Example sentences of "[verb] [be] [verb] in [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However much a politician might desire to avoid involvement in the collectorship contests , it was virtually impossible to escape being drawn in if the friends were involved . |
| 2 | In spite of the charter having been called in and the old Puritan ruling party apparently crushed , he rapidly attained considerable influence , as was sourly noted by the ardently imperialistic customs official , Edward Randolph [ q.v . ] . |
| 3 | Redpath had been called in because the body on the mud had been reported by P.C. Clifford from a land-based patrol car , but whether it was properly a land or a river matter was a moot point . |
| 4 | Patrick had been called in when the man had threatened his team with a baseball bat . |
| 5 | His skull had been kicked in and the dark blood seeped out , mingling with the grey sludge of his brains . |
| 6 | The old Theatre Royal in Dunlop Street soon followed , and it seemed that a new age had been ushered in as the gas light glinted on the crystal chandeliers and the illuminati of Glasgow clustered like moths about a bundle of bunsen-burners . |
| 7 | Black 's surf and Neil Young fascinations had been taken in when The Beach Boys ' ‘ I Know There 's An Answer ’ and ‘ Youngy 's Fuckin' ’ Up ’ played on the PA before his entrance . |
| 8 | Black 's surf and Neil Young fascinations had been taken in when The Beach Boys ' ‘ I Know There 's An Answer ’ and ‘ Youngy 's Fuckin' ’ Up ’ played on the PA before his entrance . |
| 9 | And er this divided this street into two but at probably a number of years before , it had been tunnelled in and the top part of the street was called Street and there , there was a slight hill run down to . |
| 10 | Orders have been flooding in since the offer started last week , so make sure you 're not last on the block to get your hands on what is not only THE ALBUM OF THE YEAR , but THE BARGAIN OF THE YEAR . |