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 | Thefts were often carried out at night when there were no witnesses . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Operations support superintendent Barry Edwards takes on the added responsibility for those functions which were previously carried out by production branch . |
| 6 | Although it was once carried out by hand , machines using centrifugal force are now used instead . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |