Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adv] under the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside Colombo the force was theoretically under the control of government agents who had many other duties and usually spared little time for the police . |
| 2 | I know , woke up this morning she was , she was obviously cold , cat was right under the covers , snuggled right up to me and got her , her chin on me arm like that , I was asleep Justifying Nation , did you like that ? |
| 3 | This green was then under the wood approximately where the 5th tees are now , and very prone to dampness . |
| 4 | Although few of the wares are found on the Wall itself , to the south of it they have a wide distribution pattern over the central and eastern parts of the northern garrisons ; , presumably the western sector was firmly under the control of the Wilderspool potters . |
| 5 | They could only see Blefuscu 's warships coming closer , as I was swimming and my head was occasionally under the water . |
| 6 | Cowper 's poem was still under the shadow of Milton 's Paradise Lost , and it is to Coleridge 's credit that he was able to avoid Miltonic diction and write true ‘ conversational ’ poems . |
| 7 | In 1977 , an improved version of the same program won the 84th Minnesota Open against a field whose strength was just under the Master level . |
| 8 | The bank was completely under the control of Mr Abdić and his colleagues , and apparently complied with all their wishes . |
| 9 | Responsibility for retinal screening lay with optometrists unless the patient was already under the care of a hospital eye clinic . |
| 10 | Although the ASC was clearly under the control of the accounting profession , in 1982 its membership was broadened to include representatives from outside the profession . |