Sentence examples for were drained in from inspiring English sources

The Secret Service was alerted soon after the A.T.M.'s were drained in December.

Restored gravel pits have been important new wetland habitats, although vast swaths of fen and marsh were drained in previous centuries.

Before the Fens were drained in the 17th century, this was an isolated and inhospitable area, rife with malaria and superstition, the domain of wild-fowlers and fishermen who crossed the marshlands on stilts or in punts.

To the north of the North Sea Canal (cut 1865 76, after the drainage of the IJ inlet of the IJsselmeer), the Wormer, Schermer, Purmer, and Beemster lakes were drained in the 17th century; several sea polders farther north were added to the mainland in the early 19th century.

Results: Similar amounts of blood were drained in all groups (SVI: 17 ± 2, CI: 17 ± 4, MAP: 22 ± 6 ml/kg).

Due to the lowering of the water level, some shallow water areas were drained in the middle of the summer, and at stations 1 and 2, only one maximum in biomass occurred.

It was drained in the 1930's.

About $60bn£38bnbn) in remittances was sent to the African continent in 2012; more than $7bn£4.4bnbn) was drained in fees.

That ditch was drained in 1891 and replaced by the Albert Cuypstraat, home to the most famous marketplace in the Netherlands.

With Sunset and Upper Victory Lakes scheduled to be drained in September, they hope that the message will be strong and clear, rather than too little, too late.

Now that more and more pumps are back on line, the Army Corps of Engineers estimates that the city will be drained in another month.