Example sentences of "was [verb] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giolitti lost power , and his government was pilloried by the socialists who whipped up public opinion in their newspaper , Avanti , edited by a young man with a future , Benito Mussolini . |
| 2 | He was stopped by the snout of Shamlou 's pistol , jammed hard under his chin . |
| 3 | Incubation was continued for 10 min , after which the reaction was stopped by the addition of 1 µl of 0.5 M EDTA , 1 µg of carrier tRNA , 3 µl of 3 M potassium acetate and 70 µl of ethanol . |
| 4 | The reaction was stopped by the addition of 5 µl of a solution containing 1 M β-mercaptoethanol and 1.5 M sodium acetate . |
| 5 | The reaction was stopped by the addition of ice cold phosphate . |
| 6 | The reaction was stopped by the addition of 75 µl of saturated sodium carbonate and the optical density was read at 580 nm ( Cobas Bioanalyser , Roche ) . |
| 7 | The reaction was stopped by the addition of 11 N HCLO 4 and the cells were centrifuged at 4000 g , 10 minutes . |
| 8 | It was started in 1930 , but work was stopped by the Depression . |
| 9 | She was stopped by the man behind the desk , who had no difficulty in recognising her . |
| 10 | The first Clash gig in Belfast was stopped by the authorities . |
| 11 | Er , Mr brought slavery into it , but no one had more slaves than India and the Moguls and what about suttee where widows were burned alive on the funeral pyres of their husbands and still leap and still the system was des er was stopped by the English Just a moment the door was opened by Mr talking about slavery we do n't shut it on |
| 12 | He began to aim at the other man , who was reloading his Luger , but was stopped by the Doctor 's hand on his shoulder . |
| 13 | Blake wanted to go and help , but was stopped by the Doctor . |
| 14 | He realised his mistake when he was stopped by the gates of Parliament Buildings at Stormont and turned back . |
| 15 | At least 40 people were killed in Bamako on 22 March after a student demonstration was stopped by the security forces and rioting broke out . |
| 16 | Long before she reached the place , the car was stopped by the military . |
| 17 | He was stopped by the police outside the Bakers Arms pub . |
| 18 | ‘ When he was stopped by the police at the roadside and given the breath test he was convinced he was going to fail and lose his licence . |
| 19 | In the summer he was stopped by the police for overloading his builder 's van . |
| 20 | Erm , and I mean , I I was just cringing after that , hearing all these , minor horror stories coming coming out , and then to cap it all , one little girl put her hand up and said erm , my daddy was stopped by the police once for not wearing his seat-belt . |
| 21 | When Part II to Schedule 12 was amended by the Building Societies ( Investigation of Complaints ) Order 1990 ( S.I . |
| 22 | Most of the Committee 's recommendations were speedily implemented in the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958 , which was amended by the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1966 . |
| 23 | The decline of the natural jet industry was hastened by the invention of an artificial substitute , ebonite or vulcanite , made by exposing india-rubber and sulphur to intense heat . |
| 24 | Both Bauthumleys then were closely involved in the emergence of Nonconformity in Leicester , a process which was hastened by the action of the forces attempting to achieve its eradication . |
| 25 | This division between ‘ core ’ and ‘ peripheral ’ workers was hastened by the concentration of redundancies , from 1979 to 1981 , among male manual workers . |
| 26 | As we have seen , the move towards a more considered view of the curriculum was hastened by the initiative of central Government , responding to a widely held disenchantment with educational performance . |
| 27 | However in the past few days Hanley has come through a series of rigorous tests , and his return was hastened by the absence of Andy Goodway , who broke a finger at Headingley last Saturday . |
| 28 | The campaign , which last year was joined by the Institute and numbers only five accountancy firms among its members , aims to promote cultural change in organisations . |
| 29 | As trade increased she was joined by the GLENALBYN and the MARTELLO , the latter being the first iron paddle steamer owned by the company . |
| 30 | I was lingering near the assembled bottles , wondering who on earth could have brought the Bourgueil , when I was joined by the man I had seen stepping out of the BMW . |