Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicholson was caught up in the aftermath and became Hollywood 's hottest property to emerge for two decades . |
| 2 | Distillery boss Billy Hamilton fears the worst after Heath was assisted off in the second-half with a torn calf muscle . |
| 3 | Frank was brought up in the Hollywood studio tradition and expected producers to exert a large amount of control , but Lester 's lack of freedom did not stop him changing parts of the script — including all of Gawford 's scenes — and reducing the number of songs . |
| 4 | One day , Mildred was walking along in the park it was very , very hot and she was very , very tired ! |
| 5 | Three minutes after the break , City know it was not going to be their day , they themselves were awarded a penalty when Frankie Machavellio was brought down in the area . |
| 6 | In the 1980s much was achieved in the economy and many essential and fundamental changes had to be made after the IMF was called in in the late 1970s when Labour was in power . |
| 7 | Mrs Chalk was clattering round in the kitchen , and a savoury aroma was wafting from that region . |
| 8 | It seems that Meg was washing up in the pantry yesterday when Mr Swinton came in from the shore as is his custom in the afternoons , and you were with him ! |
| 9 | And as Switzerland began to run riot , Gough was sent off in the 84th minute for handling the ball as Knup threatened to break through again . |
| 10 | Williams rounded off with a 63rd-minute penalty after Gabbiadini was brought down in the area . |
| 11 | The first bit of ‘ fighting ’ was after Wallace was brought down in the area for what I thought was a definate penalty . |
| 12 | When Bill was growing up in the Durham of the 1930s , memories of the Great Strike of 1926 were still sharp and vivid among the mining community . |
| 13 | But then Villa skipper Kevin Richardson was brought down in the area by Dean Austin after bursting through , and Staunton converted a 71st minute spot kick . |
| 14 | But then Villa skipper Kevin Richardson was brought down in the area by Dean Austin after bursting through , and Staunton converted a 71st minute spot kick . |
| 15 | Jenny was helping out in the newsagent-cum-sweet-shop in the village . |
| 16 | The German mortaring had suddenly stopped and the Brigade Major was standing out in the open talking to an Officer when , just as suddenly , the mortars started up again , sending their bombs swishing through the trees and sending the Brigade Major diving for cover . |
| 17 | The Surrey team 's goalkeeper Adrian Blake was helped off in the 57th minute , with his team already 3–0 down , after being apparently struck by a coin thrown from the crowd . |
| 18 | She looked round swiftly to check whether the others had seen him but Conrad was pouring wine and chattering , Philippa was settling herself into the crimson beanbag , Larry was moving around in the kitchen , John was sipping his drink and testing out her rocking-chair and the lad with the twisted arm was hovering , uncomfortably . |
| 19 | ‘ Chris was hanging around in the pool room and we kept going out to play him the mixed songs on my ghetto-blaster . |
| 20 | Nearly all research in communist East Germany was carried out in the 57 institutes of the Academy of Sciences , with universities being given little chance to conduct serious research . |
| 21 | Hirst was sent off in the first leg , for the first time in his career , and Bright he was signed too late to be eligible . |
| 22 | Like her French contemporaries Elizabeth Vigee-Lebrun or Adelaide Labille-Guiard , Angelica Kauffman was caught up in the contradictory politics of class and gender through the elite patronage without which she could not work . |
| 23 | Blotting was carried out in the absence of leucine zipper peptide as competitor ( lanes 1 and 4 ) , in the presence of 6 mg/ml CREB leucine zipper peptide ( lanes 2 and 5 ) or 6 mg/ml JUN leucine zipper peptide ( lanes 3 and 6 ) . |
| 24 | Blotting was carried out in the absence of leucine zipper peptide as competitor ( lanes 1 and 4 ) , in the presence of 6 mg/ml CREB leucine zipper peptide ( lane 2 ) or 6 mg/ml JUN leucine zipper peptide ( lane 3 ) . |
| 25 | Blotting was carried out in the absence of leucine zipper peptide as competitor ( lane 1 ) or in the presence of 6 mg/ml CREB leucine zipper peptide ( lane 2 ) . |
| 26 | Eventually , Haverford was driven back in the Metro the Harrisons had left at Fosdyke 's disposal . |
| 27 | The son of a Scottish father who deserted the family home at an early age and a Jewish mother , McLaren was brought up in the middle-class London suburb of Edgware . |
| 28 | In his bedroom , Henry was scraping about in the tortoise box . |
| 29 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |