Example sentences of "was [vb pp] during the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cherkin 's own description of how that task was developed during the mid-1960s was characteristic of the man . |
| 2 | Little progress was reported during the talks , which were largely overshadowed by events in the occupied territories . |
| 3 | Projectile weapons had been known from Roman times , but much of the technology was redeveloped during the crusades . |
| 4 | One of them was hurt during the arrests . |
| 5 | A man was arrested during the searches . |
| 6 | The actual facts ' of who was arrested during the riots , whether black or white , were hardly debated since it was assumed that they were mostly black and mostly unemployed and involved with crime ( Keith , 1987 ) . |
| 7 | Security was increased during the elections to ensure public order and to prevent any interference with polling stations . |
| 8 | Whilst coffins of this type were produced for vault and brick-lined shaft deposit they were also required for intramural earth-cut graves ; one such example from the 1820s was discovered during the excavations at St Mary 's Church , Little Ilford , Essex in 1984 . |
| 9 | There is no evidence which bears on the position of Eorcenberht , king of Kent , though Bede , who exempted Kent from the area of Eadwine 's hegemony , implies that Kent 's special position was maintained during the reigns of Oswald and Oswiu ( HE 11 , 5 ) . |
| 10 | When he was murdered during the Wars of the Roses only the choir had been built ; later the ante-chapel was added and together they formed College Chapel . |