Example sentences of "[was/were] released [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Altogether 66 people accused of minor crimes were released without trial after showing repentance and performing " meritorious services " , it was officially reported . |
| 2 | Five Irishmen arrested in Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , on Thursday under anti-terrorism laws were released without charge . |
| 3 | Twenty-eight UDR members were arrested during house searches in October ; 22 of them were released without charge , and senior UDR officers are bitterly critical of the police operation using hundreds of officers . |
| 4 | Two other Iranians arrested at the same time by Greater Manchester police were released without charge yesterday . |
| 5 | On the Broadwater Farm Estate virtually every black male under 30 was interrogated — over 350 people were arrested although most were released without charge . |
| 6 | FIVE people quizzed over the IRA 's City of London and Staples Corner bombings were released without charge yesterday as a seven-day deadline for holding them expired . |
| 7 | Almost all of them were released without charge , much later . |
| 8 | A week later , on 30 March , Mitchum and Lila Leeds were released on probation . |
| 9 | Early release was possible on the recommendation of an Advisory Board , made up of representatives from various agencies , but in 1987 , while 458 were released on expiry of their sentence , none at all appeared to have been granted early release on licence . |
| 10 | In the United States , 1500 porn titles were released on video in 1988 compared to an annual total of around 100 in the 1970s . |
| 11 | In November 1286 Robert of Everingham , hereditary warden of Sherwood Forest , and ten others were released on bail from prison in Nottingham , to which they had been committed for venison offences . |
| 12 | Mrs Mandela and Mrs Falati were given jail sentences last year but were released on bail pending an appeal . |
| 13 | They were each sentenced to six years ' imprisonment , but were released on bail pending an appeal which has still to be heard . |
| 14 | The four defendants — Mr Stainforth was found not guilty — were released on bail over the weekend until sentencing on the Monday . |
| 15 | PRISONERS of conscience George Anyona , Edward Oyugi , Ngotho Kariuki and Augustine Kathangu were released on bail on 14 February 1992 pending their appeal which is expected to be heard later this year . |
| 16 | After a preliminary hearing at a Lewes court the detained men were released on bail . |
| 17 | The two MLAs were finally released by the end of the week and six Naxalites facing charges under the Terrorists and Disruptive Activities ( Prevention ) Act were released on bail . |
| 18 | They were indicted for " conspiring to commit sedition " , but were released on bail . |
| 19 | Mark Braithwaite and Engin Raghip , also sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of PC Blakelock , were released on bail on Nov. 27 pending the court 's final ruling on their cases . |
| 20 | All twenty two pleaded not guilty to the charges and were released on bail . |
| 21 | The businessman , his wife Sylvia and business partner Barry Braund , from Cleveland , were released on bail without being charged . |
| 22 | Mr Finnegan , his wife Sylvia and Mr Barry Braund , his business partner from Cleveland , were released on bail without charge after being questioned at Northallerton police station . |
| 23 | The two , who can not be named for legal reasons , were released on bail pending further inquiries , Scotland Yard said . |
| 24 | After another two-hour session on the now freezing parade ground they were released for supper . |
| 25 | No details were released of selection procedures for this committee , members of which were to be represented in the Legco until 2003 . |
| 26 | Details were released by Minister of State for Wales , Sir Wyn Roberts . |
| 27 | His wife and children were released by immigration officials and taken to a secret hideaway . |
| 28 | This helped the police , who had been demoralised in the past when , time and again , they would arrest terrorists only to find that they were released in government amnesties aimed , in vain , at regaining the trust of alienated Sikhs . |
| 29 | Another 66 were released after treatment . |
| 30 | Mr Bootman and Mr Mitchell were taken to Addenbrooke 's Hospital , Cambridge , by RAF helicopter but were released after treatment . |