Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He said : ‘ Inspectors sent to investigate the premises then found it was infested with cockroaches from infant to adult stage , alive and dead , on work surfaces , in the waste bins , around the cooker and behind two storage freezers . ’
2 The reaction was stopped by addition of 10% fetal calf serum in DMEM , cells were pelleted by centrifugation ( 300 g/ 10 min ) and resuspended in serum free medium .
3 Samples were incubated for 10 minutes at 37°C before the reaction was stopped by removal of substrate and dilution by addition of 1.5 ml of 1:1 ( vol:vol ) H 2 O:Dowex-50W ( 200–400 , 8% cross linked , Na + -form ) .
4 He said he was to get £30,000 to £40,000 for his role , and added : ‘ I went down the A82 via Fort William before I was stopped by police at Doune . ’
5 Amphetamine powder was found in a car containing five youths including Wilson , the driver , who was stopped by police in Middlesbrough last May .
6 Kevin John Porter , 28 , was stopped by police in Commercial Street , Darlington , last summer after drinking with a friend who asked him to fill up the car .
7 Antarctica was joined to Australia , and India was joined to Africa via Madagascar .
8 As the Waaagh roamed freely over the Worlds Edge Mountains it was joined by multitudes of Goblins including the Night Goblin tribes of Red Eye Mountain and many Forest Goblin tribes from the Great Forest .
9 In April 1945 , while the division was stationed near Graz under the command of the SS Gen Freytag , it was joined from Berlin by Gen Pavel Shandruk , President of the German-sponsored Ukrainian National Committee and Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian National Army ( of which the 1st Ukrainian Division was the most important component ) .
10 ‘ The sides of the hoary mountains were clad with spectators , and the glassy surface of the lake was variegated with numbers of pleasure barges , which , tricked out in all the gayest colours , and glittering in the rays of a meridian sun , gave a new appearance to the celebrated beauties of this matchless vale . ’ ’
11 ‘ Need ’ was redefined in terms of learning difficulties significantly greater than those of the majority of children .
12 Seconds later he was struggling under yards of silk only 20 feet down the other side of the hill , wrestling beneath the parachute like an actor in a soft porn film .
13 Rider was remanded on bail of £10,000 , a condition of residence at an address outside the area , not disclosed in court , not to go within five miles of Great Totham , not to drive any motor vehicle and not to contact any prosecution witnesses .
14 Douglas Gillis ( 28 ) , labourer , of Queens Avenue , who elected to be tried by a judge and jury was remanded on bail to November 12 .
15 She was remanded on bail at Swindon Magistrates charged with obtaining money by deception .
16 He was remanded on bail for reports .
17 The boy admitted assaulting the girl and was remanded on bail for reports .
18 STABBED soccer ace Mickey Thomas 's ex-sister-in-law was remanded on bail in Prestatyn , accused of trying to murder him .
19 He was remanded on bail until July 6 for reports .
20 Jordan was remanded on bail until July 6 for presentence reports .
21 Fowers , 26 , of Windermere Avenue , Warrington , pleaded guilty to two offences of theft and was remanded on bail until July 16 for reports .
22 Businessman Ian Frederick Thompson , 38 , of Wallnook Court , Wallnook Lane , Langley Park , Durham , was remanded on bail by magistrates in Lytham , Lancashire , yesterday on two forgery charges involving a total of £20,000 .
23 Powell , from Harlesden , North-West London , was remanded on bail by City of London magistrates .
24 STEVEN Littlewood , 27 , of Bridgewater Avenue , Latchford , Warrington , was remanded in custody at Warrington magistrates court yesterday charged with the aggravated taking of a Ford Escort XR3i cabriolet , causing the death of 19-year-old Julian Osborne , of Dorchester Road , Hood Manor , Warrington , causing Osborne 's death by dangerous driving and driving without insurance .
25 He was remanded in custody to September 22 .
26 Andrew Thompson , 21 , from Manor Street , who denies setting fire to the car and garage in Alexandra Park Avenue , was remanded in custody to September 17 .
27 Wilson was remanded in custody to Belfast Magistrate 's Court on September 17 .
28 He was remanded in custody for enquiries to be made if he could be sent to a probation hostel .
29 She was remanded in custody on February 24 for a week and after being granted conditional bail , lived at a probation hostel for a further three weeks .
30 In Belfast , a brother of Gerry Adams , West Belfast Sinn Fein MP , was remanded in custody on charges arising from a gun attack on an RUC station last weekend .
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