Example sentences of "and was [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men down the hole steadied it as it became horizontal and was heaved on to the shoulders of the men , about 150 in all . |
| 2 | Saline lakes of the Vestfold Hills oasis ( Figure 4.5 ) string out along a valley , formerly a marine inlet , which rose and was cut off from the sea 5000–8000 years ago when the local land ice melted ( Kerry et al . , |
| 3 | The modest resettlement programme in rural areas which aimed to improve the grossly inequitable distribution of land prevailing during the colonial period was less effective than had been hoped , and was cut back by the stabilization measures taken in 1982–84 . |
| 4 | He believed that if the paper made a big enough impact and was raved about by the industry , there would be a rush to save it even if it did n't sell enough to make a profit . |
| 5 | But he immediately disagreed with the producer about the politics of the show , and was sent back to the Science Unit . |
| 6 | As priyayi he obtained an education in a Teachers ' Training School and was sent off to the little island of Bali . |
| 7 | They just went in head first and was swallowed up in the road . |
| 8 | Behind the window , the putty face watched as a Moran , large and grey-speckled with red comb and wattles picked her way across the gravel carriage sweep , paused for a moment beside the bed of unpruned roses and was swallowed up in the shadows of the shrubbery . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He rang the bell , and was asked in by the maid — only to be told that the family were at dinner . |
| 11 | Lower bruised his left leg and was stood down for the rest of the afternoon by the course doctors . |
| 12 | He reckoned he had picked the wrong waves at the Hard Rock at Sunset , and was worn down by the sheer hard labour of surfing so long in such arduous conditions . |
| 13 | While so engaged an Italian transport aircraft , variously identified as a Caproni Ca310 or a Savoia S.81 , was intercepted and was shot down by the three Beaufighter pilots , Sqn.Ldr . |
| 14 | Payton , failed to return and was shot down by the A.A. defences at Hassani . |
| 15 | ‘ The aircraft turned over the breakwater and was followed out by the same intense gunfire . |
| 16 | I sat on it , and was pulled up to the island . |
| 17 | The even-money favourite was never moving in his best style and was pulled up before the 15th fence . |
| 18 | Trainer David Barons had no excuses for last year 's winner Seagram , who made no show and was pulled up before the third-last . |
| 19 | But one grey-haired uplander disappeared into a hole below a boulder and was pulled out by the hair and carried back towards Keltney on a stretcher of cut branches . |
| 20 | She overshot the glove and was pulled back by the creance . |
| 21 | The scale of fees has been simplified and was set out in the last Q.T. notes ( gold paper again ) £12 per annum for teachers living within 50 miles of their training venue £10 per annum for those outside a 50 mile radius |
| 22 | I visited the workshops in 1947 and was shown round by the engineer , a Mr Rostron , who was the son of Captain Arthur Rostron , master of the liner Carpathia , who rescued the survivors from the Titanic . |
| 23 | The Valencia trainer came on to the pitch and was ushered back towards the tunnel by Fernando Giner , a home defender . |
| 24 | Again the work was completed in Oxford , and was carried through by the leadership of a man who made no mistakes in seeking chemical collaboration or in letting matters drop for lack of it . |
| 25 | He then said ‘ God bless ! ’ to her , and was carried off into the night . |
| 26 | Midfielder Scott Sellars was sold to Blackburn for £35,000 and was bought back in the summer for £750,000 . |
| 27 | They never found him and I often wondered whether he went in with his machine and dead gunner or whether he managed to bale out and was picked up by the flyingboat they had stationed in Sicily for sea rescue work . ’ |
| 28 | He refrained from taking any alcohol or drugs , but when he returned to Hollywood to commence filming , he began drinking again and was picked up by the police for drunken driving . |
| 29 | A report on these ideas appeared in the medical school newsletter and was picked up by the Boston Globe and the New York Times . |
| 30 | When the Titanic struck its iceberg , Beesley escaped in the underpopulated Lifeboat 13 , and was picked up by the Carpathia . |