Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two boys were remanded in to the care of the local authority by Leeds youth court last night . |
| 2 | The youth of Port Talbot were broken in on great drama and fired , from the beginning , to reach for the sky . |
| 3 | Some people said their incomes were so low they could not obtain mortgages and 18 were squatted in by former occupants who refused to pay the money . |
| 4 | Some people said that their incomes were so low that they could not obtain mortgages and 18 were squatted in by former occupants who refused to pay the money . |
| 5 | The shop was often at its busiest on a Saturday , when the farmers came in , or the men who had a half day themselves were marched in by wives to have themselves fitted out by Mr Hogan , or Mike the old assistant , the tailor who had been there since time immemorial . |
| 6 | A flurry of bangs hit the door and before Allan Stewart could shoot back the bolt gun-butts had burst through the timbers , the bolt and its socket tore the jamb away , and soldiers in blue coats and white breeches were stepping in across the wreckage . |
| 7 | Fine creases where the colour had flaked off the shoes were painted in with a rich reunite of permanent rose and white , whilst permanent rose was used alone for some minor details like the punchmarks on the orange strap loops and the stitching around the edges of the straps themselves . |
| 8 | Black rain clouds were scudding in over the Thames . |
| 9 | So off we went out and we played our football , and I came back , and we were sneaking in through the back door and bumped right into him . |
| 10 | Because of the remote location , Stornoway Fire Brigade members were flown in by helicopter . |
| 11 | Jayhawk and Defiant were the first , both entered in the January trials and then retired as the newer America and Kanza were flown in from their builders in Rhode Island . |
| 12 | While the lucky 30 guinea pigs in Bruno 's experiment were sampling his alternative dishes , the other pupils were tucking in to a typical school dinner of beefburger in a bap , sautee potatoes and jacket potato in cheese , or open sandwiches . |
| 13 | The centre of each side was then painted with light green oxide and the remaining corner squares were filled in with a mixture of ultramarine violet and titanium white . |
| 14 | The gaps between the skeletons were filled in by sand and the even tinier remains of micro-organisms . |
| 15 | Although many areas of British social life were attacked in Till Death , it was the general ridicule to which Christianity was subjected that caused Mrs Whitehouse and the NVALA most difficulty . |
| 16 | The 63 was one of a handful of four-wheel-drive cars that saw brief service in 1969 before they were parked in at the end of the blind alley into which their manufacturers had ventured . |
| 17 | She was employed by the parish for twelve hours a week and her nominal duties were to come in on Mondays , Wednesdays and Fridays , clean the flat , wash and spin dry any linen or articles in the soiled linen basket , and prepare and leave for him a simple lunch on a tray . |
| 18 | The wounded who were carried in from the attack on the Rebecca lay in the shade under the trees while their hurts were being dressed . |
| 19 | ‘ A hundred years ago they were carried in after coming off their horses , or being knocked clown by carriages . |
| 20 | A party from Wick High School were booked in for the weekend . |
| 21 | Now you 've found out what animals were voted in as favourites ( and if you have n't turn to p849 for enlightenment ) , how about analysing your own attitudes towards the natural world rather more deeply ? |
| 22 | The controls were voted in at the annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ( CCMLR ) . |
| 23 | Then I turned to the other side of the coin — the Civil War that might break out , even if Reunion were voted in by a majority and approved by the Dáil . |
| 24 | The next few issues of Amnesty will cover the changes that were voted in by the ICM in detail , however , a summary of the major changes is useful : |
| 25 | The sheep had the worst time , and not many survived 1947 , although provisions for people and animals alike were dropped in by helicopter , and the Army forced a way through on the south side of the dale . |
| 26 | As Major Pond discovered , seat-holders were let in through side doors while hoi polloi had to come in through the front in the hope of getting what they could . |
| 27 | However if you were let in to the secret that x stands for the number 10 then you can work out this problem in the following way unc |
| 28 | Police officers searched L's house in his absence and were let in by his girlfriend . |
| 29 | They followed the Thames as it curved down past the Savoy Palace , Durham and York House , past the high-pooped ships scarred from long voyages which were crowding in for repairs . |
| 30 | Rakovsky 's hands were clenched in to fists . |