Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [vb pp] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | When at last he spoke , the words were spat out in sharp interrogation . |
| 2 | The words were laid out in a strange manner . |
| 3 | He thought it fortunate that improvements in male characteristics were passed on in some measure to women , otherwise the man would have become as superior in mental endowment to women as the peacock is in plumage to the peahen . |
| 4 | ‘ An American oddball who , like Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee , takes a sideways look at his own culture , Whit Stillman has directed a film so sharp and amusing that film-goers were shut out in droves from its many screenings in Cannes . |
| 5 | Large squares were laid out in many city centres . |
| 6 | The radar signals were sent out in necessarily very powerful pulses , which might have damaged the highly sensitive aerials ( American " antennas ' ) waiting for the faint returning echoes . |
| 7 | The steps were carried out in a fume hood subjected to ultraviolet light and hydrochloric acid washes between experiments . |
| 8 | Because the slave traders were brought up in the belief that every word of the Holy Bible was inspired by God , they honestly thought that they had divine sanction to enslave blacks . |
| 9 | Whether or not as a result of the unease expressed at this meeting , two completely separate organizations were set up in its wake . |
| 10 | The time was past ten , kids were wrapped up in their beds , and parents were probably about to retire themselves . |
| 11 | Erm most have , in fact most of which is er b er seventy four additional heads were put on in March , so we 've gone from seventeen twenty three to seventeen ninety seven erm and Mick accounted for most of those with forty four . |
| 12 | The cars were written off in the accident , but both drivers amazingly walked away with just minor cuts and bruises . |
| 13 | Beyond the garden was a fairly busy road , but all the passing drivers were wrapped up in their tin cans , insulated by Christmas drinks and trivial pursuits . |
| 14 | Two candidates were put up in each of three boroughs , Bethnal Green , Limehouse , and Shoreditch , for the LCC elections of March 1937 . |
| 15 | All subjects were followed up in 1982 . |
| 16 | At thirty-two , he was young enough not to look completely haggard , even after thirty-six hours with only the odd hour 's sleep , but his dark hair was plastered to his head and the brown eyes were sunk back in his head and reddened with smoke and exhaustion . |
| 17 | On Jan. 3 over 40 holiday homes were blown up in Anghone and Porto Vecchio and a number of occupants taken hostage temporarily , to force the French government into " a true process of decolonization " and to stop Corsica from being taken over by property developers and turned into the " sun-tan centre of Europe " . |
| 18 | IT says a lot for the African National Congress in South Africa that , after their supporters were gunned down in cold blood at the beginning of the week , they are still prepared to talk peace . |
| 19 | Over 100 homes of Aristide supporters were burnt down in rural areas . |
| 20 | His lips were drawn back in a snarl of pain , his skinny white limbs were like a frozen chicken 's . |
| 21 | Then , to mark the end of the service , three enormous thunder-flashes were let off in the rear gatehouse . |
| 22 | These and their white peers were taken on in times of expansion . |
| 23 | Stewart slipped on the wicketkeeping gloves when Russell took a day 's sick leave with a stomach upset , and the final three sessions were played out in the usual no-prospects eeriness , which was heightened by the horrors of the evening before . |
| 24 | Working up trials were carried out in the Solent area and we soon found that various modifications were necessary . |
| 25 | The two trials were carried out in adjacent populations in West Africa ; one looked in detail at the effect of vitamin A supplementation on morbidity and the other at its effect on mortality . |
| 26 | The trials were carried out in a population with xerophthalmia rates that were very close to the threshold used by WHO to define a population as having a xerophthalmia problem of public health significance ( 1% ) ; previously reported studies were done in populations with substantially higher rates of xerophthalmia . |
| 27 | In South-west England block and basin limestones and shales and spilitic basic volcanics were laid down in an extensional basin developed at the western end of the Rheno-Hercynian zone . |
| 28 | Most spreadsheets were designed back in the days when 640KBytes was the maximum amount of memory that was available . |
| 29 | The last time Cuban exiles were allowed back in large numbers , during a goodwill period in the late 1970s , the country nearly collapsed in shock at the wealth they brought in their luggage . |
| 30 | The following evaluations were carried out in connection with this programme . |