Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , mental phenomena could emerge from a physical system which does not contain neurons at all , if its physical components were arranged together in a particular way . |
| 2 | Our dwelling place was clean and very isolated ; for we were tucked away in a deep hollow , and all around the tumbling sand dunes encompassed us about . |
| 3 | As with so many of Eliot 's apparently portentous remarks , I fancy that they were uttered partly in a quizzical manner , and that the mock solemnity was intended to convey the idea of a conspiratorial ritual . |
| 4 | For instance , if the clause imposing the obligation only to exercise reasonable endeavours were hidden away in a set of standard terms on the back of a quotation offering in unequivocal terms to paint the house , and the job was otherwise obviously a straightforward one , it is hard to see how reliance on the clause would be reasonable . |
| 5 | The quarters were pressed together in a compressed air jig , and then placed on a bench and the panels , mouldings and windows fitted to them . |
| 6 | CABBIES earning big tips helping to ferry stolen property away from break-ins were targeted yesterday in a series of police raids . |
| 7 | The remaining gas drums were torn apart in a huge blast , and a series of titanic explosions ripped through the fuel tanks in their area , the shock wave breaking loose enormous chunks of rock from the roof . |
| 8 | One day in 1964 , while Richard was playing in Hamlet on Broadway , he and I were interviewed jointly in a private corner of an Eighth Avenue bar and restaurant much frequented by theatre people . |
| 9 | The packet contained two smaller packets — one blue , one white , which were mixed together in a tumbler of water . |
| 10 | The star kissed her three children goodbye before they were whisked away in a chauffeur-driven car with their nanny and John 's brother Patrick . |
| 11 | A 15-YEAR-OLD girl died and four other people were injured yesterday in a head-on car crash near Halber-ton , Devon . |
| 12 | Her lips were curved slightly in a mild , private smile . |
| 13 | Security chiefs were meeting today in a bid to counter the current upsurge in loyalist violence which has claimed four lives in as many days . |
| 14 | The accused and that person were acting together in a dishonest enterprise . |
| 15 | Further allegations were made anecdotally in a vivid and disturbing account . |
| 16 | Until the mid or even the late 1950s these comparisons were made mainly in a discrete way in the belief that advantages shifted from time to time between one country and another [ Postan , 1967 ] . |
| 17 | The various laws relating to incitement to racial hatred hitherto scattered in such diverse places as the Public Order Act 1936 ( as amended ) the Theatres Act 1968 and the Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 were drawn together in a single Act . |
| 18 | His brows were drawn together in a frown , his face still ; the reflected light from the brazier made his fairness ruddy that was usually so pale and clear , but even so the likeness was extreme . |
| 19 | The historical explanations lie mainly in the middle and late nineteenth century , when newspapers were founded often in a political cause , or in connection with news about trade and commerce . |
| 20 | They were crowded together in a corner , their tails pointing the same way . |
| 21 | On the front page was a story about an old man who had lain dead in his council flat for eighteen months until Gas Board workers had discovered him , a blurred photograph of some local women who were going somewhere in a body to protest about something and a larger picture of a council dignitary opening some sort of centre and looking pleased with himself . |
| 22 | The preparations for The Human Angle , Dyson discovered , were going forward in a room on the first floor furnished with a sea-blue fitted carpet , a number of discreetly abstract paintings , and a walnut sideboard . |
| 23 | They needed each other , them complemented each other , they were bound together in a joint world order that defined the period 1948–1989 . |
| 24 | Drawn with the ‘ open ’ Europe of 1993 in mind , it shows how some major cities of medieval Europe were bound together in a network of trade and travel . |
| 25 | Everything the Bookman did was recorded one way or another and now the piles of notes , drawings and maps were locked away in a safe . |
| 26 | It 's almost as if Hook Norton Brewery were locked away in a time warp ; even in the heart of the brewery , the steam engine which runs it is still there . |
| 27 | Two horsemen were riding past in a leisurely manner , skirting the forest . |
| 28 | ‘ I assume they were brought here in a spacecraft , ’ Rosheen continued . |
| 29 | The photographs were taken over a period of ten years , and eventually they were brought together in a book in 1960 ; ten of the book 's essays originally appeared in Vogue , where the appealing mix of an artist 's conversation along with Liberman 's descriptions and commentary succeeded well . |
| 30 | That study and other environmental studies commissioned by the Cardiff Bay development corporation and South Glamorgan county council were brought together in a detailed environmental impact assessment by Liverpool university . |