Example sentences of "were [vb pp] in [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | School parties were bused in to see the existing power stations in action . |
| 2 | It seems unlikely , especially in the light of the papal prohibition , that monks would have had either the inclination or the experience to have practised mos teutonicus , and it has been suggested that butchers were called in to perform the grisly deeds . |
| 3 | The Arches were subsequently cleared of infestation and the public were allowed in to view the prehistoric relics . |
| 4 | And there you see again in early B R days , er the er the station master 's house , and er er and the station itself , over here , the goods shed over there , the various track works coming across , the er line up to round here , and as I say the various sidings that were put in to accommodate the additional er colliery and other traffic . |
| 5 | In May the SAS were sent in to storm the Iranian Embassy in London which had been taken over by armed gunmen . |