Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] the " 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 | She picked up one of the wire baskets that were stacked outside the supermarket and gave him a selfconscious , defiant stare . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Good quality hold-alls were stacked beside the table . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | My suitcases were stacked against the wall along with those of the boys which contained the rest of their clothes . |
| 8 | Two open wooden crates , piled high with computer keyboards , were stacked against the wall outside the headmaster 's study . |
| 9 | Empty frames and canvases were stacked against the walls … |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Benches and chairs had been placed around the walls , and biscuit mattresses , still folded , were stacked in the corner nearest the stone steps . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | In those days think-tanks were intoxicated by the new sophistication they could apply to their work by way of computers , games theory and other novelties . |
| 15 | ‘ I can only assume they were intoxicated by the flood of enthusiasm from central government , and thought they could do anything , even build power stations in the sand , ’ he says . |
| 16 | The three young Wokingham Blacks were intoxicated by the thought of easy money and the following week were on their way to a rendezvous in London . |
| 17 | Ramsey 's father and mother were nauseated by the jingoism . |
| 18 | Interestingly , however , the SD went on to note that after unusually large audiences , prompted by heavy propaganda , had attended the film at the outset , the numbers rapidly dropped off , and there were comments that the film would bring nothing new , that people had had enough of the Jewish theme , and that many were nauseated by the depiction of ritual slaughter scenes — some fainting , and others leaving the cinema in disgust . |
| 19 | The oldest artistic castings so far known in Nigeria were excavated around the beginning of 1960 , on behalf of the Nigerian Department of Antiquities , by Thurstan Shaw at Igbo Ukwu in the south-east . |
| 20 | Fortunately for Hippisley , the body was never found , although vast areas of nearby Lambourn Woods were excavated by the townsfolk . |
| 21 | Some 46 years after its fiery end , the remains of Spitfire R6644 were excavated by the Malvern Spitfire Team , the parts restored and a memorial to the pilot erected . |
| 22 | Many of the figures were excavated in the early nineteenth century and acquired by Ludwig I of Bavaria , for whom some were heavily restored and arbitrarily grouped by the neoclassical Danish sculptor Thorwaldsen . |
| 23 | Great dinosaurs were excavated from the American west while it was still ‘ wild ’ — early fossil-hunters had to contend with hostile Indians and sometimes came to blows over possession of the richest sites . |
| 24 | What had happened was that Stirling 's static line had snagged on the tail section as he exited from the door , and two panels were ripped from the parachute , causing him to descend too rapidly . |
| 25 | His easel collapsed , his drawings were ripped from the wall . |
| 26 | The language used by the president was also a shock to many , and the transcripts of the tapes were punctuated with the phrase " expletive deleted " . |
| 27 | Overall 1586 ( 66% ) were traced through the NHS central registry at Southport , and 693 had died between 1 January 1951 and 31 December 1990 . |
| 28 | Three of the original crew members of Mary Alice were traced in the mid 1980s and were willing to share their memories and experiences . |
| 29 | In days of yore , such places were spattered with the blood of sacrificial victims to ensure good fortune in battle , and dunters are thought to be the spirits of these unhappy people . |
| 30 | I shall then discuss two theories of literary language and of the literary text as a whole , which were developed under the joint influence of Saussure and the Russian Formalists . |