Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [verb] in [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a story about an old man who was called in by a factory to fix their ancient boiler , which had ground to a halt . |
| 2 | She realised with a slight shock that she was staring straight at a man who was looking in through the shop window , staring back . |
| 3 | Djohar , 72 , who was sworn in for a six-year term on March 20 , was a former President of the Supreme Court and had served as interim President since the assassination of President Ahmed Abdallah Abderrahman in November 1989 [ see p. 37033 ] . |
| 4 | This was given , then I said ‘ You were the gentleman who was brought in from the ‘ Cock ’ are you not ? ’ |
| 5 | Speakers were David Snow of BP Bitor ( the company which imports and markets the fuel from Venezuela ) , Peter Taylor from the Oil Pollution Research Unit at Fort Popton , Dr Clive Morgan , also from Fort Popton but who was drafted in at the last minute to play the part of National Power Plc , and finally Gordon James of Narberth Friends of the Earth . |
| 6 | This was bad luck on Helga , who got drunk with an American soldier and was not allowed to forget it , and on Hildegard , who was taken in by the police when she was seen talking to an ex-convict , but worked in favour of Martin , who made quite a business out of playing cards for money but who was judged ‘ on the whole to be doing no worse than any other boy of his age in his particular Position ’ . |