Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lord had to employ labourers to chop the growth back once every year ; the same men were to fill in large holes and ruts in the highway with stones and boulders removed from flanking fields . |
| 2 | In the unlikely event that a prosecution were brought in these circumstances , and it was clear that a sado-masochistic pact existed between the parties , the judge could take this into account in sentencing . |
| 3 | If any Government were to bring in these pledges , they would either have to dishonour them and thereby deceive the public , or income tax payers at all levels of income would need to cough up and pay more to fund them . |
| 4 | A modern drainage system means that the village rarely floods these days , but the village green , known locally as ‘ The Pond ’ though it was filled in many years ago , shows signs of its former glory whenever there is a heavy rainstorm , and a decent fall of snow , combined with the winds so common to the Wolds , can still cut the village off from the outside world . |
| 5 | The pancreatic duct was filled in 199 patients ( 84% ) . |
| 6 | Although Kitchener 's recruitment campaign was bringing in more men than the Army could properly train and equip ( by January 1916 two and a half million men had enlisted ) , public pressure was mounting for conscription . |
| 7 | She was breathing in great gulps , but still there was n't enough air . |