Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [vb pp] in [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the pictures were made in something like six or eight weeks . |
| 2 | I think you were sort of there to , and then you see you , you 've got to remember that all our lectures were taken in our off duty time . |
| 3 | Great holes were torn in it by the German machine guns and shrapnel , but with a discipline that would have honoured the Old Guard , it closed ranks . |
| 4 | The major bus undertakings and the UndergrounD railways ( including the Metropolitan ) were also taken over on that day , and the minor bus operators were drawn in one at a time later , but the main line railway companies ( including their suburban services ) were excluded . |
| 5 | Workmen 's and Schoolchildren 's tickets were sold in lots of six , a certain colour being used on a particular day . |
| 6 | After instruction in the regulations of the ‘ prison ’ the volunteers were placed in it for nearly a week , and their reactions and behaviour observed . |
| 7 | In 1989 , it was estimated that sharp instruments were used in one in three aggravated burglaries , one in five robberies , one in 17 offences of violence against the person and one in 100 sexual offences . |