Example sentences of "[noun sg] was draw [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This seems to have been the extent of the later celebrations , for in 1862 the Mercury reported that no plough was drawn through the streets as was common in the festival . |
| 2 | The analogy was drawn between the efficacy of geomorphic processes and that of a giant , a man and a dwarf attempting to cut down a forest . |
| 3 | PRIME Ministerial blood was drawn for the first time in the election campaign yesterday when Mr Major was hit by an egg thrown from close range . |
| 4 | When she had to set a plate before him she could smell pomade on his hair , and her gaze was drawn to the long , clever hands which had once touched her body so intimately and unprofessionally . |
| 5 | Her gaze was drawn to the firm lines of his sensuous mouth , the lean-muscled body forcing her to a recognition of his powerful masculinity . |
| 6 | 23–4–1875 The attention of the Session was drawn to the desirability of having the children brought together on the Sabbath in a central place and they agreed to give the subject further consideration . |
| 7 | This portrait was drawn at the time . |
| 8 | I assumed that the ‘ B ’ motif was drawn against the right-hand edge of the mylar sheet , that is with the right edge of the motif on the sixtieth stitch of the mylar sheet . |
| 9 | Picabia was drawn into the circle , probably by Apollinaire with whom he had recently become friendly . |
| 10 | Its membership was drawn from the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers Technical and Administrative Staffs Section ( AUEW TASS ) , the CSJ , the CPNI , the Belfast Wolfe Tone Society , the Belfast trades council , the Republican Clubs , the Ulster Liberal Party , the NDP , the RLP , the Ardoyne Tenants ' Association and the NILP . |
| 11 | The membership was drawn from the industrial conurbations of Yorkshire , and placed an emphasis on self-improvement and knowledge and understanding of the countryside . |
| 12 | Its membership was drawn from the ranks of the Tory Party , the Anglican clergy and the aristocracy , but it was dominated by the intellectual voice of the medical profession . |
| 13 | Unerringly , the eye was drawn towards the towering ivan punctuating the middle of the west wall . |
| 14 | But her eye was drawn to the flask . |
| 15 | Her eye was drawn to the models on the benches . |
| 16 | It 's official designation is an eyecatcher ; the idea was you looked out of the windows of the house and that your eye was drawn to the temple at the end of the lakes . |
| 17 | Gabriel 's eye was drawn by the movement . |
| 18 | A distinction was drawn in the eleventh and twelfth centuries between ordinary homage and ‘ liege ’ homage . |
| 19 | The distinction was drawn in the following terms : both types of function involved the resolution of a dispute , but whereas the former involved resolution by recourse to law , the latter allowed and often required recourse to considerations of public policy . |
| 20 | So you can imagine my excitement when my attention was drawn to the small print in the back of Screen International , the film industry 's weekly newspaper . |
| 21 | Once his attention was drawn to the bending , the child dismantled the tower but before he could rebuild it properly , the teacher challenged him to build another bent tower . |
| 22 | In Chapter 1 attention was drawn to the tangle of relationships within which carers and cared may be enmeshed . |
| 23 | Here , attention was drawn to the dominance of a sub-culture of child abuse expertise into which many professionals working in the field are socialised in different ways . |
| 24 | Her attention was drawn to the radio once again . |
| 25 | It is time that more attention was drawn to the contribution of the SBS to the war in the Mediterranean ; what better way than to republish this first class account . |
| 26 | Attention was drawn to the proline-rich regions of Sos1 as potential SH3 binding sites by the mapping of other SH3 binding sites to proline-rich domains . |
| 27 | Again her attention was drawn to the roll of rubber sheeting . |
| 28 | Once the Origin of Species had converted the scientific world to a basic acceptance of evolutionism , biologists ' attention was drawn to the problem of reconstructing the history of life on earth . |
| 29 | Females under 18 years of age were recommended as particularly suitable for non-custodial sentences , and attention was drawn to the strengthening of supervision orders for juveniles in the Children 's Act of 1989 . |
| 30 | Particular attention was drawn to the small tunnel at Curiemuirend which leads under the Walkway to the bridge over the river to Westmill which is , at present , virtually impassable . |