Example sentences of "[noun] were [verb] [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When at last he spoke , the words were spat out in sharp interrogation . |
| 2 | He thought it fortunate that improvements in male characteristics were passed on in some measure to women , otherwise the man would have become as superior in mental endowment to women as the peacock is in plumage to the peahen . |
| 3 | Large squares were laid out in many city centres . |
| 4 | Repairs to the existing masonry were carried out in matching brickwork and the purpose-made joinery of new windows and external doors has been retained in its natural colour under a clear sealant , rather than being painted , which might have detracted from the mellow textures of the renovated building ( Plate 51 ) . |
| 5 | Openings for quarrels were bubbling up in several places in the 1730s . |
| 6 | Two candidates were put up in each of three boroughs , Bethnal Green , Limehouse , and Shoreditch , for the LCC elections of March 1937 . |
| 7 | All subjects were followed up in 1982 . |
| 8 | IT says a lot for the African National Congress in South Africa that , after their supporters were gunned down in cold blood at the beginning of the week , they are still prepared to talk peace . |
| 9 | Over 100 homes of Aristide supporters were burnt down in rural areas . |
| 10 | When the ‘ phoney war ’ ended and British aircraft were shot down in larger numbers , the camp became too small to hold all aircrew prisoners . |
| 11 | Both endoscopic ultrasound and computed tomography were carried out in all patients . |
| 12 | The two trials were carried out in adjacent populations in West Africa ; one looked in detail at the effect of vitamin A supplementation on morbidity and the other at its effect on mortality . |
| 13 | The last time Cuban exiles were allowed back in large numbers , during a goodwill period in the late 1970s , the country nearly collapsed in shock at the wealth they brought in their luggage . |
| 14 | Even the ever-amiable Roger Moore fell out with Broccolli after discovering that secret auditions to find a replacement for Moore as Bond were carried out in 1980 . |
| 15 | In fact the hade of Fleming 's Vein is nowhere regular as the miners were to find out in due course . |
| 16 | 12 Finished Wallow barrow & Hawes water so that the thirty plates were got through in 36 days or 5 weeks . |
| 17 | The innings lost momentum when Willey and Larkins were run out in quick succession , and as the final over began 15 were still needed . |
| 18 | Both guitars share Mr. Donahue 's preferred neck profile , medium-deep and noticeably ‘ V ’ shaped , not unlike the ones Fender were turning out in late ‘ 56 and ‘ 57 . |
| 19 | Surging mergers and acquisitions — £21 billion ( $33 billion ) worth of British companies were taken over in 1989 , compared with £6.3 billion five years earlier . |
| 20 | Hens and geese were picking around in two small haystacks and fleets of tiny yellow chickens were half hidden beneath some planking and under the foundations of some rickety sheds . |
| 21 | Other teams from Edinburgh , Glasgow and Strathclyde were knocked out in earlier heats , while St Andrews University pulled out of the contest . |
| 22 | The " Green Con " awards were set up in 1989 to highlight bogus claims to environmental worthiness made by business . |
| 23 | Lesbian and Gay-Men 's Sub-Committees were set up in such a way as to give a high level of representation to people from outside the council 's structure , and to ensure that their voices could be heard . |
| 24 | Pain and need were rising up in equal measure to swamp him , and he knew he did n't have what it took to turn away from her . |
| 25 | Some new auditing ideas were laid out in 1989 . |
| 26 | Local Marine Boards were set up in all main ports and a Shipping Master appointed by each to take administrative responsibility for masters ' and mates ' examinations and the business of engaging and discharging seamen under pain of penalty for " crimping " and other similar offences . |
| 27 | The same basic principles were backed up in Old Testament law and , in the New Testament , reinforced by Jesus himself . |
| 28 | And quite big families were brought up in some of these houses with only two bedrooms . |
| 29 | Intake of potentially hepatotoxic drugs , intravenous drug addiction and previous blood transfusions were ruled out in all patients . |
| 30 | House searches were carried out in 40 locations throughout Germany , and firearms , ammunition and neo-Nazi propaganda seized . |