Example sentences of "was [verb] in the [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corner house on the other side of the street ( 31/585 ) , the Pachta Palace , was rebuilt in the 1730s probably to a design by K. I. Dientzenhofer . |
| 2 | But it remains unclear what type of rifle was used in the two most recent murders in Forkhill and Crossmaglen . |
| 3 | Ivy Compton-Burnett , whose elegantly minimal and stylized dialogue has similarities with the narrative technique of Nathalie Sarraute , was appreciated in the 1950s primarily for her wit in portraying the viciousness of social interaction rather than for the techniques she employed . |
| 4 | The train was running in the open now , the blackness beyond its windows relieved by distant amber lights which seemed to track their progress like the eyes of forest-dwelling creatures fixed on a lonely wayfarer . |
| 5 | Marjorie made a moue at Isobel , who had walked over to the cot in the far comer of the room and was standing in the same apparently relaxed but watchful posture she had displayed downstairs . |