Example sentences of "two [noun pl] were [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me and Neil were working through Corn Market and these two birds were standing in the bandstand full blinding drunk ! |
| 2 | When two labels were inserted in the press with their grains at right-angles , any tendency for the paper to distort in one direction in preference to the other was neutralized . |
| 3 | The two beggars were crouched in the courtyard . |
| 4 | This indicates that the two denominations were minted in the same part of his reign . |
| 5 | Two Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip and one in the West Bank during clashes with the IDF ; over 100 Palestinians were injured . |
| 6 | Saboteurs say two hounds were killed in the incident on Saturday , the hunt maintains only one of its animals died . |
| 7 | Two holes were cut in the large tank , one in the bottom to feed the pump and the other at the end near the base to take the sump drain . |
| 8 | Two lorries were parked in the yard , which was littered with piles of boxes stinking of fish . |
| 9 | Two figures were seated in the shadows , unseeable but known , as things are in dreams . |
| 10 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that two allegations were made in the programme in question ? |
| 11 | Florence ’ — she turned to where the two sisters were hovering in the background — ‘ get back upstairs and light the gas ; and stir up the fire ; it is n't out , so use the bellows . |
| 12 | He folded his arms and power streamed from his eyes , so that the two slaves were caught in the white glare . |
| 13 | The needs of the user groups of these two divisions were discussed in the previous chapter . |
| 14 | To fool the killers , he ‘ played dead ’ while his two friends were shot in the back of the head . |
| 15 | These two developments were fused in the actions of the Non-Aligned as a group and Vietnam separately towards a settlement of the tensions and hostilities in Indo-China . |
| 16 | My two , these two my last two girls were born in the fifties yes . |
| 17 | In further Sendero attacks , three police officers and two civilians were killed in the town of Manaso , in the southern department of Puno , in the first week of December and 20 " dog bombs " ( high explosives attached to dogs ) were exploded in Lima on Dec. 26-27 , in what was seen as a campaign aimed at local officials . |
| 18 | Two devices were discovered in the morning and the others were found last night . |
| 19 | Graham waited until the two men were seated in the cafeteria before moving down the platform to the freight car . |
| 20 | The two men were born in the same region , the Transkei , but whereas Mr Mandela was a distinguished personage of royal blood , Mr Sisulu came from an impoverished peasant family and engaged in politics as a consequence of his exposure to the daily indignities of life for blacks through his work in a dairy , a bakery , in mines and factories . |
| 21 | The two men were arrested in the Irish Republic . |
| 22 | Only two heretics were burned in the reign of Edward VI . |
| 23 | The idea originated with a resolution at the 1952 annual conference of delegates , and the first two medals were awarded in the following year at the Coronation Congress Dinner and Ball at Brighton . |
| 24 | Nesbitt and his two Italian companions had evidently been fortunate to get away from Bahdu ; it was here that the first of their servants was murdered ; two others were killed in the course of the journey . |
| 25 | Two letters were lying in the hall when Loretta got up on Saturday . |
| 26 | Two women were trapped in the cabin , with only inches of air space , as the boat filled with icy water . |
| 27 | After the successful Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua , two priests were included in the Marxist government . |
| 28 | The final two initiatives were to continue in the years ahead , but the other three had reached or would shortly reach the end of their trajectory . |
| 29 | The strongly differing reactions to the two papers were recorded in the minutes : |
| 30 | Two explorers were lost in the depths of the jungle in the middle of the night . |