Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] during the first " in BNC.
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1 | Employers constantly gnawed at the high level of wages which had been built up during the First World War . |
2 | Almost 2,000 knives and other blades have been handed in during the first fortnight of the month-long amnesty . |
3 | He notes that any loss of earnings can usually be made up during the first ten years of work . |
4 | To make the needle fit the groove , the disc contained abrasive material , so the tip would be ground down during the first two or three revolutions . |
5 | In Nottinghamshire no less than 164,508 ‘ presumed pickets ’ were turned back during the first 27 weeks of the strike ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 154 ) . |
6 | His jacket was torn off during the first verse and his shirt during the second , then the Little Sweep realized he had made a monumental error and tried to tell the two schoolmasters not to remove his trousers . |
7 | The ‘ standing army ’ of over a million unemployed was mopped up during the first year of hostilities , and between 1939 and 1943 almost 3 million jobs were added to the labour market , including many jobs for women . |