Example sentences of "it was [verb] [adj] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loch Ness was formed originally by the shifting tectonic plates that created the Great Glen fault line , and it was scoured smooth by glaciation . |
| 2 | It was made available by Harold Wilson , who was to exit in identical fashion in 1970 . |
| 3 | The road was unmade , but because it was the only route to the peat bog it was worn smooth by peasants , bicycle tyres and barrow wheels . |
| 4 | At a preview it was introduced live by John Butcher MP , Under-secretary of state for Industry , asserting that futurologists who write off Britain as an industrial nation are ‘ talking a load of hooey ’ . |
| 5 | He knocked on the door and it was thrown open by Bernard , oozing bonhomie from a silk dressing-gown . |
| 6 | The rotating presidency of the Council was held by Ireland for the first half of 1990 , by Italy for the second half of 1990 , and in 1991 it was held first by Luxembourg and then by the Netherlands . |