Example sentences of "was [vb pp] in [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deep enough , at any rate , for a boat to get in to the boat-house which was tucked in under the cliff at the southern end of the bay , below the path where I stood . |
| 2 | The date was pencilled in during the summer , but the tourists , who will effectively be a near Springbok side , wanted a Saturday fixture . |
| 3 | This involved a Parent Chat Sheet , part of which was filled in by the parent or written by a member of staff for the parent during the chat . |
| 4 | And some of these were found in Bristol harbour er and the pattern of the cloths was pressed in to the lead so we were able to put a microscope to that and see how it should be woven . |
| 5 | As we emptied our dustbins out we noticed another bin full of cold ravioli and bread left over from lunch ; the bread was mixed in with the garbage and was soggy from being in a dustbin of cold ravioli for two hours . |
| 6 | She always had on a brown cotton smock which was pinched in around the waist with a wide leather belt . |
| 7 | The cops worked shifts , but I was booked in for the run . |
| 8 | Wycliffe was booked in at a hotel on the waterfront , up river from the wharf and facing the village of Flushing across a narrow stretch of water . |
| 9 | Darren Anderton slipped past Tom Cowan 's lethargic tackle and his low cross from the right was slotted in by the England player . |
| 10 | He in his turn was carried in by the men . |
| 11 | John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret . |
| 12 | John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret . |
| 13 | After that , it too was turned in for a Qualcast with loppy handles and collapsible wheels . |
| 14 | Fred Dunston ( Fritz Deutsch ) , a Youth Allyah worker and former Scout leader from Vienna , was drafted in as an organiser of the transit camp , which was to be built on a large meadow across the road from the training centre at Great Engeham Farm : |
| 15 | It is now six months since the report was handed in to the Department of Industry — as long as it took to prepare the report in the first place . |
| 16 | It went into your jotter , your jotter was handed in on the Monday morning , or the first time you went to the eng the English class and the teacher was his name , he went over that and if you 'd missed out a comma , you see or a full stop or anything like that . |
| 17 | A GREY parrot had detectives baffled last night when it was handed in at a Liverpool police station . |
| 18 | So that was the journey waybill and that was handed in at the end of the day and from that and a visual check of the tickets that were returned by him to the ticket office , they could tell which tickets were missing and therefore they were sold to him and er there be , there was the odd shortages but in those days if anybody was short in his takings by , I think it was about sixpence in those days , he was the subject of a another warning by letter and if he persisted , well then he was brought in to see the Traffic Superintendent who erm , could suspend him for two or three days , so he lost pay for two or three days . |
| 19 | Monaru was bought in for a course record of 11,500 gns after winning the Carlsberg Selling Hurdle but Pipe had no complaints and said : ‘ People do n't have to run in sellers if they do n't want to . |
| 20 | She was towed in like a liner by tugs , her hands and skirts clutched and pulled . |
| 21 | I 'll wager the Young Pretender was invited in for a Grolsch on his way back from a cave . |
| 22 | Evans said they should get Jack Nicholson for the role and he was invited in for a try-out . |
| 23 | and Mrs was born in over the river . |
| 24 | At least one was lumped in with the guild stock . |
| 25 | The Hibernian forward Bobby Johnstone was injured and the skilful Aberdeen player ‘ Gentleman ’ George Hamilton was called in as a replacement . |
| 26 | Problems started when a developer for the hotel could not be found , and Mr Graham was called in at the behest of the main creditor , the Bank of Scotland . |
| 27 | So bad that Noreen was called in to the Stage Manager 's office one morning . |
| 28 | The company that had previously tried to fix the pool had finally given up , so Enterprise was called in to the rescue . |
| 29 | There is a story about an old man who was called in by a factory to fix their ancient boiler , which had ground to a halt . |
| 30 | Dr Stephen Harris , of Bristol University , who wrote the script for the wildlife documentary Bockside and other nature programmes , was called in by the RSPCA . |