Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] carry [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Hangings were henceforth carried out behind prison walls ; the public spectacle which executions had provided came to an end . |
2 | But Pauline Mitchell , head of Housing at Darlington Council , said that repairs were normally carried out in council houses up to a reasonable level before letting . |
3 | Lord Taylor said the assaults on Donna King aged twenty six were not carried out in rage , they were coolly deliberate and inflicted by way of punishment . |
4 | Thefts were often carried out at night when there were no witnesses . |
5 | Casual thefts , which were increasingly carried out for beef , accounted for a minority of stolen cattle except in districts where there was no organized stealing . |
6 | Operations support superintendent Barry Edwards takes on the added responsibility for those functions which were previously carried out by production branch . |
7 | Sputum testing was not carried out as part of the selection process . |
8 | Although it was once carried out by hand , machines using centrifugal force are now used instead . |
9 | According to a report in the Guardian of June 20 the attack was probably carried out in retaliation for the killing by security forces on June 18 of Mohammed Abdullah Bangroo , field commander of the Hizbul-Mujahidin , one of the largest guerrilla groups operating in Kashmir . |
10 | The Class 50 refurbishment programme was completed , although they are destined for a short life , while limited work was also carried out on Class 20s , 26s and 33s to see them through to the arrival of new designs . |
11 | Cattle stealing , a crime which was often carried out at night and for which in many cases there was no true evidence , was particularly noted for testimony delivered in a set manner . |