Example sentences of "was [vb pp] in the [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prison kitchen was located in the short-termers ' compound . |
| 2 | The incumbent President , Arístides Maria Pereira , was defeated in the islands ' first free presidential elections on Feb. 17 . |
| 3 | He was apprenticed in the Grocers ' Company of London in May 1634 . |
| 4 | Jane Stuart died in Wisbech 12 September 1742 and was buried in the Friends ' burial ground there . |
| 5 | The handsome and sombre costumes , historically accurate , are relieved by colour only in the auto-da-fe , which seemed to belong to another production and signally failed to make the flesh creep , even when the fire was lit in the victims ' underground cage . |
| 6 | It was kept in the ladies ' waiting room and was used by staff and their families , and by stranded passengers . |
| 7 | The function was held in the Bankers ' Club on Thursday 8th April 1993 . |