Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her words were lost in a fit of coughing , and at once he dragged her to her feet , supporting her across Water Gypsy 's gangplank . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ’ But then he opened the door , and his words were lost in the wind . |
| 5 | His words were lost in the violent pounding from the east . |
| 6 | His words were lost in the sudden explosion which took the front off Police Headquarters . |
| 7 | The words were whispered in a soft western English accent , a gentle hint of Ireland making an enchanting spell for the eager listener . |
| 8 | However , it should be noted that Scrutton LJ 's words were said in a case involving a contract between commercial parties and it now seems that the insistence that public policy is primarily concerned with holding people to their agreements is now out of favour . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If on my time you prepare that waste wood into bundles such as any man could store at home , and if in your own time you will carry those bundles around the town and distribute them free , to rich and poor alike — but not to any man who was landlord to any among us — we may together teach them — ’ The rest of his words were drowned in a universal roar of delight . |
| 11 | Ernest 's words were drowned in the call which went up from the ship , and the outburst of cheering from the Flamingo 's passengers . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The theoretical aspects were formulated in the mid-1940s and the first dates were published in December 1949 . |
| 14 | Isolated vesicles were used in the first direct demonstration of Na + /H + exchange , by Murer in rabbit jejunum . |
| 15 | Football fans were dancing in the streets over in Hereford too … |
| 16 | Many related compounds were made in the same laboratories and were investigated in more or less detail according to the promise they showed . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In 1984 over seven million compounds were documented in the chemical literature . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Salako will be seen by surgeon Dominic Cisto , who did a £50,000 rebuild on the knee last season after two ligaments were severed in a horrifying tackle . |
| 21 | Some at least of the Knossos ivory figurines were made in the workshop beside the Royal Road . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | His tanned , muscled legs were dangling in the water and Ruth steadied herself by grasping them . |
| 24 | His legs were wrapped in a tartan rug and he was fortressed by small tables , stools , a frame to help lever himself upright . |
| 25 | In the same winter , six walkers were killed in a series of accidents , most involving simple slips but including one case of hypothermia . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Koranic schools were functioning in a lot of the villages and even in the refuge camps , for the children to attend . |
| 28 | Even the schools were built in the corners of crowded burial grounds , or over public sewers into which they slowly sank . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | By introducing controversial issues in the school , like Northern Ireland , race relations , aid to underdeveloped countries and nuclear weapons , schools were engaging in a politicisation of the curriculum which verged on , often slipped over into , quite unacceptable indoctrination . |