Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of coins were thrown into the guitar case and some of them were pounds . |
| 2 | A number of investigations were undertaken into the scale and direction of Partnership funding during the late 1970s ( Hall , 1978 ; Nabarro , 1980 ; Lawless , 1981a ) . |
| 3 | Hundreds of workers were brought into the area from London . |
| 4 | On 23 October a truck containing 12,000 pounds of explosives was driven into the US Marine 's barrack compound and detonated with the driver still at the wheel , killing 241 servicemen . |
| 5 | Norilsk , a metal smelting centre in eastern Siberia , has the most polluted air : 2.34 million tonnes of pollutants were pumped into the city 's air in 1988 . |
| 6 | According to President Yeltsin 's environmental adviser , a total of one million tonnes of pollutants were released into the air last year — equivalent to 130 kg per person . |
| 7 | The bag of stones was thrown into the air . |
| 8 | Home Office requirements for alterations were incorporated into the refurbishment design . ’ |