Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] in [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | SCOTLAND 'S first guest house run by people with mental health problems was opened in Edinburgh yesterday by the Scottish health minister , Lord Fraser , writes Alison Daniels . |
| 32 | My brother was born in Canada so of course he became Canadian or a Blue Noser as they are called . |
| 33 | The single was a big acid hit in 1988 and was played in clubs here as an import . |
| 34 | The single was a big acid hit in 1988 and was played in clubs here as an import . |
| 35 | FALLEN tycoon Asil Nadir was arrested in London yesterday during a police inquiry into missing company funds . |
| 36 | The full horror of an appalling upsurge in terrorism was illustrated in Belfast today at an anti-violence procession . |
| 37 | Joan Waters , too , was left in peace apart from the following two minor incidents which may have been attempts to impress upon her that she had not moved beyond the reach of the long arm of the undercover services . |
| 38 | THE BILL that would have banned the hunting of wild animals was rejected in Parliament yesterday by just 12 votes . |
| 39 | But religious music was composed in France largely by Huguenots and therefore limited to little other than psalms . |
| 40 | A ‘ DYNAMIC new image ’ for Mayfest , as it enters its second decade , was unveiled in Glasgow yesterday by its director , Robert Robson . |
| 41 | McMillan was kept in hospital overnight as a precaution and was in a great deal of pain with his dislocated shoulder , plus the cuts and bruises he had to suffer . |
| 42 | You could say at the last he had his brother 's fibre , but it was manifested in fortitude instead of daring — which is a more admirable thing . |
| 43 | A series of articles outlining this strategy of revolutionary quality rather than quantity was published in Nationalism Today throughout 1987 . |
| 44 | Archer 's treatise The Personall Reigne of Christ upon Earth was published in London late in 1641 or early in 1642 , and predicted that the millennium was close at hand . |
| 45 | A secret summit meeting of top government and party leaders was held in China early in the month and this was followed by a visit to Beijing by one of Vietnam 's most senior leaders . |
| 46 | When a demonstration against the screening was held in Nairobi later in November , Moi called the participants " subversives " . |
| 47 | The hearing was held in Dumbarton instead of Campbeltown to make it easier for relatives from England to attend . |
| 48 | A CENTRE aiming to promote the European Community 's research and technological development programme across Scotland and the north of England was launched in Edinburgh yesterday by the Scottish industry minister , Allan Stewart , seen here taking a well-deserved break during proceedings . |
| 49 | The Birmingham-based group was launched in London yesterday with MP Clare Short as the president . |
| 50 | THE Opportunity 2000 campaign , which aims to promote the cause of women in the workforce , was launched in Belfast today by Lady Elspeth Howe . |