Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] during [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Nottinghamshire no less than 164,508 ‘ presumed pickets ’ were turned back during the first 27 weeks of the strike ’ ( Wallington , 1985 : 154 ) . |
| 2 | 10 sows and one boar were moved in during the autumn and they 've already had 50 piglets . |
| 3 | Until the South African mines were opened up during the last decade of the nineteenth century , diamonds were obtained exclusively from alluvial deposits , often those which also produced gold . |
| 4 | Recent industrial unrest had included selective strikes in key public services , among them banks , where union members were locked out during a three-week strike which began on Jan. 29 . |
| 5 | The gangs were called up during the war . |
| 6 | And er really when you sort of l look at the children who were born during the war and were brought up during the war , they 're all pretty strong and healthy . |
| 7 | B. Each town has a few factories , most of which were set up during the last 40 years . |
| 8 | The UN Food & Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) has reduced its estimate of the annual rate at which tropical forests were cut down during the 1980s . |
| 9 | Rumours were put about during the strike that shipowners were threatening to import Chinese labour to man their vessels . |
| 10 | I do n't know how many breweries or pubs were knocked down during the redevelopment of Docklands . |
| 11 | After Smith and two other Dunstable players were sent off during the match , the rest of the team left the field . |
| 12 | that helicopter 's were fucking around during the second World War but they , they were |
| 13 | The date was pencilled in during the summer , but the tourists , who will effectively be a near Springbok side , wanted a Saturday fixture . |
| 14 | It was pointed out during the workshop that women have always been flexible in terms of employment , but because they have to be rather than because they want to be . |
| 15 | His jacket was torn off during the first verse and his shirt during the second , then the Little Sweep realized he had made a monumental error and tried to tell the two schoolmasters not to remove his trousers . |
| 16 | The work was carried out during the period 1980–1 and the existing building construction was found to be generally in good condition . |
| 17 | Field work was carried out during the spring breeding seasons of 1987–90 . |
| 18 | The Government 's being urged to stop developers bulldozing a site where vital intelligence work was carried out during the Second World War . |
| 19 | While it lasted , the Auxiliary did good work , but after the President 's death it declined and eventually was wound up during the Glasgow Congress in 1920 . |
| 20 | Shortly after joining No 10 Squadron he was shot down during an attack on the Tirpitz at Aasfjord near Trondheim in Norway . |
| 21 | Such attitudes were reinforced by the increased contact with more remote societies as tropical Africa was opened up during the later decades of the nineteenth century . |
| 22 | I would n't be so stupid as to pretend to have any idea what Claudia was going through during the hours leading up to the birth . |
| 23 | He continued , ‘ That friend of yours , the Scotsman , Duncan something or other , he was called out during the night to deliver something to 45 Royal Marine Commando . |
| 24 | The ‘ standing army ’ of over a million unemployed was mopped up during the first year of hostilities , and between 1939 and 1943 almost 3 million jobs were added to the labour market , including many jobs for women . |
| 25 | This fund was set up during the 1880s as a means of providing sickness benefit for employees . |
| 26 | When a joint committee of CST and CASS was set up during the debates , it was chaired by Sir Alan Richmond , who described it as ‘ the most difficult committee I have ever chaired in my life ’ . |
| 27 | It was laid up during the war and last ran in 1962 . |
| 28 | Stewart , who managed England 's Test side for six years and steered them to successive World Cup finals , said : ‘ When I was brought up during the war , serving Queen and country meant a lot to my generation . |
| 29 | He was a bit of a character — he 'd have to get up at about four o'clock in the morning to cycle to work , and during the war , he was hurtling along during a blackout when suddenly the road disappeared and he went careering into a bomb crater , about 50 feet wide and 40 feet deep . |
| 30 | The campaign to oppose Maastricht , which had initially fallen into the hands of the Fascist National Front , led by anti-immigrant Jean-Marie Le Pen , was taken over during the summer by two rebels from each of the mainstream parties of the right — Philippe Séguin from the RPR and Philippe de Villier from the UDF . |