Example sentences of "was under the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1857 , Reading police force was under the auspices of Chief Constable Henry Peck , a man who played it strictly by the rule book . |
| 2 | Much of the post-war rise in social research into ageing and employment was under the auspices of the Nuffield Foundation . |
| 3 | It was under the auspices of arch that the conference to discuss how best to repair Croatia 's war damage was held in Zagreb last December . |
| 4 | That morning they parted under the trees , he never took her all the way to the gates , that would only have made things worse , that morning she looked the way she always looked , rings under her eyes and her whole body braced for the ordeal that lay ahead , how hard it was to leave her always , maybe that was why they always drew the parting out , sometimes it took minutes , just the saying goodbye , they backed away from each other , then stopped and called something out , then backed away again , they called out special words that they 'd made up , words to fill the distance between them , words for the things they could n't say , they backed away till he was under the trees or she was through the gates , whichever happened first , she looked the same way she always looked that morning , except for one thing , she had a clock tucked under her arm , the clock they 'd found together , the clock that did n't tick , the lonely clock . |
| 5 | You know he was under the covers . |
| 6 | As they walked down the drive , Constance was surprised at how cool it was under the pines . |
| 7 | Pausanias thought Myrtilos was under the heads of Oenomaus 's horses , but since he certainly took the girl for male he may have meant her . |
| 8 | What brought her to a standstill was the realisation that her bedroom was under the eaves , so that the walls angled sharply towards the ceiling , lending the room a special character . |
| 9 | But Merseyside Labour MPs yesterday denounced the verdict which blamed Mr Evans of Wigan who they said was under the orders of the starter , Captain Keith Brown . |