Example sentences of "and was [verb] [adv prt] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She raised the barrel skywards , and was tumbled over by a breaking wave . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He rang the bell , and was asked in by the maid — only to be told that the family were at dinner . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Payton , failed to return and was shot down by the A.A. defences at Hassani . |
| 9 | ‘ The aircraft turned over the breakwater and was followed out by the same intense gunfire . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She overshot the glove and was pulled back by the creance . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Range Rover came into Belfast and was picked up by an army escort of two personnel-carriers on the outskirts . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | A report on these ideas appeared in the medical school newsletter and was picked up by the Boston Globe and the New York Times . |
| 18 | When the Titanic struck its iceberg , Beesley escaped in the underpopulated Lifeboat 13 , and was picked up by the Carpathia . |
| 19 | But Bob explains that he has special personal reasons for wanting to help to express the gratitude that he felt when he was in dire trouble himself , thousands of miles from home , and was baled out by the kindness of strangers . |
| 20 | The rushing sound of the water finally subsided and was taken over by the hiss of the cistern refilling . |
| 21 | The easternmost area of the site covers 144 acres , includes one of the water basins and the locks , and was taken over by the Medway Ports Authority ( ‘ the ports authority ’ ) . |
| 22 | It had a capacity of 20,000 tons in timber silos and was taken over by the Commissioners in 1906 . |
| 23 | She wrote to three or four firms she had had contact with and was taken on by a small partnership in Orpington . |
| 24 | Enlightenment was urged on me the day I saw the old Jew float to the surface of the deep latrine , how he splashed and struggled into life , and was hoisted out by the jubilant guards , his clothes cleansed by the mire . |
| 25 | Then , from a scrum in midfield , No. 8 Ainslie fed Edward Gander who was tap tackled by the fullback , but Lee swooped on the loose ball and was driven over by the pack . |