Example sentences of "was [adv] built [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The roadway was soon built with the help of a number of boys .
2 The basilican church was generally built over the burial place of the saint to whom it was dedicated .
3 The show was filmed entirely on location in Spain , where a 25-acre village was specially built for the purpose .
4 The show was filmed entirely on location in Spain , where a 25-acre village was specially built for the purpose .
5 Thus the theatre was still built into the hillside , but the stage was constructed and the orchestral area curtailed .
6 A triple archway in white stone was also built across the entrance to the courtyard ; this is no improvement to the chateau but it is not , to be fair , quite disastrous either .
7 It was reportedly built from the ground up using a concept called Modifiability-by-Design to bend to the way businesses are actually run rather than forcing the user to adapt to the software .
8 At 6ft 1in Graham was ideally built for the job of goalkeeper .
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