Example sentences of "were [verb] [to-vb] in [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Western practices and ideas were modified to fit in with Japanese reality — though there were periods when ‘ Westernization ’ was very much the vogue . |
| 2 | Filmmakers were attempting to link in to contemporary realities . |
| 3 | You see , so these people were going to move in at the weekend so had to put a stop to that cos they had no authority to move in there until the solicitors try and get this thing sorted out . |
| 4 | The Whitby Gazette announced that there would be a high tide on Ascension Eve that year , and readers were invited to write in with their views on the subject . |
| 5 | Hundreds of funeral guests were beginning to filter in on foot from the outlying corners of the kingdom , bringing sacrificial fighting cocks , pigs and magnificently decked-out water-buffalo . |
| 6 | They were preparing to check in for a flight to Tokyo . |
| 7 | One or two offers of touring productions or guest star status in provincial reps came in , a sure sign that their managements were trying to cash in on the name of Michael Banks before it was completely forgotten . |