Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the early morning planes were heard passing over in the mist and the rain . |
| 2 | The works production shops were to remain laid out in the form described for progressive building and repairing , only marginally altering over the years to accommodate new designs and techniques , such as the Stanier all steel body panelling design of the early 1930s . |
| 3 | High-sulphur content coal mining areas , such as the Mid-West , were expected to lose out in favour of lower-sulphur coal from the West Coast and abroad . |
| 4 | Windows were smashed clean out in fourth-floor dressing rooms as actor and understudy flared up into a fight . |
| 5 | Often , as the night drew on , a number of people were seen to lie down in odd places , both in Partisan Street and on the Embankment . |
| 6 | It seems that when they were made to lie down in the back of the truck and their hands were tied behind them , Katrine remembers there being rags underneath her . |
| 7 | On 16th December 1991 , the building societies and bank bosses were called in by the Government for an emergency briefing and were told to come back in two days with solutions . |
| 8 | ‘ We raised the possibility of an MBO and were told to get back in our box , ’ says finance director Nick Pearch . |
| 9 | Hours were spent paddling around in the dark on the Suez Canal until they believed they had mastered handling of the inflatables . |
| 10 | Street lights were starting to come on in the distance , crimson slivers slowly brightening to orange . |
| 11 | When it was demolished , two complete skeletons were found walled up in part of the building . |
| 12 | Elsewhere fully grown trees were uprooted , and were found laid out in the direction of the blast . |
| 13 | Once the students had agreed the language to be taught-lexis , structure and discourse function — they were asked to work out in pairs how they would plan to prepare a class for the Negotiator assessment . |
| 14 | It would be premature , and indeed impertinent , if we were to attempt to lay down in any detail the lines of a perfect " School " of English . |
| 15 | Their enemies drove them out arid they were forced to live down in the marshes of Kelfazin . |
| 16 | We , at least , are a leaner and , I hope , a healthier organisation because of the changes we were forced to bring about in the workshop . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't understand why they pose for the tourists , ’ she said , marvelling at how the huge hoods were wired to flare out in soft folds around each tightly wrapped skull . |
| 18 | In particular , they do not include patients who died or were lost to follow up in the prolonged interval between treatment and the onset of symptoms . |
| 19 | I think the department of Health was swayed rather more than it should have been by that lobby , because the sort of service that was intended to set up in Camberwell has not yet been set up . |
| 20 | Mr Grainger claims his 13-year-old son James was punched in the chest when he was caught larking about in lessons . |
| 21 | The committee was becoming caught up in issues that did not fall within its remit . |
| 22 | The candidate who took third place in the first round , however , Manandafy Rakotonirina , was expected to stand down in favour of Zafy . |
| 23 | And Madge Grimsilk was seen to lean back in her chair instead of sitting upright and swallow a surprisingly large quantity of Willi 's excellent wine . |
| 24 | After various consultations with interested parties , it was decided to carry on in the traditional manner . |
| 25 | Ideas and information were exchanged , and an attempt was made to map out in very general terms what the two nations had in common in the Middle East . |
| 26 | The van having arrived at the weighbridge , she got out , but was instructed to get back in as she was ‘ part of the load ’ . |
| 27 | The body was lying face up in the rain . |
| 28 | It was wholly predictable , then , that at about 8.50 on the morning of Monday , March 17 , I was lying face down in the grammar school dirt with 30 jeering first formers on my back . |
| 29 | He was going to set up in London . |
| 30 | ‘ Insulting , then , ’ she agreed quietly , determined not to lose her temper , although if he was going to carry on in that vein the chances of her keeping it for very long were absolutely nil . |