Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] by the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rank Film Distributors Ltd. v. Video Information Centre [ 1982 ] A.C. 380 was relied on by the plaintiffs both in the Court of Appeal and before your Lordships but , as Neill L.J . |
| 2 | That Johnson had so much social significance as a black man challenging white oppression , albeit in a symbolic way , was attested to by the scenes following his dismissal of Burns and after his defence against the revered bastion of white pride , Jim Jeffries . |
| 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 | The three sprang into action after hearing how the woman , who does not want to be named , was set upon by the boys near the Red Hall estate in Darlington last week . |
| 6 | stated , for information , that Belgian scholarship students ' travel , to and from the training place , was paid for by the Trustees . |