Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv prt] in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when the company was considering the service and repair of machinery and was thinking of sending it abroad to Scandanavia , it was willing to listen and to ensure that the work was carried out in this country . |
| 2 | Because the transaction was carried out in this way , the loser was Derbyshire 's pension fund . |
| 3 | The Liverpool manager was seething with rage after his defender David Burrows was carried off in this Coca-Cola Cup tie with a severe knee injury that will keep him out for at least three months . |
| 4 | London 's later partner in the Brompton Park nursery , Henry Wise [ q.v. ] , was another of Rose 's apprentices , whose influence on the design of formal gardens was handed on in this way to the next generation . |
| 5 | In Asia , the miracle rice was wiped out in many areas because it had not been treated with the necessary chemicals . |
| 6 | The New Testament was born about in many men 's hands … ’ . |
| 7 | His whole life was bound up in this relationship , despite the fact that the fief he received was not large , and that he also possessed allodial lands . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , I was brought up in that orphanage in Dalston , and that 's what they called me there . |
| 9 | So we was brought up in that atmosphere . |
| 10 | EV Thompson , the initials stand for Ernest Victor if you 're wondering , was brought up in this cottage in Swinbrook during the war . |
| 11 | Welcome to Molyneux , Headley , Brian Horton 's with me , the United manager because he was brought up in this part of the world , must be very proud of what you brought up here for the second half Brian , but so disappointed after that first half showing . |
| 12 | Then a woman in the street — the Via Monserato , between the Tiber and the Farnese Square , they talked about it so much , Mena and my grandmother , when I was little , I think they talked about it every day : Il Quartiere Papale , it does have a magnificent sound , has n't it ? and so much of it a slum ; the rich live above on the piani nobili , the ground floors and cellars are rented out to artisans ; my mother , who was brought up in those streets , says to know them you must have breathed the air in the evenings when the wine-shops are full and they are lighting charcoal braziers on the pavements ; she says I will go one day , but I think I know already — well , a woman in Mena 's street who sold salad greens knew the cook who worked for Anna and the prince round the corner and Mena was given things to do in the kitchen . |
| 13 | She wondered how much longer it would be before Jack was brought in in this sort of state , and how she would feel if he was . |
| 14 | But that 's , you know , because she did that , because the time was blocked out in that way , I actually did it , and we wound up with , I now live in a , in a big , one roomed decorated house . |
| 15 | Becky was put out in any case because her mother had not appeared . |
| 16 | Everything that you got out the Cooperative was writ down in this book |