Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] in [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Powerful fans were brought in from other mines and taken down into Bank mine to disperse the gases . |
| 3 | Each line and each verse of a song started as the left foot hit the ground , and with each particular song a different number of steps were left in between verses . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Seven hundred reports of sightings were phoned in to the Starling Squad , to be pinpointed on a map of Leicestershire . |
| 6 | Does the hon. Gentleman accept that , if he is as keen as I am to provide a level playing field for road and rail , he should recognise that , when motorways were built around Greater Manchester , of three footpaths that crossed the motorway , one was closed or diverted and bridges or underpasses were put in for the other two . |
| 7 | RECRUITS were bused in to the strike-hit Timex factory in Dundee yesterday , replacements for some of the 300 workers sacked during the dispute . |
| 8 | Mrs Jackie Bowshell organised the event and cars were brought in by regular customers to a strict timetable . |
| 9 | Finally , in the twelfth century BC , the Granary Style appeared — a very meagre type of decoration in horizontal bands — and the Close Style , in which the designs were hemmed in by dense fringes , bands , and multiple borders ; the purely decorative aspect makes it difficult to identify the motifs . |
| 10 | 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 ? |
| 11 | The fact that visiting supporters were allowed in to the same terracing , even though distinctly segregated , was a constant source of irritation to many Oxford fans , and it was often pointed to as an explanation for the occurrence of ‘ bovver ’ . |
| 12 | The three alien forms were originally to be realized by Roger Dicken ; but he completed the small forms only , and Rambaldi was called in at short notice to do the Alien head . |
| 13 | Although most Panamanians will welcome the departure of General Noriega , the fact that their new President was sworn in by a US army general at a US army base is likely to colour perceptions of the new government . |
| 14 | Then a motorcyclist was brought in on a blue light , a dispatch rider who had been burning along the Norwich road and hit a patch of oil . |
| 15 | On Dec. 1 President Ramaswamy Venkataraman received assurances of " outside " support for a minority National Front government from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left Front parties ; the next day V. P. Singh was sworn in as the Prime Minister , in place of Rajiv Gandhi . |
| 16 | On July 1 Gopal Singh was sworn in as Governor of Nagaland after the transfer of Gen. ( retd ) K. V. Krishna Rao to Jammu and Kashmir [ see above ] . |
| 17 | Kalyan Singh was sworn in as BJP Chief Minister on June 24 . |
| 18 | Kalyan Singh was sworn in as the new Chief Minister [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 19 | ( At their first overhaul , this batch were given full internal bulkheads and an extra seat was squeezed in on the top deck . ) |
| 20 | Gorbachev was sworn in by the Congress immediately after the result of the vote was announced . |
| 21 | The last brush stroke was put in by 3am on the day it was unveiled in the children 's ward at South Cleveland Hospital ! |
| 22 | Willis then rejoined his old boss at Leicester in a £200,000 move , and 17-year-old Sean Gregan was brought in for his debut at Huddersfield . |
| 23 | Fresh tea was brought in for her , and when she said she must go , Basil took her home . |
| 24 | The tea was brought in by Annunciata . |
| 25 | The tea was brought in by two of Louise 's house-maids . |
| 26 | He recalls that when other boys of David 's age listened to Radio Luxemburg , David was tuned in to American football on the American Forces Network , and was fascinated not only by American music , but by the whole culture of America . |
| 27 | Jorge was urged in beside Mitch and Maggie was firmly placed beside the count . |
| 28 | I 'll wager the Young Pretender was invited in for a Grolsch on his way back from a cave . |
| 29 | A quick reshuffle followed , and Cusick was brought in at short notice . |
| 30 | Trapped against the hard edge of the wooden shelving by the taut pressure of his muscled thighs , the folly of her panicked action was borne in on her with devastating precision . |