Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] [adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was dragged out of the cave , through the waterfall , to lie on my back gazing up at the fast-moving clouds in the blue sky ; and I thought to myself , Those clouds are free , just as I was until now . |
| 2 | Whatever he heard me say , some time later I was led out of the doors and taken to rooms they said were mine , as if they were pleased about it . |
| 3 | Then I did n't anticipate , I was yanked out of the back of the court , I 'd gone there to see some proceedings with people I was involved with and all of a sudden the barrister for the defendant said , is a Mr in court ? |
| 4 | I had n't done this amount of countryside rambling since I was drummed out of the Boy Scouts . |
| 5 | A quarter of a mile , and plenty of stops later , I was hauled out of the water by my dripping father , who reminded me we had to go to Kirton , where I was playing football . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ I 'm disgusted that I was allowed out of the first hospital in that state . ’ |
| 7 | I mean it was , you , you were sent out of the room . |
| 8 | When the ILO was set up in Geneva , Sophy Sanger was appointed chief of its legislative section , a post she held until 1924 , when she was edged out of the organization by Albert Thomas , the director . |
| 9 | If they were an attention-seeking device , they were successful ; even when she was turned out of the church as she frequently was , the eyes of the whole congregation were on her ; sometimes , she reports proudly , people stood on stools to see her better . |
| 10 | Penny , three times world champion and favourite to take the Olympic crown on Monday , lost vital points when , as she lay fifth in the seventh race in her class , the centre board broke and she was ruled out of the race . |
| 11 | The three-time world champion and favourite to take the Olympic crown on Monday lost vital points when she was ruled out of the seventh race after her board broke . |
| 12 | In fact , immediately after the launching she was hauled out of the water again and it was to be the following September before she was actually ready , even though an optimistic delivery for June had been promised . |
| 13 | She was reminded forcibly of the air of absolute power that he projected so effortlessly in his professional life . |
| 14 | They say she was forced out of the National Health service because of no long term care beds . |
| 15 | They had stalled him for long enough , but with a baby coming , he could n't wait any longer and then when Rachel told them she had to get married , she was thrown out of the house . |
| 16 | On one occasion a confused patient with subarachnoid haemorrhage harangued nurses and caused chaos on the ward until she was wheeled out of the high dependency unit for a cigarette , after which she settled down . |
| 17 | ‘ We were robbed out of the game , ’ said an angry Chapman . |
| 18 | It rained most of the time , and when we were kicked out of the youth hostel for the day we walked around and sat in bus shelters . |
| 19 | The Bundesbank was heavily criticised by our Government for not coming to the rescue of the pound on Black Wednesday when we were forced out of the ERM . |
| 20 | The Special Squads were the Nazis ' ‘ most demonic crime ’ , representing ‘ an attempt to shift on to others — specifically the victims — the burden of guilt , so that they were deprived even of the solace of innocence ’ . |
| 21 | Hutchesons/Aloysians ' victory by 31-13 at Union Park against Corstorphine was not enough and they were edged out of the race on points difference . |
| 22 | As the first group of pulses were directed to the satellite high above the Indian Ocean , mixed up with all the other transmissions going out to the Far East , they were snatched out of the ether by the NSA 's giant aerials at Morwenstow 60 miles up the coast to the east of Goonhilly , and compared with the watch lists of ‘ interesting ’ numbers on their computer memories . |
| 23 | The Collector 's lips moved but his mind had already wandered away , besieged by practical questions … how would they manage for privies with so many people in the banqueting hall , assuming that they were driven out of the Residency ? |
| 24 | The party appointments came after the leadership had authorised a statement formally apologising to the Czechoslovak people for leading the country into its latest crisis , before they were hustled out of the building because the cleaners wanted to go home . |
| 25 | However , during that poor run which ultimately cost them the title , they were knocked out of the FA Cup by lowly Wrexham , and that must act as a warning in neon lights for their trip to non-League Yeovil . |
| 26 | They were knocked out of the Anglo-Italian Cup by Portsmouth , who beat them two-nil at the Manor . |
| 27 | made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind . |
| 28 | made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind . |
| 29 | Very big and brave they must have looked in their new NATO camouflage suits , and absolutely dead they were when they were taken out of the vans . |
| 30 | LIVERPOOL paid the price for Moscow madness when they were dumped out of the European Cup Winners Cup on Wednesday . |