Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Information collected within operational systems , such as payroll , can feed into decision support systems such as are provided by a personnel data base , which in turn can be summarised for use in planning and modelling systems . |
| 2 | The 26-year-old victim was tied up , gagged and sexually assaulted in her home after being ambushed by the pair , who were hiding behind dustbins . |
| 3 | Ron and Pat Woolley , of Rhyl , recently took a huge lorry-load of medical supplies , equipment and clothes to the Klaipicla Children 's Hospital in Lithuania after being shocked by the conditions they found there during a previous visit . |
| 4 | THE UK 's previously disparate regions are suffering an identity crisis after being ravaged by the recession , a major survey shows today . |
| 5 | I came to this conclusion after being asked by a student for some information on Occitan . |
| 6 | After being defeated by the Roundheads at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 , the future King was compelled to run for his life , and this was how he came to Boscobel . |
| 7 | They were offered for sale by an antique shop in the town after being rejected by a charity auction as bad taste and bought by a local man as an investment . |
| 8 | After being rejected by the Sandinistas , he resolved to become a flying doctor and ferry medical supplies to war-stricken campesinos . |
| 9 | Angela Chew , 43 , from Leighton Buzzard , Bedfordshire , and her sons Rowan , eight , and Simon , one , were trapped in the burning Citroen after being hit by a lorry whose brakes had failed on the M4 interchange in Pontardulais , South Wales . |
| 10 | David Bell was yesterday still very poorly after being hit by a pick-up outside his mother 's farm at East Rounton , Northallerton , on Thursday . |
| 11 | A pedestrian suffered a slight head injury after being hit by a taxi in Parkgate , Darlington , just before midnight last night . |
| 12 | Rakesh Patidar , 10 , died after being hit by a cricket ball while watching a match at Anjad in India 's Madhya Pradesh . |
| 13 | A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy was fighting for life last night after being hit by a bike at a moto-cross meeting . |
| 14 | A 10-YEAR-OLD girl is seriously ill in hospital with a fractured skull after being hit by a stone thrown through the window of her family home . |
| 15 | A TEENAGE jogger died after being hit by a drink-driver and being thrown through the air , a court heard yesterday in what could be a landmark case . |
| 16 | Five army staff windsurfing at Giltar Point , off Tenby , were thrown into the water after being hit by a squall . |
| 17 | A 16-YEAR-OLD boy is fighting for life in Walton Hospital today after being hit by a van as he was on his way to school . |
| 18 | Bill 's nightmare started when he was taken to hospital after being hit by a car as he returned home from a fishing trip . |
| 19 | Christine was X-rayed after being hit by a car . |
| 20 | A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy died in hospital after being hit by a car while his father taught him the Green Cross Code . |
| 21 | Stewart Hickman , 20 , of Gloucester Terrace , Haswell Plough , near Durham , was remanded in custody until Wednesday by Chester-le-Street magistrates yesterday charged with grievous bodily harm with intent , reckless driving and other motoring offences following an incident in which a policeman was treated for a neck injury and bruising after being hit by a car he was attempting to stop . |
| 22 | A 20-year-old man from Wardley is seriously ill in Newcastle General Hospital after being hit by a car on the Felling bypass in Gateshead . |
| 23 | Edwina was brought to the surgery about three months ago after being hit by a car . |
| 24 | A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy was seriously ill last night after being hit by a car while he was playing in Dumbreck Terrace , Queenzieburn , by Kilsyth . |
| 25 | Alec Stewart was unable to keep wicket after being hit by an Akram yorker on his left instep and Phil Tufnell took two painful blows on a foot . |
| 26 | The traditional Russian Easter cake Kulitsch is even eaten with hard-boiled eggs after being blessed by a priest . |
| 27 | The Army team 's last hope in the Inter-Service Championship disappeared at Aldershot last week when they lost 2–0 to the Royal Navy , after being beaten by the R.A.F. the week before . |
| 28 | A soldier has died after being shot by a sniper whilst on duty in Northern Ireland . |
| 29 | The main road is no less attractive and much quicker , passing the residence of Gate , a Victorian house built in mock Tudor style , and many delectable wayside cottages before crossing the Dee and , after being joined by a road from Barbondale near the ancient settlement of Gawthrop , heads directly into Dent Town . |
| 30 | On 4 April two officers reported the River Spey to be ‘ low and fordable in … many places ’ and by 12 April , after being joined by the forces from Strathbogie , Cumberland 's army reached the river , where the water level had dropped significantly in the preceding few days . |