Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv prt] in this " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would believe that all these people were caught up in this satanic net . |
| 2 | Again , I do not think that individuals are to be blamed for this : whole societies were caught up in this sexist interpretation of reality . |
| 3 | Although some excellent bookstocks were built up in this manner , the disadvantages of such a system are clear . |
| 4 | The sloppiness of such thinking-by-pun affected many of the leading molecular biologists and immunologists of the period ( two who were swept up in this early enthusiasm but stayed on to become wiser neurobiological theorists were Gerald Edelman and Francis Crick ) . |
| 5 | And you knocked on the doors and you canvassed who you were , they could hardly miss who you were since you were dressed up in this uniform showing everywhere , black and red , looked very smart , for a little chap . |
| 6 | No serious attention would be paid to cuisine while his pupils were cavorting around in this outlandish dress parade . |