Example sentences of "were [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although a few other animals were captured , no adults were successfully moved out of the danger area . |
| 2 | Indeed , to the straight Grand Planners ( of which North was not one ) , hostages were better left out of the picture entirely . |
| 3 | Age-related classifications became more common ; older people were inexorably shaken out of the labour market and portrayed as an unproductive ‘ burden ’ on the rest of society ; and most important of all , the concept of mandatory retirement was institutionalized in the 1946 National Insurance Act . |
| 4 | In 1124 the Skaven were finally driven out of the Empire and the people began to rebuild their towns . |
| 5 | At Leamington , in May 1920 , the coalitionists were finally driven out of the Liberal party . |
| 6 | The NAO , the taxpayers ' representative , said that by 31 March last year records of loans amounting to £21.3 million were incorrectly transferred out of a computer system for a considerable period . |
| 7 | They were just dropped out of a union , it just happens the one we 're quite friendly with at the moment . |
| 8 | Their rank and file supporters were also rooted out of the Labour Party in a flurry of activity throughout 1939 . |
| 9 | The Harp , who had been chasing a fifth consecutive Division One title , were also thrown out of the Queensferry Sports Challenge Cup and this decision was upheld by the Coast FA . |
| 10 | The Lions were nearly penalised out of the match by referee Alan Riley , conceding the unacceptably high number of 20 penalties , especially in the line-out , but coach Ian McGeechan denied that he was worried , even though he was ‘ puzzled by the decisions . ’ |
| 11 | They were then cast out of the Garden — ’ |
| 12 | Whatever the mitigating circumstances — the heat , effects of jetlag and an injury to Mark Appleson — Scotland did not make a very good fist of it on Saturday when they lost their pool match to Western Samoa and were then tumbled out of the plate 38-5 by New Zealand . |
| 13 | They were then smuggled out of the building in a police decoy operation , being driven away in unmarked cars with blankets over their heads . |
| 14 | We were then oriented out of the door . |
| 15 | We were impersonally helped out of the temple . |
| 16 | If the Communists were steadily driven out of the Labour Party and expedited the process by withdrawing themselves from the official levels of the labour movement , the Independent Labour Party drifted uncertainly into opposition to the Labour leadership and finally expelled itself from the party it had helped to found . |