Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] in on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main spar booms and other main structural members were sizable pieces of laminated wood , several inches square , and were generally boxed in on three sides by the plywood skin and shear webs . |
| 2 | And at the heart of that operation was a crackdown on outsiders the Minogue machine felt were unfairly cashing in on her success . |
| 3 | As a result of a general election held on April 25 , 1987 [ see p. 35138 ] , a new coalition government was eventually sworn in on July 8 , in which the Social Democratic Party ( Althyduflokkurinn — SDP ) joined the outgoing coalition partners , the Independence Party ( Sjáfstaedisflokkurinn — IP ) , and the Progressive Party ( Framsóknarflokkurinn — PP ) . |
| 4 | Sabyasachi Mukerjee was appointed Chief Justice of India with effect from Dec. 18 after the retirement of E. S. Venkataramiah , who himself was only sworn in on June 17 but who had reached the retirement age of 65 . |
| 5 | The USC central committee subsequently gave him its backing ( as reported on Aug. 7 ) and he was formally sworn in on Aug. 18 in Mogadishu . |
| 6 | A new Cabinet was appointed on April 17 and was formally sworn in on April 21 . |
| 7 | Alexander Meksi on April 13 became Prime Minister at the head of a new DP-controlled government , which was formally sworn in on April 19 . |
| 8 | Neil was also drafted in on bass for the Guitar Legends festival in Seville , alongside Brian May , Joe Satriani , Steve Vai et al , not to mention ‘ doing ’ The Stonk , the charity single which went to No 1 . |
| 9 | I began to feel I was really homing in on the answer : involuntary spasms had sent those lifeless appendages hopping about the turret like bingo balls on a current of air … until their trajectories just happened to coincide with not-wall , not-floor , not-ceiling ( which I quickly worked out was better than a one in three shot every hop ) . |