Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So a conductor 's duty were n't very very nice then , probably three piece duties , which were spread duties but you know people thought they were bringing in a wonderful thing to be one man operated but it was before the war that we had one man operated buses . |
| 2 | But er when just before I left the polishing which was in nineteen thirty eight , er they were bringing in a lot of cellu it 's all th a lot of all this modern stuff is what they call cellulose , but I could n't tell you how it 's done , it 's done with a spray . |
| 3 | er If it 's an emergency case — if you were bringing in a sick relative who you were wishing to have admitted to our accident and emergency department , you can park your car right outside the front door and bring your relative in . |
| 4 | Each £250 or part of £250 will be treated as if it were bringing in an income of £1 a week . |
| 5 | Then the body was butchered and the heart was handed on a silver salver to one duchess , while the entrails were handed in a silver bowl to another . |
| 6 | More prophetic of the place women were to fill in the sewing trades was his description of those who sewed stays and bodices . |
| 7 | Although criminal proceedings were brought in the Alexander Howden case , no prosecutions have followed the PCW affair where $50 million was siphoned away from Lloyds ' investors , and related underwriting losses were estimated at 230 million . |
| 8 | Indictments on fraud charges were brought in the United States ( i ) on July 1 against Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz , chief operating officer of the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia ; ( ii ) on July 29 against Clark Clifford ( US Defence Secretary in 1968-69 ) and Robert Altman ; and ( iii ) on Sept. 17 against William Batastini , Ghaith Pharaon , Tariq Jamil and Swaleh Naqvi [ see also pp. 38569 ; 38737 ] . |
| 9 | I was bringing in a patron a day . ’ |
| 10 | One evening I was bringing in a basket of apples from the garden , when a voice behind me said , ‘ Ellen , is that you ? ’ |
| 11 | Back at his hotel room , he was bringing in an odd collection of characters , presumably off the street , to use as models : a porter , a snow shoveller , old women , a soldier , various working men . |
| 12 | Only when the head of accounting ( ’ an ‘ acceptable ’ woman 's role ’ ) took her to one side and showed her the company 's payroll did she realise that while she was bringing in the most revenue , she was being paid the smallest salary . |
| 13 | But it was the music that was bringing in the advertising , and maybe the extra readers . |
| 14 | Barefooted and bare-armed , she was bringing in the cows from the fields for milling . |
| 15 | The woman who was filling in the form said : ‘ I ca n't put that down — you must remember you are a refugee . ’ |
| 16 | I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility . |
| 17 | And your homework was handed in every er so often , you know , you may have homework , English . |
| 18 | He took the precaution , however , of carrying a typewriter and books among his luggage so that he could prepare for an address at the University of Leeds which he was to give in the following year . |
| 19 | If he was acquainted with Smith 's work he would naturally have assumed that the French Academy knew it too , and that the point of the competition was to fill in the details of Smith 's proof . |
| 20 | All that remained now was to fill in the time until she could ring her mother . |
| 21 | The case was brought in the name of Professor Harry Keen , director of clincial services ( medicine ) at Guy 's hospital , London . |
| 22 | 1,1,1 was brought in the Montreal Protocol negotiations later than tetra , but here , too , the UK government wants an early phaseout — by 1 January 1996 if possible . |
| 23 | However , what is slightly more problematic than the end of the prosecution is why it was brought in the first place . |
| 24 | One of my duties was to send in the weekly result and a brief report for the Bideford Gazette . |
| 25 | Crisp was putting in an astounding performance . |
| 26 | Firstly , the feeling for the tradition is very strong in the village ; secondly , Gawthorpe is an ancient settlement — its history can be traced back to a Viking chief named Gorky and there is evidence that it existed in Roman times ; thirdly , the original custom was to bring in a new May tree each year . |
| 27 | The next problem was to bring in a small phone box . |
| 28 | The work for the weekend was to bring in the edges and build up the centre , thus making side ditches and a reasonable camber . |
| 29 | Thus was ushered in the era of management in the development game . |
| 30 | He was indulging in a little harmless deceit . |