Example sentences of "was [vb pp] by the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was treated by the same experts who saved the life of TV star Leslie Crowther . |
| 2 | His position was filled by the former chair of the board , Detlev Rohwedder , who was succeeded as chair by Jens Odenwald , chairman of the West German Kaufhof retail stores chain . |
| 3 | The building was designed by the same Bradford firm which had built Sir Titus Salt 's church at Saltaire . |
| 4 | Truman , lacking the experience of foreign affairs , was surrounded by the same advisers as Roosevelt and was willing to continue the same policy . |
| 5 | Several weeks later he was approached by the same man and a colleague in a Dungannon street , when he was ‘ explicitly asked to work for and provide information for them . ’ |
| 6 | The workshop , which was sponsored by WACC , was organised by the All Africa Conference of Churches to examine the role of Christian communication in prophecy and witnessing from a woman 's perspective . |
| 7 | Maha Banat was accused of adultery with Ahmed Hussein al-Zahrani , a Saudi citizen , whom she claims she does not know , and who was sentenced by the same court to three months ' imprisonment and 100 lashes . |
| 8 | And er whether this is true or not is immaterial , it 's part of the family er story that when Lloyd George was importuned by the this family up in . |
| 9 | He was sure that she was animated by the same desire . |
| 10 | He also hinted that the transformation of reptiles into birds was produced by the same mechanism . |
| 11 | At the same time , the Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit was commissioned by the former Training Agency to identify competences in the areas of literacy and numeracy which would link to the BBC programmes . |
| 12 | Expenditure on education was affected by the same influence , although this accounts for only part of the large decline in its share from 1979 to 1983 . |
| 13 | At a plenum of the Georgian central committee the following day the party first secretary , Dzumber Patiashvili , resigned and was replaced by the former head of the Georgian KGB , Givi Gumbaridze ; the Georgian prime minister and head of state also tendered their resignations . |
| 14 | He turned and left , ignoring the shouts and screams of the small wet attendant as — after the under-cook had gathered the other scullions round , pointed to the cauldron , the ladle and its own belly before nodding at the wet attendant — the kicking , howling creature was grabbed by the same scullions who had recently been comforting it , hoisted up the ladder still resting against the side of the great vat , and thrown back in . |
| 15 | The whole interior was marked by the same fastidiousness she was applying to this task ; every surface neat and polished . |
| 16 | The fraudulent conduct of the poll , and the subsequent annullment , was deplored by the former President , Mr Jimmy Carter . |
| 17 | But if they were to examine that bullet hole and find it was caused by the same sort of gun that killed her … ’ |
| 18 | Our conduct in the international arena was governed by the same rules and limits as the Americans ’ ( Khrushchev : 1970 , p. 496 ) . |
| 19 | Fifteen minutes later he was escorted by the same guard to a huge theatre-like room on the same floor . |
| 20 | When the printing operation of Mr Maxwell 's quoted company Maxwell Communications was taken over by its management this year , 24 per cent was retained by the former parent . |
| 21 | Clarke contributed to the line-out effort , which was shaded by the All Blacks 21–17 . |
| 22 | It has also been held that where the right which the applicant seeks to protect by action in a court was created by the same statute as provided the ( alternative ) remedy for its protection , the statutory remedy is the only one available . |
| 23 | The left-wing campaign against Japanese rule in Korea was conducted by the several varieties of Korean communism . |
| 24 | I should mention that Merlyn and I have been parliamentary colleagues and friends for nearly 20 years , since he was elected by the same people of south Leeds who had sent Hugh Gaitskell to the House of Commons . |
| 25 | They belong to an old elite : the landowners and merchants whose wealth was confiscated by the former regime , which abolished all forms of private ownership . |