Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] in [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although most Panamanians will welcome the departure of General Noriega , the fact that their new President was sworn in by a US army general at a US army base is likely to colour perceptions of the new government . |
| 2 | Then a motorcyclist was brought in on a blue light , a dispatch rider who had been burning along the Norwich road and hit a patch of oil . |
| 3 | I 'll wager the Young Pretender was invited in for a Grolsch on his way back from a cave . |
| 4 | The question was sent in by a viewer and ran as follows : ‘ Will Mr Kinnock , if he becomes Prime Minister , return the Elgin Marbles to Athens ? ’ |
| 5 | Our era was ushered in with a reminder that the flood remained not entirely tamed . |
| 6 | The international civil rights group was called in by a province-wide body of Protestant community leaders , the Ulster Community Action Network ( UCAN ) . |
| 7 | Curator Maryan Ainsworth of the Metropolitan Museum is quick to note that , ‘ The thorny problem of underdrawings and workshop practice in , for example , the works of Lucas Cranach and his circle is not easily resolved through underdrawing analysis , since in many cases , the picture was drawn in with a non-carbon substance , like iron-gall brown ink , that is not penetrated by infra-red , and is invisible on the reflectogram screens . |
| 8 | A tame rabbit was brought in with a large abscess about the size of an egg on its cheek . |
| 9 | Raimondo , the designer , was frantic ; an oil-rich sheikh was coming in for a private showing with his wives . |
| 10 | A copy of the catalogue of this exhibition was sent in by a reader recently and it is quite mind-blowing to read what a wealth of aircraft and engines were on display : |
| 11 | In addition to all this , during the holiday period a newly bought fifteen foot wide Axminster spool gripper loom was lifted in by a seventy ton crane , and now awaits assembly . |
| 12 | This is a hybrid case in Banbury erm the opting out legislation was brought in for a specific purpose . |
| 13 | The legal cloak given to the US action by the formal request for US assistance by the new government of President Guillerm Endara is not convincing , since the government was sworn in on a US military base with a US general standing by . |
| 14 | Simone 's boutique was nestled in between a shoe shop and a jewellery shop . |
| 15 | The sunshine was pouring in through a high window on the right , warming a square of the dark red polished floor and making the rest of the room look gloomy by comparison . |
| 16 | Thus the composition was blocked in on a warm basis , over which he would lay a series of glazes . |
| 17 | Wycliffe was booked in at a hotel on the waterfront , up river from the wharf and facing the village of Flushing across a narrow stretch of water . |
| 18 | Before the site became part of a private country park the building was lived in by a local tenant farmer named Mrs Hollington . |
| 19 | Monaru was bought in for a course record of 11,500 gns after winning the Carlsberg Selling Hurdle but Pipe had no complaints and said : ‘ People do n't have to run in sellers if they do n't want to . |
| 20 | By October most of the crew of Valiant had seen enough of the west coast and the weather was closing in with a distinct wintry look . |