Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [verb] [adv prt] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A person who was swept along by the crowd ( in a literal bodily sense ) , or who encountered unexpected barriers when attempting to comply with police conditions , would be able to avail himself of this defence . |
| 2 | There is a story about an old man who was called in by a factory to fix their ancient boiler , which had ground to a halt . |
| 3 | And that 's infuriated supporters of former Prime Minister Lady Thatcher who was turned down by the same people for an honorary degree after she 'd been at Ten Downing Street for five years . |
| 4 | A PEDESTRIAN who was knocked down by a taxi earlier this month has died in hospital . |
| 5 | A pedestrian who was knocked down by a taxi earlier this month has died in hospital . |
| 6 | Nineteen-year-old Tracy West , of Derwent Street , Darlington , who was knocked down by the car and suffered cuts and bruises . |
| 7 | Massud , who was picked up by a Pakistani helicopter from the Afghan border , arrived in Islamabad after attending an important meeting of mujaheddin commanders inside Afghanistan on Oct. 9-12 . |
| 8 | The row blew over as it did for Kurt Weinburg , who was taken out by an older friend for a night on the town . |
| 9 | This was bad luck on Helga , who got drunk with an American soldier and was not allowed to forget it , and on Hildegard , who was taken in by the police when she was seen talking to an ex-convict , but worked in favour of Martin , who made quite a business out of playing cards for money but who was judged ‘ on the whole to be doing no worse than any other boy of his age in his particular Position ’ . |