Example sentences of "[was/were] put [adv prt] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 9/Face completed ; washes of paint from the crayon were put on after the eyebrows and eyelashes were drawn in . |
| 2 | The anti-Hoxha demonstrations were put down by the police and troops with increasing force , and on Feb. 23 it was officially reported that two demonstrators and a policeman had been shot dead when a crowd reportedly tried to storm the Tirana military academy ( the opposition claimed up to 30 dead , and attributed some of the shooting to clashes between rival pro- and anti-reform factions within the army ) . |
| 3 | That was legislation was put through by the Liberals at the time , would it be ? |
| 4 | And also any alterations or recommendations for the national agreement the case was put up for the delegates . |
| 5 | The most determined resistance of all was put up by the Koryaks and Chukchis of the north-east , who faced a fierce and explicitly genocidal Russian campaign up to the 1750s . |
| 6 | Mr Michael Oakley ( York ) , supporting the motion , said it was vital the matter was put out to the dioceses . |
| 7 | time that the education was put back to the parents to enforce both |
| 8 | He says we were told one of them was very badly deformed — but we were never told why — I wondered if that was put down to the tests . |