Example sentences of "were [verb] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Torches were stacked in a niche at the head of the tunnel . |
| 2 | In the course of the project , assessment materials were developed in a variety of modes . |
| 3 | Pastel walls formed a tasteful background to a selection of mounted Sara Moon prints , fresh flowers were arranged in a crystal vase , and there was a pink shade on the small desk lamp . |
| 4 | In the front window was a display of paint-brushes which were arranged in a fan . |
| 5 | As far as the primary phase of schooling was concerned , the plan of development favoured the same activities as were listed in A Framework for the School Curriculum , except that more attention was devoted to history and geography , to expressive arts , and to science , and to the need for clearly structured and progressively demanding work in these areas of the curriculum . |
| 6 | The book also records the 1972 National Federation of Fish Friers conference at the Park Hotel , Tynemouth , where the president 's banquet and ball cost £2.50 and delegates were entrailed in a debate about what to do with chicken giblets . |
| 7 | The new group — ‘ the Disestablishment ’ as they were christened in a series of articles in the Financial Times — was highly fluid . |
| 8 | FOUR workers were contaminated in a radiation leak at top-secret Aldermaston atomic weapons base yesterday . |
| 9 | ND were placed in a winning position by an admirably determined and skilful innings of 129 from wicketkeeper Bryan Young . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , the relics — fragments of lumbar bones — were placed in a vault at the Midland Bank , Woking , until a High Court judge ruled in April , 1988 , that they should be moved to the Russian Orthodox Church in exile at nearby Brookwood , Surrey , pending a final trial of the ownership action . |
| 11 | Many of the women and children were placed in a barracks at Peggetz , just east of Lienz . |
| 12 | They were placed in a corner clutching over five pounds worth of raffle tickets each . |
| 13 | In Wycliffe 's temporary office there was only one small , dirty window high up in the wall , but the sun happened to be shining through it and so his desk and chair were placed in a pool of sunlight . |
| 14 | Staggered vertical timbers were erected in the trench , probably with horizontal members between the verticals ; stakes were placed in a line down the centre between the verticals to hold the intervening panels of daubed wattles . |
| 15 | The Hapless family were placed in a room which was staff accommodation , overlooking the kitchens . |
| 16 | Joyce and Beverley , the first boy , were placed in a Salvation Army children 's home , " The Fold " . |
| 17 | In return for testimony , 29 convicts were released from a total of six life-without-parole sentences and 1,109 years of prison time , while six informants were placed in a witness protection programme with all living expenses paid . |
| 18 | Speimens were placed in a tissue culture plate ( Falcon 3847 multiwell plate , Becton Dickinson and Cox ) and cultured with 0.4 ml of MEM alone or with catalase , para-benzoquinone , or superoxide dismutase added . |
| 19 | The fingers en route and for the purpose of being chilled were placed in a packet of ice lollies ! |
| 20 | He says of the liberals that they were placed in a predicament by the fall : ‘ A democracy can not be imposed by force , the majority must favour it , yet the majority wanted what Khomeini wanted — an Islamic republic . ’ |
| 21 | Questions on money were given in a variety of different modes : written , mental , practical and oral . |
| 22 | An idea of the costs involved were given in a Coventry officials ' confidential report to councillors and fellow officials in the seventies . |
| 23 | The standards and test samples were heated in a water bath ( 75°C ) for 10 minutes , allowed to cool for 15 minutes , and mixed vigorously before use . |
| 24 | The clothes were boiled in a copper over a wood fire , rubbed up and down on a wash board , then squeezed through a hand-turned mangle . |
| 25 | Problems of declining care and vandalism at one of the earliest Edward I castles in Wales were highlighted in a Commons Select Committee Report . |
| 26 | Russia 's debt problems were highlighted in a World Bank study released in late September which indicated that the country would need some US$20,000 million of external financial resources annually for the next few years to sustain economic reforms . |
| 27 | These problems were highlighted in a report issued by the EEC itself , from a survey carried out by the European Science Foundation . |
| 28 | Cells were homogenised in a buffer ( pH 7.5 ) containing 10 mmol/l Tris HCl , 1 mmol/l EDTA , 30 mmol/l NcCl , 1 mmol/l dithiothreitol , and 5 µmol/l phenylmethylsulphonylfluoride using a teflon-glass homogenizer . |
| 29 | The pools were homogenised in a Potter glass with chloroform/methanol ( 1:2 vol/vol ) , sonified for 10 minutes , and agitated overnight at 4°C as previously reported . |
| 30 | The Reverend Bert Jones , a minister in the United Reformed CHurch , and Miles Cooper were among a dozen hunt saboteurs who witnessed the scene and were invoved in a skirmish afterwards . |