Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In 1979 as a hospital worker , she was caught up in the Winter of Discontent . |
| 32 | Despite the fact that he was personally on only the periphery of the Polanski affair , he was caught up in the backwash , in the resultant discussion of the wider issues of the counter-culture , and it was in this category that the critics had firmly placed their new star as the analysis of his role in Easy Rider continued through the run-up to the Oscar presentations and beyond . |
| 33 | Although he admits there were ‘ times it felt like farce — chasing a guy through the woods who was chasing the ghost of his dead father ’ , Bradley nevertheless says there were moments when he was caught up in the atmosphere . |
| 34 | Rose too was caught up in the preparations . |
| 35 | A railway worker , also making his way home , was caught up in the riot and , as a result of baton blows , was deafened in one ear and had to have sixteen stitches to his head . |
| 36 | The Southampton defender was caught up in the passion of Boro 's FA Cup-tie at Portsmouth last week . |
| 37 | She was caught up in the drama of a big story . |
| 38 | His opposite number , Graham Marshall , was caught out in the lineout for use of outside arm by referee Jim Fleming — who dashed off post-match to prepare to officiate at the England v Wales women 's international yesterday — but he lasted the pace more comfortably than another of Selkirk 's national league comeback men , Rodney Pow , who can be expected to make more individual thrusts in the weeks to come . |
| 39 | Food and medicine reached the eastern town of Zepa , but there was still no aid distribution in Sarajevo , despite a unilateral , nationwide cease-fire called by Bosnia 's Muslim president , Alija Izetbegovic , which appeared to be holding around the capital , although fighting was reported elsewhere in the country . |
| 40 | The episode was reported minimally in the Press , but played down like so much else during wartime . |
| 41 | Midfield player Andy Peake was booked early in the game . |
| 42 | Mr Dunn was discharged later in the day , but was ‘ very lucky ’ , according to the Tyne Tees coastguard . |
| 43 | When I was tipped back in the dentist 's chair |
| 44 | One , Rhus glabra ‘ Laciniata ’ had scarcely begun to turn , but was decorated rather in the manner of a horse chestnut with dense conical clusters of red seeds , developed from the earlier flowers . |
| 45 | It thus seemed as if there was a significant dispute between the Realist and Behaviouralist camps , and for much of the 1950s and 1960s this dispute was carried on in the pages of the professional journals . |
| 46 | The coach work was carried on in the trimming shop which was in Friary Lane but , from then on , Farr 's business was on a downward path , finally closing in 1929 . |
| 47 | Their style was exceptionally clear and one was carried along in the unfolding of an argument which seemed as majestically inevitable as the development of a Bach fugue . |
| 48 | The public opinion survey was carried out in the centre of Darlington just six weeks before the expected date of the General Election . |
| 49 | When the execution was carried out in the Fort of Penha de França , the people of Madeira showed their disgust by turning their heads away from the fort whenever they passed it . |
| 50 | Thus , some type of course assessment if not programme evaluation was carried out in the majority of cases . |
| 51 | In later centuries the rate of clearance may have slowed , and in the 17th and 18th centuries a great deal of replanting was carried out in the formation of the large parklands . |
| 52 | The assay was carried out in the presence of 1 µl of pre-immune rabbit serum ( track 1 ) or 0.5 µl ( track 2 ) or 1 µl ( track 3 ) of polyclonal rabbit antibody to Oct-1 . |
| 53 | The study was carried out in the West Berkshire and the Basingstoke and North Hampshire District Health Authorities . |
| 54 | The volunteers fasted overnight , or for six hours after a light breakfast if the study was carried out in the afternoon . |
| 55 | The volunteers fasted overnight or for six hours after a light breakfast if the study was carried out in the afternoon . |
| 56 | Blotting was carried out in the absence of leucine zipper peptide as competitor ( lanes 1 and 4 ) , in the presence of 6 mg/ml CREB leucine zipper peptide ( lanes 2 and 5 ) or 6 mg/ml JUN leucine zipper peptide ( lanes 3 and 6 ) . |
| 57 | Blotting was carried out in the absence of leucine zipper peptide as competitor ( lanes 1 and 4 ) , in the presence of 6 mg/ml CREB leucine zipper peptide ( lane 2 ) or 6 mg/ml JUN leucine zipper peptide ( lane 3 ) . |
| 58 | Blotting was carried out in the absence of leucine zipper peptide as competitor ( lane 1 ) or in the presence of 6 mg/ml CREB leucine zipper peptide ( lane 2 ) . |
| 59 | Consequently , in 1983 a more comprehensive survey was carried out in the area with two objectives , — to map structure in reconnaissance form , and to look for evidence of Westphalian strata with a view to coal development . |
| 60 | The work reported in the present thesis was carried out in the context of the development of a complete recognition system ( Boes et al , 1989 ) . |