
| 3 | The god said that the place where their house and stable were built was plagued with evil influences . |
| 4 | However , the government 's threat to withhold payment on contracts with European companies if sanctions were imposed was discounted by many firms which had already encountered long delays in payment . |
| 5 | The ploughed field they were passing was speckled with brilliant-green shoots . |
| 6 | The selection procedure the forty-six weekenders were undergoing was devised in 1980 to recognize talent , wherever it came from . |
| 7 | Remembering that what we were experiencing was meant to be enjoyable left our wits spinning like a lawn sprinkler . |
| 8 | A UN helicopter attempting a reconnaissance mission to the area where the troops were seized was hit by Khmer Rouge gunfire on Dec. 2 . |
| 9 | But Suzy said there were all kinds of awards young people could get , particularly if what they were doing was connected with conservation — I was really surprised . |
| 10 | What you were doing was heading for the exit ! ’ |
| 11 | All they were doing was waiting for their Dad . |
| 12 | The report that I commissioned to get a debate going on why some schools were failing was commissioned from three people whose expertise has not been challenged and nor , as far as I know , have most of their conclusions . |
| 13 | The narrow road they were following was overhung with oak and chestnut trees , their interlaced branches letting through thin , bright shafts of light that flickered and danced over the car as it passed underneath . |
| 14 | A junction where judgments were required was signalled by the experimenter sounding a tone when the vehicle was at the centre of the junction . |
| 15 | So it was that the agreement on which the first National Government was formed was ignored by the King , who granted a dissolution under conditions which broke both the letter and the spirit of the agreement . |
| 16 | The time for which the oesophageal pH was below 4 and 5 after the meal was consumed was calculated as a percentage of the total postprandial recording time . |
| 17 | But his plea for a four-month stay on the sewage ban while this search was completed was dismissed by David Mazzone , the federal judge overseeing the clean-up project , and rejected by a federal appeals court . |
| 18 | Each house as it was completed was allotted to a member either by ballot or auction . |
| 19 | The way it was arranged was indicated by Lady Grisell : |
| 20 | The cost at the time the system was developed was estimated at about the same as the salary of one personnel officer — for one year — without the costs of an office , car or secretary that the officer would need . |
| 21 | This suggests that learning where the food was hidden was restricted to group fixed . |
| 22 | No hint of what was to come was given at that meeting on 20 February . |
| 23 | Yes the particular item that was deleted was known as the combat override facility which erm was really a trade off erm to provide extra thrust against the reduced life of the engine and clearly if one operates at the top end of the engine spectrum in er hotter conditions and higher er R P M then clearly the life of the engine will be reduced . |
| 24 | The New Mills public library from which the Mackie collection was discarded was paid for by Carnegie . |
| 25 | By not giving this to Athena , the Athenians were tactfully declining to cream off the best for the national goddess , thereby showing that all tribute that was collected was needed for utilitarian purposes . |
| 26 | ‘ What was done was done for Ireland , ’ said Dierdriu . |
| 27 | Rigid solids are much harder to get hold of in tension and so for a long time such testing as was done was confined to compression and bending . |
| 28 | Instead , the sketch was clear only in his and the director 's minds , and what was done was to begin in the limited area , biology and geology . |
| 29 | They had a passion for clothes , and every particular of how a dress or coat was made was studied in the most minute detail . |
| 30 | The parcel of land on which this house was built was mentioned in Domesday Book . |