Example sentences of "was [verb] in and [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The afternoon was drawing in and the water was choppy under the keen wind . |
| 2 | The night was drawing in and the kids had gone home and the tunnel under the embankment was deep in shadow . |
| 3 | They stood uncomfortably outside Margate crematorium while the coffin was carried in and the relations eased themselves sadly out of hired limos . |
| 4 | When Part 2 was completed , it was handed in and the purpose of the study was explained . |
| 5 | On 1 November Sukarno was called in and a ceasefire arranged . |
| 6 | ‘ A trained police negotiator was called in and the person was coaxed out . |
| 7 | An external consultant was called in and the first steps towards a safer environment were taken with the installation of signs indicating emergency exits and fire extinguishers . |
| 8 | A white plastic body-length bag was brought in and the mortal remains of Jacob Irwin stuffed into it . |
| 9 | It felt as though the tree he was sitting in and the green leaves all around him belonged to another world altogether and that he was a trespasser who had no right to be where he was . |
| 10 | So I was taken in and the first job I was taken , by this young fella , eighteenish , big chap to me , but he said , Come on young'un , this is what you 've got ta do . |
| 11 | Another stun grenade was thrown in and a third soldier hurled himself through the window after it , before it had exploded . |