Example sentences of "was [vb pp] in by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This involved a Parent Chat Sheet , part of which was filled in by the parent or written by a member of staff for the parent during the chat . |
| 2 | Darren Anderton slipped past Tom Cowan 's lethargic tackle and his low cross from the right was slotted in by the England player . |
| 3 | He in his turn was carried in by the men . |
| 4 | Dr Stephen Harris , of Bristol University , who wrote the script for the wildlife documentary Bockside and other nature programmes , was called in by the RSPCA . |
| 5 | Gorbachev was sworn in by the Congress immediately after the result of the vote was announced . |
| 6 | The whindust was brought in by the dumpers . |
| 7 | The drawing was identified as a Rembrandt by Christie 's Old Master drawings expert , Hugo Chapman , when it was brought in by the owner for valuation . |
| 8 | In 1572 he was brought in by the musician , Alfonso Ferrabosco [ q.v. ] , to design the tournament staged to greet the French embassy in June of that year . |
| 9 | It may be , then , that the idea of the circular tombs was brought in by the immigrants who arrived in Crete from Anatolia at the beginning of the bronze age . |
| 10 | Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the King 's officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money , the royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest came and emptied the chest and carried it back to its place . |
| 11 | He rang the bell , and was asked in by the maid — only to be told that the family were at dinner . |
| 12 | The first nail in the executive 's coffin was hammered in by the Westminster government . |
| 13 | Adrift and in debt , Rolfe was taken in by the Duchess of Sforza-Cesarini , who conferred on him the title of Baron Corvo before he returned to England later in the year . |
| 14 | This was bad luck on Helga , who got drunk with an American soldier and was not allowed to forget it , and on Hildegard , who was taken in by the police when she was seen talking to an ex-convict , but worked in favour of Martin , who made quite a business out of playing cards for money but who was judged ‘ on the whole to be doing no worse than any other boy of his age in his particular Position ’ . |
| 15 | Complete silence was expected nightly while he took stock of the world : ‘ after supper , the paper was unfolded and the old man began reading the four pages ; woe betide if any noise or talking was indulged in by the family until the task was completed . ’ |
| 16 | The question in the second stage , which was ushered in by the work of Baur , was raised by the manifest differences in style and content between the synoptic gospels and the gospel of John . |
| 17 | of that fund was paid in by the Government , but now the Government have taken a holiday . |