Example sentences of "were [vb pp] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clipboard held tightly under her arm , she strode purposefully over to the area where the thousands of drums were stacked in a sprawled , looming maze . |
| 2 | Torches were stacked in a niche at the head of the tunnel . |
| 3 | In the course of the project , assessment materials were developed in a variety of modes . |
| 4 | Milton 's ideas , for instance , were developed in an age when the state exercised enormous controls over intellectual and cultural life . |
| 5 | It was decided that , to safeguard the future of the species , a population of at least 200 breeding adults would be kept safely in captivity , while other animals were gambled in an experimental reintroduction . |
| 6 | These were the fifth and sixth centuries , when Byzantine designs were forming themselves from early Christian patterns , and the tenth to thirteenth centuries when more elaborate buildings were erected in a new wave of expansion . |
| 7 | It was quite an eerie sight when all the bubbles were erected in an engineers yard . |
| 8 | In the front window was a display of paint-brushes which were arranged in a fan . |
| 9 | Pastel walls formed a tasteful background to a selection of mounted Sara Moon prints , fresh flowers were arranged in a crystal vase , and there was a pink shade on the small desk lamp . |
| 10 | She first confirmed Watson 's hypothesis that in the tobacco mosaic virus small protein sub-units were arranged in a helical fashion . |
| 11 | The shimmering folds of the nets were arranged in a looping canopy above where the musicians played , and effected a startling , glowing paleness in the untidy gloom of the attic . |
| 12 | Pieces of buttered toast were arranged in a regular pattern on a silver dish — four slices awaiting their crowning with four perfect eggs . |
| 13 | The gill openings were arranged in an oblique line as in lampreys . |
| 14 | As far as the primary phase of schooling was concerned , the plan of development favoured the same activities as were listed in A Framework for the School Curriculum , except that more attention was devoted to history and geography , to expressive arts , and to science , and to the need for clearly structured and progressively demanding work in these areas of the curriculum . |
| 15 | The book also records the 1972 National Federation of Fish Friers conference at the Park Hotel , Tynemouth , where the president 's banquet and ball cost £2.50 and delegates were entrailed in a debate about what to do with chicken giblets . |
| 16 | The new group — ‘ the Disestablishment ’ as they were christened in a series of articles in the Financial Times — was highly fluid . |
| 17 | Most of the poems Wordsworth contributed to the Lyrical Ballads were completed in an astonishing burst of creativity during the next few weeks , and drew their inspiration largely from his immediate surroundings at Holford and Alfoxden . |
| 18 | Factories were ordered to cut production levels and road repairs were halted in an effort to cut traffic jams . |
| 19 | FOUR workers were contaminated in a radiation leak at top-secret Aldermaston atomic weapons base yesterday . |
| 20 | He says of the liberals that they were placed in a predicament by the fall : ‘ A democracy can not be imposed by force , the majority must favour it , yet the majority wanted what Khomeini wanted — an Islamic republic . ’ |
| 21 | Meanwhile , the relics — fragments of lumbar bones — were placed in a vault at the Midland Bank , Woking , until a High Court judge ruled in April , 1988 , that they should be moved to the Russian Orthodox Church in exile at nearby Brookwood , Surrey , pending a final trial of the ownership action . |
| 22 | They were placed in a gentle curve , about twenty traps in all , facing the outgoing tide . |
| 23 | The staff were placed in a reserved occupation and not allowed to join the armed forces . |
| 24 | The blocks were placed in a long tray which was just wide enough to accommodate them and the tray was then subjected to a series of sharp shocks , very similar to the succussion process . |
| 25 | They were placed in a corner clutching over five pounds worth of raffle tickets each . |
| 26 | They were placed in a large room with about thirty men . |
| 27 | Staggered vertical timbers were erected in the trench , probably with horizontal members between the verticals ; stakes were placed in a line down the centre between the verticals to hold the intervening panels of daubed wattles . |
| 28 | They were placed in a mature planted tank on their own with a dense cloud of daphnia ( as security and food ) , along with twenty tadpoles . |
| 29 | These were placed in a very large polystyrene box , which was then sealed up with tape and the message ‘ Please reseal if opened ’ boldly written across the top . |
| 30 | ND were placed in a winning position by an admirably determined and skilful innings of 129 from wicketkeeper Bryan Young . |