Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv prt] [adv] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did this by lining up the nuclei of radioactive atoms in a magnetic field , so that they were all spinning in the same direction , and showed that the electrons were given off more in one direction than another . |
| 2 | The London Board schools were usually built of yellow London stock brick with red brick dressings , although the later buildings , and the majority of contemporary schools erected in provincial cities , were carried out entirely in red brick . |
| 3 | But the realities were spelt out mainly in military terms . |
| 4 | We 've had a very restricted capital programme , which your group Mr , particularly Mr were complaining about earlier in this meeting , which restricts the amount of road- building we can do . |
| 5 | In the business district of Makati , not more than four hundred rebel troops were holed up yesterday in several unpromising locations with no possibility of reinforcement . |