Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crates of fruit and vegetables were stacked at the other end . |
| 2 | Scores of meticulously labelled tins containing sub-assembly fixings were stacked at the rear of the workshop . |
| 3 | Two stone steps and a low wide door in the far wall led up to a smaller kitchen , and beyond that was the gloomy pantry where trussed birds and enormous rounds of butter and cheese were stacked on cold stone slabs . |
| 4 | Thick pink towels were stacked on a rack , other pink towels were over a rail . |
| 5 | Bundles of papers and box files were stacked on termite-proof metal shelves but their labels had faded . |
| 6 | The boxes were stacked on desks and tables and covered the floors as fast as the shelves were emptied . |
| 7 | She picked up one of the wire baskets that were stacked outside the supermarket and gave him a selfconscious , defiant stare . |
| 8 | Cereals were stacked under the stairs , toilet paper above the door and ‘ thro' the back ’ was the repository for every shape and size of bottle . |
| 9 | Good quality hold-alls were stacked beside the table . |
| 10 | Boxes of apples , which filled the air with a sickly sweet perfume , were stacked beside a cracked sink that was flanked by warped wooden draining boards . |
| 11 | The cupboards were stacked with discarded baby clothing , receipts for adverts in London and suburban newspapers , anxious letters and telegrams from worried mothers , in fact virtually everything to give the thankful Detective Inspector a watertight case . |
| 12 | The shelves on either side of the window behind the desk were stacked with files , directories and timetables . |
| 13 | As the trio grew up , so the hurts piled up until they were stacked upon them like old 78 records , each playing the same dreary old repetitive tune . |
| 14 | The room had the look of a tattered nest — piles of newspapers were stacked against the walls , empty stone bottles stood about with dust on their shoulders like soldiers after a battle . |
| 15 | He added : ‘ The odds were stacked against Fiji in the World Cup , having to play in France , in the mountains at night , in the freezing cold of Grenoble in the Alps . ’ |
| 16 | Even if she had n't been linked to the blackamoor , the cards were stacked against flight . |
| 17 | My suitcases were stacked against the wall along with those of the boys which contained the rest of their clothes . |
| 18 | But Leeds was where England beat us and I felt that , after the row at Old Trafford , the odds were stacked against us up there . |
| 19 | Hundreds of crates of beer were stacked against three of the whitewashed walls but the fourth , and longest , wall was hidden behind rows of wooden racks lined with bottles of both local and imported wines . |
| 20 | She read her books with an intense concentration — and she learned what Johnny had to do , and of the terrible odds that were stacked against him ; for as she , in her time , moved towards the middle of July , she knew that , for Johnny , it was August ; and in one of her books she learned that it was in August , between the 8th and the 15th , that the most heavily concentrated forces of enemy bombers had been sent against the military installations , and the ports and airfields of Britain . |
| 21 | Two open wooden crates , piled high with computer keyboards , were stacked against the wall outside the headmaster 's study . |
| 22 | Empty frames and canvases were stacked against the walls … |
| 23 | In terms of power relations , the odds were stacked against him . |
| 24 | With Derby County ahead against Swindon Town , the odds were stacked against Middlesbrough . |
| 25 | Cartridge boxes were stacked in two layers . |
| 26 | Components were stacked in piles all over the factory floor like the contents of an attic . |
| 27 | Straining his eyes , he could just make out the two boxes which were stacked in the far corner of the room and a picture frame which was propped up against them . |
| 28 | After a brief glance at the two boxes of apples which were stacked in the corner , he sat on the end of the bed with Willie and talked about the poem he was writing . |
| 29 | Benches and chairs had been placed around the walls , and biscuit mattresses , still folded , were stacked in the corner nearest the stone steps . |
| 30 | His jackets were hung on the backs of chairs , his triumphantly acquired groceries were stacked in the sitting-room , his cigar butts filled the ashtrays and his glasses had made rings on the surface of the poolside table . |