Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] in the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor , even if full-time , did they typically do the same type or level of paid work as that performed by the men who were included in the employers ' pension schemes . |
| 2 | All the doors were closed in the owners ' sleeping cars ( there were almost no open sections in those ) , the inhabitants there having the habit of privacy . |
| 3 | The League and Central League trophies , for the first time held by one club , decked with blue and white ribbons , were displayed in the directors ' box and carried round the field at half-time . |
| 4 | His first years in government were spent in the Whips ' Office , where he was schooled in the importance of ensuring that all interests were taken into account . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , but we played better when I went off ! ’ he said , referring to the fact that Dale were camped in the opponents ' penalty area in the final half hour . |
| 6 | A total of 135 cases were observed in the magistrates ' courts : 46 Blacks ; 7 Asians ; and 82 Whites . |
| 7 | About half of the Blacks and Whites were tried in the magistrates ' courts and one-fifth of the Asians ( see Table 3 ) . |
| 8 | They were convicted in the magistrates ' court , but appealed successfully to the Divisional Court on the ground that the question whether their obstruction had been reasonable had not been adequately considered . |
| 9 | The prison kitchen was located in the short-termers ' compound . |
| 10 | The incumbent President , Arístides Maria Pereira , was defeated in the islands ' first free presidential elections on Feb. 17 . |
| 11 | He was apprenticed in the Grocers ' Company of London in May 1634 . |
| 12 | Jane Stuart died in Wisbech 12 September 1742 and was buried in the Friends ' burial ground there . |
| 13 | The handsome and sombre costumes , historically accurate , are relieved by colour only in the auto-da-fe , which seemed to belong to another production and signally failed to make the flesh creep , even when the fire was lit in the victims ' underground cage . |
| 14 | It was kept in the ladies ' waiting room and was used by staff and their families , and by stranded passengers . |
| 15 | The function was held in the Bankers ' Club on Thursday 8th April 1993 . |