Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] by the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often these were the starting points of big demonstrations which were broken up by the police . |
| 2 | By Brig Scott 's account , " as far as I could see , during the next twenty four hours , all the arrangements in connection with the surrender and evacuation were carried out by the Yugoslavs speedily and efficiently " . |
| 3 | It was designed as a more effective replacement for the Police Complaints Board ( PCB ) which the public appeared to have lost faith in due to the fact that few complaints were ever substantiated , and that all investigations were carried out by the police themselves . |
| 4 | There was no limitation on the period of service overseas that a man could agree to undertake , and the crown was relieved of the burden of administration : recruiting , mustering and paying the troops were carried out by the officials of the magnates who made the contracts . |
| 5 | But even more ambitious filmmakers like Samuelson and Hepworth were pushed out by the difficulties involved in making film production profitable . |
| 6 | Mr Marland says the safe and lucrative deals were creamed off by the syndicates , and the risky ones left for the unsuspecting to pick up . |
| 7 | It is said — and I have never been able to verify this figure — 70% , and not all were shot down by the fighters , although the majority of aircraft were . |
| 8 | All radio stations were closed down by the mutineers ; several ministers , including the Prime Minister , were reported to have been arrested and others were seeking asylum in foreign embassies . |
| 9 | Strikes and protests were called off by the nationalists pending the outcome of the discussions , which ended on Jan. 12 in an apparent climb-down by the nationalists , all participants in the " public council " endorsing a draft declaration which upheld the Dec. 29 decisions on minority rights . |
| 10 | As the depths were called out by the leadsmen , it was obvious that all was not well . |
| 11 | Also blamed are other Arabs — Lebanese , Sudanese , Yemenis and Jordanians — who were brought in by the Iraqis to help police Kuwait . |
| 12 | Some , but only some , members of the resistance distinguish between the Palestinians who were brought in by the Iraqis to do a bit of their dirty work , and Kuwait 's large and long-established Palestinian population . |
| 13 | Despite their efforts several villages , including Alston , Langdon Beck in Teesdale and St John 's Chapel in Weardale were cut off by the blizzards . |
| 14 | Despite the county council efforts , several towns and villages , including Tow Law , Alston , Langdon Beck in Teesdale and St John 's Chapel in Weardale , were cut off by the blizzards . |
| 15 | In the last week of March , the remaining areas of Republican territory in the south and east of the country were taken over by the Nationalists . |
| 16 | The words " liberty " and " slavery " which had frequently been on the lips of the Bristol slavery abolitionists were taken up by the crowds , and the weakness of both mayor and military left the mob free to do much as it wished . |
| 17 | The yacht 's three crew Kevin Cowley , Robert Goodbody and Susan Tallon , all from Co Wicklow were taken off by the lifeboatmen and landed uninjured at Porthdinllaen . |
| 18 | We were taken in by the lies which the Lebanese told about themselves ; we had to believe we had not seen the blood on the stairs . |
| 19 | I was pretty well broke by then , but thanks to the good offices of Msgr John Esseff , they were taken in by the Sisters of Charity , the Most Reverend Mother Teresa 's order , who hid them out in a convent in Spain . |
| 20 | The anti-Hoxha demonstrations were put down by the police and troops with increasing force , and on Feb. 23 it was officially reported that two demonstrators and a policeman had been shot dead when a crowd reportedly tried to storm the Tirana military academy ( the opposition claimed up to 30 dead , and attributed some of the shooting to clashes between rival pro- and anti-reform factions within the army ) . |
| 21 | At the Legation we were welcomed back by the servants and reverted happily to our accustomed way of life . |
| 22 | The stones were dug up by the earthmovers and placed here by farmer , Richard Cox . |
| 23 | The Mayor and Corporation flapped about like mud skippers and some were swirled round by the eddies and then flung on to sprawling tree roots where they hung about like wet washing . |
| 24 | Chichester , Burpham ( covering the Arun valley but replaced by Arundel after the Conquest ) , Lewes and Hastings were backed up by the ports at Bosham and Pevensey and the episcopal centre at Selsey . |
| 25 | About fifty people attempted to gain entrance , but were held back by the police . |
| 26 | The moneys were paid over by the plaintiffs to avoid the apprehended consequence of a refusal to submit to the authority . |
| 27 | The meeting on Jan. 8 , 1990 , was attended by 10,000-15,000 people and was broken up by the police , one person being arrested . |
| 28 | ‘ It was voted on by the clubs but there has been no ratification of that by the management committee . |
| 29 | He was a radical and five times the Mayor of Bedford , remaining on the council until 1892 , when he was voted out by the Conservatives ( who expressed personal regret ) . |
| 30 | I think it would be true to say that my two brothers and sister and I were products of the Anglican parochial system , at a time when almost all charitable work was carried on by the churches . |