Example sentences of "and [vb past] by the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unwanted sugar is purchased from the Caribbean islands and stockpiled by the United States , who would rather spend billions of dollars annually in this way ( to keep the region ‘ stable ’ ) than help those nations develop an alternative and more useful crop — food , for instance . |
| 2 | Comfortable , colourful and cluttered , everything in the house was used and enjoyed by the Berkeleys , their family and friends . |
| 3 | In England wild storms swept the country , and commuters were infuriated and inconvenienced by the ASLEF dispute . |
| 4 | I had never seen anything like it before , a crescent of dazzling white , where a million pearly shells had been pounded and smashed by the Atlantic swells into fine sand , marked only by the tides , and above the tide-marks by the myriad criss-crossing prints of sea-birds . |
| 5 | The London SCCs originated in part from the Relief Committees established in 1899 by the School Board , and continued by the LCC until they were renamed in 1907 when the Council put into effect section ( 1a ) of the Education ( Provision of Meals ) Act 1906 , which called for the establishment of Canteen Committees . |
| 6 | Leon was captured and shot by the Gestapo in 1942 , although his remains have never been discovered . |
| 7 | ( It should be noted in passing that yet further confusion — and pain to me — was added by Tony Geraghty 's once associating the incident of the missing plane with the unfortunate Operation Loyton , in which the S.A.S. troops posted missing are now known to have been tortured and shot by the Gestapo . ) |
| 8 | Results should be issued as soon as possible after the candidates ' work has been marked by centres and moderated by the HCIMA , and within three months of the date of the final assessments for an area of study . |
| 9 | It is four miles south of Driffield , and skirted by the Driffield–Beverley road . |