Example sentences of "was draw [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Her gaze was drawn to the firm lines of his sensuous mouth , the lean-muscled body forcing her to a recognition of his powerful masculinity . |
| 3 | Countess Constance was drawn to the nationalist movement including the Abbey Theatre and the Gaelic League . |
| 4 | So you can imagine my excitement when my attention was drawn to the small print in the back of Screen International , the film industry 's weekly newspaper . |
| 5 | Particular attention was drawn to the small tunnel at Curiemuirend which leads under the Walkway to the bridge over the river to Westmill which is , at present , virtually impassable . |
| 6 | Particular attention was drawn to the small tunnel at Curiemuirend which leads under the Walkway to the bridge over the river to Westmill which is , at present , virtually impassable . |
| 7 | In the 1980s attention was drawn to the small bowel , where the secretory and motor responses to stress seem to be different in IBS patients . |
| 8 | ‘ No , you should n't have , ’ Katherine echoed , but her hand was drawn to the cool translucent stone , a stark primordial form with its blind but all-seeing eyes intense in their repose . |
| 9 | In the evenings everyone was drawn to the blazing log fire in the entrance hall , where Sister Margaret recounted the history of Don Basco and the Salesians , and of the house at Brettargh Holt . |
| 10 | When she had to set a plate before him she could smell pomade on his hair , and her gaze was drawn to the long , clever hands which had once touched her body so intimately and unprofessionally . |
| 11 | Attention was drawn to the proline-rich regions of Sos1 as potential SH3 binding sites by the mapping of other SH3 binding sites to proline-rich domains . |
| 12 | At the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council attention was drawn to the overgrown state of the footway on Station Lane Scorton on the section from the entrance to Brook Avenue as far as the railway bridge . |
| 13 | Unerringly , the eye was drawn towards the towering ivan punctuating the middle of the west wall . |
| 14 | His older brother was a populist executed in 1887 for plotting to assassinate the Tsar , and as a teenager Lenin was drawn into the revolutionary movement . |
| 15 | Once again the sharp contrast was drawn between the charming and friendly people one came across in everyday life and the murdering hate of the evil terrorist minority who eagerly blew innocent men , women and children to Kingdom come . |
| 16 | Much of Adams ' set was drawn from the multi-platinum ‘ Reckless ’ album . |
| 17 | The membership was drawn from the industrial conurbations of Yorkshire , and placed an emphasis on self-improvement and knowledge and understanding of the countryside . |
| 18 | So it was with some surprise a few years ago that our attention was drawn from the dull French film noir onscreen to the back of the cinema , where a couple were resolving a lovers ' squabble . |
| 19 | Ms Oruene told the two-day hearing in Edinburgh last month that only one practising advocate in Scotland was drawn from the ethnic minorities . |
| 20 | Much of this information was drawn from the self-appraisal report . |
| 21 | Its membership was drawn from the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers Technical and Administrative Staffs Section ( AUEW TASS ) , the CSJ , the CPNI , the Belfast Wolfe Tone Society , the Belfast trades council , the Republican Clubs , the Ulster Liberal Party , the NDP , the RLP , the Ardoyne Tenants ' Association and the NILP . |
| 22 | The distinction was drawn in the following terms : both types of function involved the resolution of a dispute , but whereas the former involved resolution by recourse to law , the latter allowed and often required recourse to considerations of public policy . |
| 23 | I assumed that the ‘ B ’ motif was drawn against the right-hand edge of the mylar sheet , that is with the right edge of the motif on the sixtieth stitch of the mylar sheet . |