Example sentences of "was draw [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the year of the Queen 's Silver Jubilee and the Prince , just twenty-nine , was drawing to the end of his first year as a full-time working member of the ‘ family firm ’ . |
| 2 | The single most difficult thing I found when using the Grafpad was to remember whether I was drawing on the screen or mapping the attributes . |
| 3 | She had come to the beginning of the shelters now , which meant that she was drawing near the pier . |
| 4 | This portrait was drawn at the time . |
| 5 | Although Boardwalk was drawn on the inside , Kelly hoped to get a good enough break to be able to settle third or fourth . |
| 6 | The chart was drawn on the spot and left with the parents . |
| 7 | And John Henry was drawn on the outside in the starting gate at number 12 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Again her attention was drawn to the roll of rubber sheeting . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He was drawn to the work of IPTA ( Indian People 's Theatre Association ) , a cultural wing of the Communist Party of India , and worked with it as an actor — playwright — director till 1954 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But her eye was drawn to the flask . |
| 17 | Laski 's attack was drawn to the attention of the executive at its ensuing meeting , and a statement was issued formally repudiating it . |
| 18 | Imagine your response if , when you were depositing funds in a building society account , your attention was drawn to the fact that if you died only the original investment would be returned , but if you lived you would keep all of the interest . |
| 19 | And he was drawn to the grace and violence to be found among his Cossacks . |
| 20 | Her attention was drawn to the radio once again . |
| 21 | Sampson I , from a rural Welsh minor gentry background , was drawn to the iron trade partly through the example of his father-in-law . |
| 22 | In Chapter 1 attention was drawn to the tangle of relationships within which carers and cared may be enmeshed . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | She was drawn towards the resilience of a man who offered the possibility of providing something which had eluded her during childhood — the exclusive love of a parent . |
| 25 | As he was drawn towards the Eye the terror-struck Rincewind raised the box protectively , and at the same time heard the picture imp say , ‘ They 're about ripe now , ca n't hold them any longer . |
| 26 | Almost as if key words had been uttered — body , blood , puberty — Harold was drawn across the hearthrug to Felicity 's side . |
| 27 | Between these pilasters are still visible the corbels upon which were supported the masts of the velarium which was drawn across the auditorium . |
| 28 | The blade flashed as it was drawn over the leather . |
| 29 | NORFOLK was drawn into the Medau web in 1960 after Madge Segger and Phyllis Ratcliffe , County Physical Education Advisers , visited Wembley for the Festival of Movement and Dance . |
| 30 | Most striking was the case of the young Tatar Muslim , Mir Sajit Sultan Galiev , who was drawn into the work of the commissions , becoming one of Stalin 's assistants . |