Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His words were lost in the frightened screams of the women , the crying of terrified children , the loud cursing and swearing — and sometimes praying — of the men . |
| 2 | Her words were lost in the sound of grinding gears , and the car leaped away from the sidewalk , knocking Mrs Frizzell 's hat askew and leaving her mouthing furiously at nobody . |
| 3 | ’ But then he opened the door , and his words were lost in the wind . |
| 4 | His words were lost in the violent pounding from the east . |
| 5 | His words were lost in the sudden explosion which took the front off Police Headquarters . |
| 6 | In section 265 , for example , terms such as ‘ domiciled , ’ ‘ personally present , ’ ‘ ordinarily resident , ’ have had attributed to them , both in the context of bankruptcy and in that of civil procedure generally , a wealth of refined construction which it is difficult to suppose Parliament did not intend equally to apply when those words were used in the Act of 1986 . |
| 7 | Ernest 's words were drowned in the call which went up from the ship , and the outburst of cheering from the Flamingo 's passengers . |
| 8 | As noted above , Aristo argued , by analogy with the way in which the words were interpreted in the case of a legacy of dowry and in stipulations on sale of an inheritance , and bearing in mind the testator 's intention , that the words should be taken to include non-pecuniary dispositions . |
| 9 | The theoretical aspects were formulated in the mid-1940s and the first dates were published in December 1949 . |
| 10 | No PLTE or PLDE were detected in the concretion . |
| 11 | Isolated vesicles were used in the first direct demonstration of Na + /H + exchange , by Murer in rabbit jejunum . |
| 12 | Many related compounds were made in the same laboratories and were investigated in more or less detail according to the promise they showed . |
| 13 | Two new military compounds were constructed in the centre of the town and south of the same street ; their enclosing walls respected the existing temples . |
| 14 | In 1984 over seven million compounds were documented in the chemical literature . |
| 15 | They have lost not only Graham Marshall , the international back-row forward whose right-knee ligaments were torn in the January match against Watsonians , but also Scott Nichol , the enterprising , fast midfield back , who broke an ankle in the same game . |
| 16 | Some at least of the Knossos ivory figurines were made in the workshop beside the Royal Road . |
| 17 | When pulled tight it effectively secured her to the bench , and as it passed behind her knees , so her legs were strapped in the position where her feet were above her head . |
| 18 | Nodules with a maximum diameter of 3 mm were seen on three of the 13 pancreatic sections in the PBD group only No nodules were seen in the sham operated animals . |
| 19 | Even the schools were built in the corners of crowded burial grounds , or over public sewers into which they slowly sank . |
| 20 | It is very important that we recognize the possibility of accepting the best features of comprehensive schools while getting rid of the worst , remembering with reasonable humility that the schools were introduced in the first place as experimental , and that all the trial and error may not yet be over . |
| 21 | The precise criteria and procedures whereby schools were included in the project are discussed at length elsewhere in this report , but we may note that a set of guidelines for school participation was drawn up and developed by the Project Coordinating Team ( see Appendix 3 ) and that these gave direction to schools as they established library committees and developed their plans . |
| 22 | Subsequent to the analysis by teachers of the four most popular titles , with the exception of Animal Farm , the writer completed a checklist for each of the remaining eighteen texts so that all twenty-two class readers in use in four or more of the schools were included in the analysis . |
| 23 | Schools were started in the monasteries , for Charles proclaimed that ‘ Men of God should not only live by the rule and dwell in holy conversation , but should devote themselves to literary meditations , each according to his ability , that they may be able to give themselves to the duty of teaching others . ’ |
| 24 | The first true prep schools were started in the nineteenth century , in the confused wake of the great public schools . |
| 25 | Within days steps were taken in the Republic to challenge the Sunningdale proposals since the apparent agreement regarding the statue of Northern Ireland seemed inconsistent with the constitution . |
| 26 | A century ago , more than 200 Siberian cranes were recorded in the jheels and marshes of Uttar Pradesh . |
| 27 | On Wednesday , 20th July , 120 of Scott 's drawings of the Foreign and India Offices were displayed in the library of the House of Commons , along with a large model of both offices by Heburn Salter of Hammersmith , which The Builder thought would not ‘ advance the interests of the design as a work of art ’ . |
| 28 | In effect , therefore , Gloucester 's offices were concentrated in the east of Lancashire , where they formed an extension of his West Riding interests , and elsewhere he yielded place to the Stanleys . |
| 29 | In effect , therefore , Gloucester 's offices were concentrated in the east of Lancashire , where they formed an extension of his West Riding interests , and elsewhere he yielded place to the Stanleys . |
| 30 | Next , sightings were reported in the Philippines and Singapore and Malaysia . |