Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No PLTE or PLDE were detected in the concretion . |
| 2 | Not that The Dick Nixons were indulging in a new pastime . |
| 3 | PAKISTAN were locked in a fresh ball-doctoring row yesterday after their three-run Texaco Trophy win at Lord 's . |
| 4 | To be sure , we have all moved on since films directed by Hitchcock were unravelled in the search for strands of ‘ Catholic guilt ’ , but equally I still teach gay students who find it genuinely empowering to learn of the homosexuality of a cultural figure as one contributing factor to the work that he/she produced . |
| 5 | Certainly Stock , Aitken and Waterman and the guardian angel figure of manager Terry Blamey were waiting in the wings , but would they understand and care for her in the same way ? |
| 6 | When monks from France and Flanders were settled in the Border abbeys in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries they introduced new skills , and also devoted themselves to the expansion of sheep rearing to provide the necessary basic material . |
| 7 | The principal arguments for a policy of CPD were advanced in the Brett-Jones Report of 1978 and although none could be refuted in a responsible way , it was not until 1 January 1981 that Regulations were made by the General Council of the RICS to make compulsory , and to regulate , members ' Continuing Professional Development . |
| 8 | If Smike were to play in a drama that required him to hide from someone , the pain of suddenly being found might hurt , but not with the rawness nor with the permanence of actuality . |
| 9 | Henri Lefebvre , for example , formerly a bitter opponent of both Sartre and Nizan , recanted in 1959 , offering a more accommodating analysis of Nizan in particular , and Sartrean existentialism in general.43 Gradually , revolutionary aspirations that had been dashed by the Soviet intervention in Hungary were rekindled in the anti-colonial struggles of the Third World . |
| 10 | grandmother and I think there was an aunt , and I said Ken were living in a three bedroomed semi , oh they wo n't mind for Christmas . |
| 11 | When she and Dustin were reunited in the laundromat , he was beginning to be noticed off-Broadway and she was an established dancer . |
| 12 | Puddephat and Melanie Gandell were mentioned in the first paragraph , but did not appear in the rest of the piece . |
| 13 | Braque 's entries in the Salon des Indépendants were hung in the Fauve room . |
| 14 | There was surprise expressed when Downey was included in the semi-final line-up but he made an invaluable contribution in the second half through his positional sense and slick distribution . |
| 15 | Not only proud to display her naked breasts — which attracted some criticism from some quarters for their shape and size — Kylie was revelling in the debate about her body . |
| 16 | George Burt was born in the cottage , demolished in 1908 , between Hixon 's and Brown 's fish shop . |
| 17 | At the time we saw her , Jean was living in a hostel in North London and attending a psychiatric day centre . |
| 18 | A few months later Greville was killed in a car crash in Morocco . |
| 19 | Meredith was sitting in the stalls with his feet propped up on the row in front . |
| 20 | Hari was seated in the small shed at the side of the house bent industriously over the wooden last . |
| 21 | Hill was substituted in the 55th minute , too late to prevent Halifax going further behind . |
| 22 | A new bus service from the Tower to Hoo Hill was started in the same year , sealing the eventual fate of the Layton tram route . |
| 23 | Mr Hill was driving in the course of his employment . |
| 24 | Flack was dropped in the city at ten . |
| 25 | The couple were in the Caribbean when Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was deposed in an abortive coup . |
| 26 | Once Gorbachev was entrenched in the Kremlin and wooing Ronald Reagan directly , Ceauşescu 's value as an intermediary between East and West waned rapidly . |
| 27 | For reasons which are not yet clear — presumably the pre-marketing clinical studies were considered inadequate — Dista was collaborating in a series of research projects to discover how the bodies of elderly patients cope with Opren . |
| 28 | After the tour , Manly was joined in the chase for Ofahengaue 's signature by St. George . |
| 29 | Richard was killed in the battle at Wakefield in December 1460 , so his eldest son then entered London and became King Edward IV . |
| 30 | Richard was sitting in the middle of the back seat , separating Peter from Kate in the other corner . |