Example sentences of "[was/were] draw [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jimmy 's eyes were drawn to the garish reflection of neon on the pavement outside a working-men 's club . |
| 2 | Despite a flaring anger at this impertinence her eyes were drawn to the strong column of his throat as he swallowed . |
| 3 | I saw white wool carpets on the gleaming floor and also glimpsed clothing of the costliest taffeta , lace and cambric , but my eyes were drawn to the great silk-draped four-poster bed . |
| 4 | This is mirrored in the huge crowds that were drawn to the special exhibition of books staged by the Educational Publishers Council in London this autumn . |
| 5 | Women , peasants and young people were drawn into the political arena for the first time . |
| 6 | The power of traditional chiefs was curbed and for the first time women and young people were drawn into the political process . |
| 7 | Burakumin were conspicuous in the rice riots which erupted in 1918 , and during the 1920s buraku leaders were drawn into the general upsurge of left wing activism . |
| 8 | Paving stones stood up and were drawn into the new building . |
| 9 | These new men were drawn into the new class until eventually , they overwhelmed it . |
| 10 | However , the Committee did emphasize the need for a much wider range of accommodation than had been provided before the war , and so they were drawn into the sharp debate about densities and preferences as between flats and houses — and this is where the link with the Ministry of Town and Country Planning proved so important . |
| 11 | Thus the Slovenes were drawn into the cultural and religious life of western Europe under German princes and within the spiritual jurisdiction of the Roman Church . |
| 12 | It was when the novelty had worn off , when the days grew short , when earlier and earlier the curtains were drawn against the dark silence outside , that she became restless . |
| 13 | Her eyes were drawn by the impenetrable blackness of the alleys between the parade of houses opposite , a clutch of raucous youths tumbling out of a Victorian plastic pub on the corner and a drunk dressed in a greasy jacket sitting on a bench set back from the road . |
| 14 | Perhaps it was because she 'd already seen countless admiring female eyes slide in his direction ; even though they apparently had n't recognised him in his goggles and ski-hat , still they were drawn by the sheer animal magnetism of the man . |
| 15 | But we were drawn by the Romantic taste in scenery , what Bertrand Russell called ‘ wild torrents , fearful precipices , pathless forests , thunderstorms and generally what is useless , destructive and violent ’ . |
| 16 | Quarter-million-dollar incomes ( not including bonuses ) were drawn by the top oil company bosses . |
| 17 | To Slumptown have also been attracted many from other countries who during the 1950s were drawn by the glittering promises of prosperity diligently advertised by Great Britain . |
| 18 | After 1905 , however , a growing proportion of party cadres were drawn from the working class . |
| 19 | Its priests were drawn from the ruling houses of the tribes , many of whose sons became Druids , and sometimes even the kings themselves , as in the case of Diviacus , the friend of Caesar . |
| 20 | The 1,100 delegates were drawn from the ruling Congolese Party of Labour ( PCT ) of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso , and from approximately 100 opposition groups . |
| 21 | Many of the prominent citizens , when their origins can be traced , were drawn from the lesser landed class , who may have given them moral or financial support . |
| 22 | ‘ The Catholic Church … was unique among the larger religious bodies by the fact that so many of the most devout were drawn from the working-class and even from the poor . ’ |
| 23 | The members of the Council were drawn from the national governments and had the task of counterbalancing the High Authority 's supranationalism . |
| 24 | Furthermore , the ranks of that clergy were drawn from the common people themselves . |
| 25 | In Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century , for example , the highest-ranking bureaucrats were drawn from the land-owning class , while the bourgeoisie constituted the hegemonic class . |
| 26 | The crowds were drawn from the popular classes . |
| 27 | Most ministers were drawn from the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) . |
| 28 | The 115 raiders were drawn from the Independent Companies as No.11 Independent Company carrying half the British stock of Thompson sub-machine guns : 20 tommy-guns . |
| 29 | In Sunday 's final we were drawn in the outside lane . |
| 30 | ‘ Today , he was able to be dropped in behind , whereas last year when he ran third in the Tiffany Highflyer , he was drawn on the far side in a 30-runner race and Steve [ Cauthen ] had to ride him handy to the pace , ’ Stoute said . |