Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [prep] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then one day he was sent for by the refining director and given twenty-four hours to make up his mind about a posting to the United States . |
| 2 | After his return he was sent for by the Mamluk sultan who wished to learn from him the state of affairs in Rum ; and he entered Cairo on either 4 Safar 823/19 February 1420 ( Ibn Hajar and al-Sayrafi ) or Tuesday 4 Rabi'I 823/Tuesday 19 March 1420 ( al-Makrizi . |
| 3 | He was cared for by the Sisters of Mercy at the Horsforth home for retired clergy . |
| 4 | He was cared for by the sisters of Bon Secours at Passy until his death 16 October 1886 , and was buried quietly in the cemetery of Père Lachaise in Paris . |
| 5 | On this occasion he was dealt with by the juvenile court for an offence of being a passenger in a stolen car or a car taken without authority and he received a conditional discharge . |
| 6 | Mr George Daszczuk was pinned to the ground and mauled for 15 minutes as he was set upon by the two dogs , which had chewed their way through the wooden door of a garage they were guarding . |