Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] were [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight of my men were killed in the pile-up . ’ |
| 2 | My hands were trailing in the water . |
| 3 | His original mind and interests in music , linguistics and the human voice led him to study the problems of deaf education and to invent " The New Sign Language , " in which every sign was a pantomimic version of the spoken word and in which signs were made in the same order and in the same sequel as the words of normal speech . |
| 4 | Surprisingly few big names have gone under , which may prove what many long suspected : that their products were over-priced in the first place . |
| 5 | Prior to the setting up of the CIVC , the single most effective body responsible for guarding the quality of Champagne today , a decree was passed on 28 September 1935 creating an inter-professional organisation called the Commission Spéciale de la Champagne , which soon became known as the Commission de Châlons because its meetings were held in the Prefecture ( the administrative centre ) at Châlons-sur-Marne . |
| 6 | The second reason for urban bias was the fact that the radio broadcasters themselves lived in the towns : the people who spoke to them and commented on their programmes were living in the same environment . |
| 7 | Both their cars were stolen in the space of three days . |
| 8 | Two sales staff employed in the Watford office remained in that area as their clients were based in the south of the country . |
| 9 | Her words were lost in the sound of grinding gears , and the car leaped away from the sidewalk , knocking Mrs Frizzell 's hat askew and leaving her mouthing furiously at nobody . |
| 10 | Not only did farms become larger and more specialized , but village craftsmen — millers , blacksmiths , carpenters , wheelwrights , bakers , and cobblers — were squeezed out as their trades were concentrated in the towns . |
| 11 | Whatever the Navy 's intentions , their shells were landing in the Commando positions and causing some havoc . |
| 12 | She stood for a moment looking at them , and saw how their heads were tilted in the listening attitudes of forest creatures , how their ears were pricked , and how their eyes were bright and intelligent . |
| 13 | ’ Her eyes were slitted in the gathering dusk , but her voice was clear . |
| 14 | She began to slowly pull back , but her eyes were trapped in the sudden , melting caress in his gaze . |
| 15 | When pulled tight it effectively secured her to the bench , and as it passed behind her knees , so her legs were strapped in the position where her feet were above her head . |
| 16 | Some of her designs were included in the 1857 Pre-Raphaelite exhibition in Russell Square . |
| 17 | They would have been less well advised to move from temporary obligation to redemption if they had had to wait for the money which the peasants owed them , but the government realized that peasants were in no position to redeem their obligations overnight and advanced most of the money to which nobles were entitled in the form of interest-bearing bonds . |
| 18 | Both her parents were sitting in the living room reading . |
| 19 | Their guests were assembling in the open-air piazza below . |
| 20 | Their reservations were voiced in the run-up to the 44th annual joint meeting of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank on Sept. 26-28 , 1989 , in Washington [ for which see p. 36908 ] . |
| 21 | Her poems were appearing in the Bath Journal by 1749 under the name of ‘ Sylvia ’ . |
| 22 | Their days were spent in the makeshift hospital . |
| 23 | RAILWAYS : British Rail 's problem is that most of its structures were built in the last century . |
| 24 | Their riches were stored in the banks under private accounts and then they were brought through Czechoslovakia and East Germany into the Soviet Union . ’ |
| 25 | Their favoured residences and , therefore , their itineraries were centred in the north . |
| 26 | Their demands were to have a radical effect on British livestock on a national basis and a massive trade developed in which cattle were reared in the more remote northern and western regions , sent in droves to fatten on grass and turnips in the Midlands , Norfolk , Essex , Hertfordshire , Middlesex and Surrey , and thence to London 's slaughterhouses in due course . |
| 27 | Lining us up on the waste ground behind our barrack block , he had made the original offenders climb a pine tree until their bodies were jammed in the lower branches . |
| 28 | The next morning their bodies were found in the tub where they had fallen asleep . |
| 29 | But they had not been destroyed by the explosion : bewilderingly , their bodies were found in the garden some distance from the house , and they had obviously been strangled . |
| 30 | While thousands of miles away her countrymen were revelling in the celebrations for Australia 's 200th anniversary , she enjoyed the historic sights of a country with a slightly richer heritage . |