Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] we by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hinde House was a fairly typical school in that there had been a recognition of the need to relate to the ‘ World of Work ’ , ‘ Employers ’ , ‘ Further and Higher Education ’ , ‘ Preparation for Adult Life ’ and many of the other banner headings which at different times were placed before us by non-school organisations . |
| 2 | Most of the submissions which were addressed to us by Mr. Persaud took matters no further . |
| 3 | A wide selection of mustards were supplied to us by Arran Provisions , Colman 's and Burnham Mustards |
| 4 | The first recorded observations of Castle Drachenfels , the accursed house of hell , were brought to us by Oskar Lefebvre and Jean-Pierre Lafontaine of the city of Quenelles in the year 184 ( Imperial Calendar ) . |
| 5 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to find a worse record in Scotland for waiting lists , he should look at the waiting lists that were left to us by the previous Labour Government . |
| 6 | It was found among a collection of magazines , news-sheets and leaflets which were sent to us by one of the researchers for our archives on feminism in the 20th century . |
| 7 | We love you because you were sent to us by Our Father . " |
| 8 | ‘ It was given to us by a descendant of Boutcher , who wants to remain anonymous . |
| 9 | It was given to us by Amnesty International and used with their full permission . |
| 10 | Remember , this task was given to us by you . |
| 11 | First of all I 'm surprised at the outburst that was given to us by Mr I would regard as my er yahabeebee and sadiki if you wish er , but he mentioned in fact the er , what used to be barbaric ac , barbaric er practice in er Pakistan . |
| 12 | Have some more chutney , it was given to us by our German daughter-in-law . |
| 13 | We had a lecture that afternoon in which the course and aim of our training was explained to us by Sergeant-Chef Gibeau , an angular Frenchman with a perfectly shaved head and a tendency to wear sunglasses in the rain . |
| 14 | But I threw it away and wrote instead to tell him that the Victorian nonsense was his , not ours , since the rule was imposed on us by Parliament . |
| 15 | Reality was thrust upon us by a passing Midland H.S.T. , as our loco ran round at Riddings . |
| 16 | No demand , however , was made on us by the gate-keeper , the authorities being so liberal as not to charge persons for walking either on the roads or footpaths . |
| 17 | The picture in our feature was supplied to us by a manufacturer to illustrate a particular cot set and was not intended as a recommendation of how to put a baby down to sleep . |
| 18 | What they witnessed , and what was recreated for us by the Ulster Youth Dance Company in Stranmillis College Theatre at the weekend was a spectacle far more disturbing and revolutionary . |
| 19 | Italian International was introduced to us by our Italian office . |
| 20 | Rule A five was brought to us by the amalgamation of the boilermakers , who themselves have tried to get rid of this bloody rule . |
| 21 | It was awarded to us by the Independent Television Commission after we submitted an unopposed bid for the franchise . |
| 22 | In the surrounding countryside farming continues in a way that is very little different from what was left to us by the Romans , though sunflowers have recently begun to replace some of the olive trees . |
| 23 | Our first challenge was put to us by Father Peter and Phil , the youth volunteer . |
| 24 | I made it clear on a number of occasions over recent years that there was , in retrospect , one change that I wish we had not made at the time , but it was one that was urged on us by right hon. Gentlemen opposite . |
| 25 | The opening ceremony was managed for us by Cosmo PR in Tokyo and a specially selected audience of 120 people came to the event including around 70 customers from the four business areas represented at KITEC . |
| 26 | It was described to us by an experienced wildlife film-maker , Alastair MacEwen , who was filming house martins with a high speed camera . |