Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Times have changed dramatically for the worse in Wales , a condition brought on as much as anything by the masochistic fixture-making which has brought about so much contact between the countries since the Welsh were blacked out in the 1987 World Cup semi-final . |
| 2 | When I 'd called in at Sunil 's place after Prentice had driven off , Nassim was on the landing yelling orders to the builders who were crashing around in the bathroom . |
| 3 | The Barbarians were knocking about in the late bronze age and iron age . |
| 4 | Neither of these points were picked up in the debate . |
| 5 | The reforms of Joseph II ( 1780–90 ) , which were carried through in the spirit of the Age of Enlightenment , included a secularisation of education and the recognition of the rights of the Slav subjects of the Empire to instruct in their own language . |
| 6 | No clear distinction could yet be made between the wholesale and retail trades that were carried on in the ‘ shops ’ in the historic centre of the city . |
| 7 | Until post-war reconstruction began in the 1950s and early 1960s , most building projects were carried out in the traditional manner , with an architect designing the building and managing the contract , a quantity surveyor preparing bills of quantities , valuations and a final account , and a general contractor who actually constructed the building . |
| 8 | The church was rebuilt in the 13th century and further modifications and restoration were carried out in the 15th century . |
| 9 | The great majority of thefts were carried out in the villages . |
| 10 | But most cattle thefts were carried out in the interior of the Low Country , Kurunagala , and in the districts bordering these two areas , where they were organized by wealthy and powerful men . |
| 11 | Our case studies of casual working were carried out in the hotels and catering industry where a large proportion of the casual labour force is to be found . |
| 12 | Analyses of covariance were carried out in the first study , and t tests were used in the second study . |
| 13 | These experiments were carried out in the presence of heparin which is known to rapidly and completely dissociate the CRP-DNA binary complex . |
| 14 | Working up trials were carried out in the Solent area and we soon found that various modifications were necessary . |
| 15 | Surveys carried out by the optical profession show that after an initial drop , 12.43 million sight tests were carried out in the financial year ending 1991 . |
| 16 | Before the building of the pierheads and bridges commenced , tests were carried out in the Solway Firth . |
| 17 | One possible reason for the difference between Chapman 's and our results is that their experiments were all performed in the presence of 5 mM glutamine ( M Chapman , personal communication ) where our experiments were carried out in the absence of glutamine . |
| 18 | Several case studies were carried out in the 1970s , of which the Liverpool Inner Area Study ( 1975 ) is of particular interest . |
| 19 | All these measures were carried out in the name of cost improvements cost-cutting would be a more appropriate name . |
| 20 | Most spreadsheets were designed back in the days when 640KBytes was the maximum amount of memory that was available . |
| 21 | But they were pegged back in the 41st minute when John Bumstead scored with a diving header from Scott Minto ’ s centre . |
| 22 | Then , to mark the end of the service , three enormous thunder-flashes were let off in the rear gatehouse . |
| 23 | The address was , and I think still is , Kensington Court Garage , because the stables had been converted to the needs of the automobile age ; and we were perched up in the gallery . |
| 24 | Members of the Royal Marines orchestra , including some bandsmen who were caught up in the bombing , played during the hour-long service . |
| 25 | Tatham also represented investors who were caught up in the Farrington Stead collapse . |
| 26 | When Mackay launched his cavalry at the attackers ' flank to try to restore the situation , they were caught up in the rout of the demoralised infantry , now stampeding from the field , while the victorious Highlanders pressed on unchecked until distracted from killing by the chance of plunder as they reached Mackay 's baggage train . |
| 27 | Although these families rose further than any since the sixteenth century , many of the Sussex gentry were caught up in the process of aggrandisement . |
| 28 | Hundreds of thousands of people travelling home or heading out for the evening were caught up in the ensuing chaos . |
| 29 | Unless the working classes were caught up in the new sectarian movements of Protestantism ( which were themselves a reaction and response to modernity ) , they were liable to slip into unbelief . |
| 30 | How many , I wonder , were caught up in the looting frenzy themselves and are now attempting to make amends ? |