Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the middle " in BNC.
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| 1 | He drew a column of six lines , four of which were broken in the middle ; he scrawled a cross in the middle of one of the broken lines . |
| 2 | But the Jenkins family , part of the great mass , were trapped in the middle of it . |
| 3 | Tom Watson believes that if it were located in the middle of the course , it would not be as difficult . |
| 4 | MATCH-WINNER Eddie McGoldrick and QPR goal scorer Gary Penrice were caught in the middle of a violent confrontation between rival fans after Palace 's surprise win . |
| 5 | The so-called ‘ fourth generation ’ were caught in the middle and it is no wonder they suffered from a ‘ clash in values ’ described in a number of articles discussing youth ‘ problems ’ . |
| 6 | Rosemary Sandford said her husband , son and mother-in-law were caught in the middle of looting , rioting and fires . |
| 7 | But the most famous of such treatises about the Jews were written in the middle of the second century . |
| 8 | Trevelyan wrote during the course of the , of the , of the war , and it was of course a book which was read by enormous numbers of people erm particularly after the end of the war , and he was of course the nephew of erm Macaulay , and therefore he 's in line with another of the great books on English history which were written in the middle of the nineteenth century , Macaulay 's A History of England , which also had as many sales as Trevelyan 's . |
| 9 | At first her earnings of up to £90 for each sex session were split down the middle with Ellis . |
| 10 | Although Larson was clocked at 55.1 secs , or better , by all three time-keepers on his lane , and the Australian John Devitt at 55.2 secs , the six place judges were split down the middle ( 3–3 ) . |
| 11 | We were left in the middle of nowhere . |
| 12 | Elsewhere , vehicles were stranded in the middle of lakes of floodwater . |
| 13 | The enclosed area for the contests was a rectangle 650 feet by 250 feet , surrounded by a low wooden palisade ; a wooden barrier , 5½ feet high and 300 feet long was erected down the middle for jousting ; and the ring posts for lance targets were at each end . |
| 14 | The telephone in the Taylersons ' executive home was situated in the middle of the open-plan living area , which had unimpeded access the kitchen area , the sitting area and the upstairs area |
| 15 | Floor to ceiling bookshelves and low level cupboards were built about 1.6m ( 5–6ft ) in front of the full-length storage to form a kind of corridor or anteroom , and a large double bed was placed in the middle of the room , tight covered like a sofa . |
| 16 | Sabine said faintly , soon after , as a platter with several varieties was placed in the middle of the table . |
| 17 | They did n't want to wait , either of them , and the wedding was arranged for the middle of October . |
| 18 | His dark hair , long and straight , was parted in the middle . |
| 19 | His iron-grey hair was parted in the middle and he had the mutton-chop whiskers of a bygone age . |
| 20 | A stocky , even heavy woman , with straight blonde hair that was parted in the middle and otherwise unregulated , she padded about with firm , deliberate steps , not looking much at anyone , not smiling easily as Caroline did , only nodding indifferently when Alice caught a glimpse of her through a door or coming efficiently through the hall . |
| 21 | It was the same story over again , brother against brother , neighbour against neighbour ; and as before Rodrigo was caught in the middle . |
| 22 | Gregory was caught in the middle of the emotional triangle and Rigby sympathised with him . |
| 23 | Deng Xiaoping as paramount leader , although officially only carrying out his duties as the Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission , was caught in the middle , trying to maintain a balance between factions in the party which he denied existed . |
| 24 | She was caught in the middle of a terrible ghastly nightmare , and one she could n't even hope to escape from by waking up . |
| 25 | Girls cheered and threw money on to the stage , but the curtain came down , the head hit him again and , with the curtain back up , the youngster was caned in the middle of the performance . |
| 26 | One of the chief glories of this house is that it has been little altered since it was built around the middle of the sixteenth century . |
| 27 | The little Spring Mill was built around the middle of the 19th century . |
| 28 | Preston Mill was built in the middle of the eighteenth century as a corn mill powered by a cast-iron waterwheel driven from a large millpond . |
| 29 | Nor was the scene confined to the city : half the picture was outside the wall , a stretch of which was shown near the middle ; and this brings us to the second great change , the opening up of space . |
| 30 | It was broadcast in the middle of the evening 's entertainment , which also included Larry Grayson 's Generation Game and a new series of All Creatures Great and Small . |