Example sentences of "[was/were] built [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were built primarily round the kin-group , and expanded by the making of bonds of maintenance and manrent , whereby lords and men offered one another protection and support , normally for life , sometimes in perpetuity . |
| 2 | Between the 1150s and the 1180s connections between the curia and Paris were built up as the studium , or university , began to form . |
| 3 | But even that was a better success rate than among the nests that were built away from the colony . |
| 4 | The airport control tower was built out from the roof of the house and several huts of varied design were built on to the ground floor as reception , customs and office areas . |
| 5 | Of three bases , which were built together into the city-wall hastily thrown up by Themistocles after the return from Salamis and which probably originally supported a single group of statues , two are carved in low relief . |
| 6 | He 's in one of those Victorian institutions that were built out in the countryside so the inmates would n't contaminate decent citizens . |
| 7 | In Australia the absence of population in the great central deserts ensured that the stations were built more for the benefit of the trains than for the nonexistent passengers and goods . |
| 8 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |
| 9 | Cupboards and shelves were built all round the room and concealed behind neat panels of canvas-covered wood , with touch-opening mechanisms so as not to break the continuity of the limited space . |
| 10 | And the and the toilet the toilet was adjacent to the , was built on to the house . |
| 11 | This property was built right on the water 's edge in the pretty harbour of Malcesine , just 10 minutes walk from the cablecar station for the ride up Monte Baldo for the most stunning views . |
| 12 | book , she wrote a list out what she wanted , she used to hand it , I remember , I 'd forgotten all about this , let's just say we were at the Co-Op , she 'd hand it in at the counter so the , the groceries counter all , and she 'd written it all out , and when it came back it was , was five minutes , it was all together for you , there it was , it was built up on the counter , and each time the amount was written at the side so |
| 13 | A new cult established itself over twenty years , its shrine being the domed town of the Keepers , which was built up against the entrance to caverns . |
| 14 | At other points the road was built out over the river , at one point over the top of former pilchard cellars , still to be seen . |
| 15 | The airport control tower was built out from the roof of the house and several huts of varied design were built on to the ground floor as reception , customs and office areas . |
| 16 | This dry dock was built specially for the construction of the ship by Brunel ( q.v . ) . |
| 17 | The barn was built parallel to the ridge of the bank , being entered at high level on the uphill side . |