Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] in by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These radios and other stores were brought in by the small steamer Kuru , which was fitted with a device in her stack to prevent the tell-tale streamer of fumes ; these she released in occasional puffs . |
| 2 | Indian semi-slaves were shipped in by the British and most of these stayed on after their contract ended , bringing their families over and settling down , becoming small shopkeepers , craftsmen and bureaucrats in the colonial administration . |
| 3 | As for Mr 's point that Not Mr b Steven 's point that the erm figures for the strategic guidance for West and South Yorkshire were done on a different basis , those figures with the exception of Sheffield , were erm figures that were put in by the local planning authorities , the Secretary of State accepted those figures , they were done on the nineteen eighty five based household projections , coupled with different assumptions about vacancy rates and demolitions etcetera , and the Secretary of State accepted those figures . |
| 4 | In reply to Trevelyan 's comments about this land being sufficient for the new building , Hall made the astonishing remark that this could only be determined after the plans were sent in by the competing architects . |
| 5 | He was boxed in by the final stupidity of total bureaucracy , reduced to a mere cypher in a computer which had been programmed to ignore him . |
| 6 | Last year Professor Brown was called in by the Italian government shortly after Mount Etna erupted . |
| 7 | Medical practice booklets four years ago or it 's five years now I guess , five years ago erm er it 's almost five , legislation was brought in by the then Health Secretary Ken Clarke now our dear Chancellor . |
| 8 | Free banking was brought in by the big banks to fight off the challenge of building societies , who were offering high-interest accounts . |
| 9 | She was allowed in by the back door . |