Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [adv] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Palestinian death count grew steadily , at least four were shot dead here in Gaza , and a line of stretchers , with hundreds more wounded Gazans piled into local hospitals . |
| 2 | The rest of us were herded all together in the room opposite . |
| 3 | Its crumbling wooden fence and the wealth of overgrown shrubs was considered useful only in shielding the postern gate from any but the most discerning eye . |
| 4 | A constable was shot dead yesterday in Alexandra , a Johannesburg township , bringing to 42 the total of SAP men assassinated on active duty so far this year . |
| 5 | In Cyrenaica , then , the social and economic pattern was agricultural , and to a degree which was thought remarkable even in a world not familiar with alternatives to agricultural economies ( p. 13 ) . |
| 6 | Bishop Aethelric , he had heard , was accounted able even in Peterborough , and ruthless into the bargain . |