Example sentences of "was swallowed up [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They just went in head first and was swallowed up in the road . |
| 2 | His existence was swallowed up in the gloom and horror of the entire country — he did not , in other words , lead a private life in the sense in which that was true before the war . |
| 3 | He was swallowed up in the fog . |
| 4 | .. of warriors was swallowed up by the earth , and the island of Atlantis in like manner was swallowed up by the sea and vanished . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ This verse described a boy who had been trembling in front of the bathroom door , but at the same time this boy was swallowed up by the verse ; it surmounted and survived him . |
| 6 | They sang something noble and uplifting about Spiderglass and the atmosphere of pride swelled Jezrael 's emotions until she was swallowed up by the crowd 's euphoria . |
| 7 | The jangling of his chains and bells was swallowed up by the blackness . |
| 8 | .. of warriors was swallowed up by the earth , and the island of Atlantis in like manner was swallowed up by the sea and vanished . ’ |