Example sentences of "and [was/were] [verb] by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they needed further proof of their belief that they were on the right track , they were given it when they went to arrest Griffiths and were met by a hail of bullets ; after a chase in which Griffiths killed one man and wounded others , he was shot dead while resisting arrest . |
| 2 | Leadership calls for party unity in difficult political circumstances prevailed , however , and were reinforced by a common underlying belief in the congress that the Sandinistas continued to exercise political influence in a tacit pact with the government . |
| 3 | In the Bekaa , he records , ‘ birds sang among the reeds and were echoed by a distant chorus from farm workers marching out to potato fields with long hoes over their shoulders . |
| 4 | It was not Sussex backwardness alone that brought trouble but the collapse of the artificial prosperity across England when the wars ended in 1815 and were followed by a series of disastrous harvests . |
| 5 | We shook hands and were joined by a sparkling red-head : ‘ Dr Sherry Brown , hello . |
| 6 | On making these decisions , her panic attacks stopped and were replaced by a mixture of emotions as she faced up to her fear of intimacy and commitment , and her excitement and uncertainty over becoming a mature student . |
| 7 | These illnesses — bronchitis and then emphysema being the most prominent — recurred throughout the Fifties and were provoked by a number of causes , not the least of which was the fact that Eliot was still a heavy smoker . |
| 8 | Central government was felt to be too remote from the people ; they lacked a sufficient sense of participation in its affairs and were beset by a sense of unresolved grievance . |
| 9 | The requirements were approved annually by Parliament , and were determined by a scale rate of benefit , together with a whole series of regular weekly additions . |
| 10 | Such geomantic figures are comparable with Christian cathedrals and were inspired by a similar devotion |
| 11 | The artwork , depicting scenes of Venice and Rome , is sadly not of any special value , says Mr Carter , who thinks the panels probably came from Stanwick Castle and were painted by a travelling artist . |
| 12 | Davies , J. Parker , C. Poole , M. Phillips Price , George Strauss and B. Kiley had sent a letter to the Executive protesting against Cripps ' expulsion and were supported by a number of Parliamentary candidates . |
| 13 | The desperate crew of six — including three women — were only rescued after they lit a fire on the open deck and were spotted by a Norwegian ship . |
| 14 | During the afternoon nine Ju88s appeared , and were intercepted by a patrolling Fulmar section , Lt. Henley chasing an aircraft of 5/LG 1 , his fire wounding the gunner before the bomber disappeared into the murk . |
| 15 | After two miles or so of this beautiful scenery we emerged at the top of the gorge into sunlight again and were greeted by a wonderful expanse of forest . |
| 16 | Then , after its founding in early 1967 , the NF mobilised to become a significant , if localised , force during the early and mid-1970s , especially in 1972-73 , after the arrival in Britain of displaced Ugandan Asians , and again in 1976 , when Malawian Asians arrived as refugees and were greeted by a moral panic about immigrants , legal and illegal , that continued into 1977 , and gave some local impetus to the NF 's electoral attempts at that time . |
| 17 | Stephanie and Mrs Owen , clutching notes , bottles , knitting , Wordsworth , turned left and right and were greeted by a fat nurse who put their bottles on a tray amongst jam-jars with cellophane frills , various medicine bottles , a gin bottle and a large ketchup pot . |
| 18 | Kim Ku and Syngman Rhee had been active in politics since the closing years of the Yi dynasty and were driven by a potent sense of mission . |
| 19 | These committees included representatives of local councils , charities and Boards of Guardians and were financed by a combination of rates and voluntary funds . |
| 20 | Fluid was present in both ears at three examinations over three months and was confirmed by a validated otoscopist and by tympanometry . |
| 21 | The paper is titled ‘ Adhesion and Detachment of The Toe Pads of Tree Frogs ’ and was selected by a prominent group of twenty professional biologists for publication in The Journal of Experimental Biology . |
| 22 | Next week 's tournament was an unusual one in the golfing schedule , since it was sponsored by a number of companies and was fronted by a comedy team from television called Lumby and Titch . |
| 23 | The Temple of Saturn was an early building but was reconstructed in the 4th century A.D. It was large , on a lofty podium , and was fronted by a six-columned Ionic portico in grey granite . |
| 24 | In Grace Abounding nothing is said about his life as a soldier except that it was once preserved by the mercy of God when another man took his place as sentinel during a siege and was killed by a musket bullet . |
| 25 | When his battalion moved south to take part in the battle of Loos , Sorley commanded an attack on two trenches known as the Hairpin , south of the Hohenzollern redoubt , and was killed by a sniper 13 October 1915 . |
| 26 | The newly created earl volunteered for service in the royal fleet , and was killed by a cannon shot in the first battle , off Lowestoft on 3 June . |
| 27 | A coroner has called for tighter security at a psychiatric hospital , after a patient walked out of a locked ward and was killed by a train on nearby railway tracks . |
| 28 | The rustic cottage was surrounded by topiary and flowers and was surmounted by a chimney-pot , out of which incongruously sprouted the trolley pole ! ( see p. 112 ) . |
| 29 | The machine was examined by Home Office scientific experts in Huntingdon who found it used a battery-operated self-arming mechanism and was fired by a motor . |
| 30 | The torpedo then sank under a moored target and was fired by a time fuse which allowed MTB 74 time to get clear . |