Example sentences of "they [was/were] [vb pp] [conj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I am convinced — or rather , I have been convinced — that this felicity is due to the influence of the place in which they were born and in which they have lived all their lives … ’ |
| 2 | Because of the hostile environment for which they were built and in which they excel , Beavers are rarely seen by us ‘ soft ’ folk from civilization ; yet who knows how many are still soldiering on ( Beavering away ? ) in the jungles , mountains , deserts and tundra of the world ? |
| 3 | Many of the victims were in poor health and , in some cases , had been incarcerated by the police on the assumption that they were drunk when in fact they were suffering from diseases which were life-threatening when treatment was withheld . |
| 4 | They were divorced and in 1931 he married Irene Ruth Marden , daughter of Oliver Hawkshaw , gentleman of independent means . |
| 5 | Mrs Hollidaye had pointed out how one could see creatures even more clearly when they were silhouetted as in a shadow cut-out . |
| 6 | Whereas things appeared stable in Britain at that time , overseas there existed events of change — in Italy there existed no unity and much of the land was occupied by the forces of Austria , but they were removed and in 1833 , a united Italy was advocated under Papal rule , but that proved not to be successful and it would be some years before Garibaldi was able to form the Italian National Association for the Unification of Italy which only achieved its objective in 1871 . |