Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] was [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always in the leading group , McMahon pushed to the front before the last where he was challenged by the favourite Over the Edge , but keeping his mount perfectly balanced and running as straight as a gun barrel , McMahon found something left in the ‘ Tank ’ and went on to score a snug success . |
| 2 | Liddell later returned to China as a teacher and missionary where he was interned by the Japanese at a camp in Weifang . |
| 3 | The unfortunate victim was wheeled directly into the major treatment area , where he was examined by the duty medical officer . |
| 4 | Patronage , and a legacy some time in the 1830s , enabled him to travel ; he studied at The Hague , in Paris at the Académie des Beaux-Arts with Paul Delaroche , Ary Scheffer , and Horace Vernet , and in Fontainebleau in 1837 , where he was influenced by the Barbizon school , J. B. C. Corot , and Jules Dupré . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , on June 4 Peterle visited Vienna , where he was received by the Austrian Foreign Minister , Aloïs Mock , who left open the issue of Austrian recognition of an independent Slovenia . |
| 6 | Probably where he was hit by the train . |
| 7 | Bothwell 's men had to carry their leader back to Hermitage , where he was greeted by the mortifying news that the prisoners had overpowered their guards and taken charge of the castle . |
| 8 | The excitement was very high , and the pressure of the other chimpanzees in the tree forced him down on the ground , where he was greeted by the screaming females . |
| 9 | Downes looked down at his wristwatch , and at last turned away , walking back along the bare platform towards the footbridge — where he was confronted by the bulk of the broad-shouldered Lewis . |
| 10 | On 31 May de Gaulle formed his cabinet and on 1 June presented it to the National Assembly , where it was confirmed by the margin of 329 votes to 224 ( with the majority composed of conservatives , centrists , and half the socialist deputies ) . |
| 11 | Reference to the production history of Falcon s/n 157 will confirm that the aircraft eventually found its way into the Canadian Armed Forces ( designated " CC117 " ) , where it was operated by the Airborne Sensing Unit ( ASU ) , from Uplands CFB , Ottawa , Ontario . |
| 12 | The air smelt of damp and cement , but was not unpleasant , and round the bend from our tunnel where it was joined by the library tunnel the air was much fresher . |
| 13 | On 6 December , as soon as was decently possible , it was conveyed in a funeral wagon to St Stephen 's Cathedral , where it was met by the funeral party and blessed by the priest in a chapel on the north side . |
| 14 | Iraq also lodged a formal complaint with UNESCO during the twenty-sixth session , convened at the end of last year , where it was represented by the Minister of Culture , Hikmet El-Bazaz . |
| 15 | This engine , ‘ Lion ’ was an 0-4-2 for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway , and had a remarkable career , much of it at Princes Dock , Liverpool , where it was used by the Mersey Docks & Harbour Board as a stationary boiler until it was discovered in almost original condition and restored at Crewe for the 1930 L & M R film ‘ The Titfield Thunderbolt ’ . |
| 16 | When burned the clinker fell into a lower chamber where it was cooled by the upward stream of air entering the bottom of the kiln . |
| 17 | On the other hand , although I was exhausted by the time I arrived in Sydney , having lost the equivalent of two nights ' sleep , it was not unproductive in terms of collecting tennis news . |
| 18 | Immediately she was surrounded by the other occupants of the pool , who crowded around her , laughing and urging her right into the water and ignoring the grey-haired woman who was trying to keep them under control . |
| 19 | Although it was acknowledged by the party co-ordinator , Kriengkamol Laohapairojn , that the party would not be ready to contest the 1992 general election , the report stated that analysts believed that the party could be a potent political force in the future . |
| 20 | In 1979 a ward leader ( al-mukhtar al-mahalli ) performed these tasks , and although he was elected by the local Assembly of his ward , he was nonetheless often the shaikh of a prominent resident group . |
| 21 | 1.2 Extension of the principles In recent years there has been an extension of the principles behind the restraint of trade doctrine so as to embrace : ( a ) restraints in contracts which do not fit neatly into what was hitherto regarded as amounting to a restraint of trade ; ( b ) situations where the contract in question was not between the plaintiff and defendant and to which the plaintiff was not privy although he was affected by the working of the contract ; and ( c ) situations when no contract existed at all but the plaintiff could claim that a set of rules or certain conduct affected him prejudicially . |
| 22 | It is a paradox that very little is known about him as a person ; although he was respected by the men , he kept his distance . |
| 23 | Although he was pardoned by the King and sent into exile ( presumably for his own protection ) , there were riots against him after his release from the Tower , and when he sailed from England he was intercepted and murdered on 2 May . |
| 24 | Captain Rhodes ( Joseph Pilato ) and crazy scientists appear in this version , but it was too huge and ambitious , even with cuts , so it was replaced by the final script as actually used in the film . |
| 25 | The breed 's history is described later , but its systematic improvement , begun at that time by a blacksmith with a herd near Burton-on-Trent , was to become the breeding blueprint once it was adopted by the master breeder Robert Bakewell in 1760 . |
| 26 | In any event the ‘ Far East ’ solution depended , with rather specious simplicity , on the ability to separate communist sheep from nationalist goats and even though the distinction was recognized as the sine qua non of a solution , it assumed that those who would not support genuine independence , once it was granted by the French , would identify themselves as communists : and would thereby distinguish themselves from the rest of the ‘ nationalist elements ’ who comprised the major part of the resistance forces . |
| 27 | Goddess knew what would happen to hir if SHe was taken by the authorities . |
| 28 | The plaster cast lay in his studio for many years until it was selected by the then Taoiseach , Eamon de Valera , as a memorial to the 1916 Rising . |
| 29 | Perhaps Lord Ashley-Cooper was so horrified that he moved to another property , for there is evidence that the Manor reverted to being a tenanted farmhouse and remained thus until it was sold by the Shaftesburys in 1912 to Colonel Canning . |
| 30 | The aircraft spent many years at Kaman helicopters as a wind making machine until it was recovered by the Marine Corps Museum in 1971 . |