Example sentences of "attention was [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I walked some way behind Jean-Claude on the narrow path that skirted the woods and lost sight of him when my attention was diverted to a shadowy path in the trees . |
| 2 | Willie 's attention was drawn to a small brown bird in one of the hedgerows . |
| 3 | At the latest meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council attention was drawn to a recent accident in Lower Dolphinholme when a child was knocked off his bicycle by a car which failed to stop . |
| 4 | But her attention was drawn to a flashing neon sign mounted on a large metal box standing in the centre of the room : |
| 5 | His attention was drawn to a red circle which had been drawn in the Business Section with the name JUDAS scrawled in large block capitals . |