Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ Inspectors sent to investigate the premises then found it was infested with cockroaches from infant to adult stage , alive and dead , on work surfaces , in the waste bins , around the cooker and behind two storage freezers . ’ |
| 2 | The works of art were recovered when a car was stopped at roadworks on the A19 near Cleveland Tontine , Northallerton , on Thursday . |
| 3 | A DEAF mute who was stopped by police for erratic driving told a court yesterday that he 'd been ‘ chatting ’ to his passenger in sign language . |
| 4 | A MOTORCYCLIST on a stolen bike was stopped by police for not wearing a crash helmet , Colwyn Bay magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 5 | Mikel Marku , a 62-year-old lawyer from Péc , was stopped by police on the evening of 31 October 1991 while driving a friend 's car . |
| 6 | Yesterday magistrates heard Mr Siddle was stopped by police at 11.30pm on Christmas Day as he drove his Toyota Celica along Whinfield Road , Darlington . |
| 7 | Yesterday magistrates heard Mr Siddle was stopped by police at 11.30pm on Christmas Day as he drove his Toyota Celica along Whinfield Road , Darlington . |
| 8 | He said he was to get £30,000 to £40,000 for his role , and added : ‘ I went down the A82 via Fort William before I was stopped by police at Doune . ’ |
| 9 | The charge relates to an incident in February when he was stopped by police near Middle Barton . |
| 10 | Amphetamine powder was found in a car containing five youths including Wilson , the driver , who was stopped by police in Middlesbrough last May . |
| 11 | Kevin John Porter , 28 , was stopped by police in Commercial Street , Darlington , last summer after drinking with a friend who asked him to fill up the car . |
| 12 | Net water absorption , in the absence of luminal SCFA , was stopped in patients with acute diarrhoea ( 59 ( 81 ) nl/cm/min ) compared with healthy controls ( 322 ( 63 ) nl/cm/min ) ( p<0.01 ) . |
| 13 | As the Waaagh roamed freely over the Worlds Edge Mountains it was joined by multitudes of Goblins including the Night Goblin tribes of Red Eye Mountain and many Forest Goblin tribes from the Great Forest . |
| 14 | ‘ The sides of the hoary mountains were clad with spectators , and the glassy surface of the lake was variegated with numbers of pleasure barges , which , tricked out in all the gayest colours , and glittering in the rays of a meridian sun , gave a new appearance to the celebrated beauties of this matchless vale . ’ ’ |
| 15 | THE copy of the confidential Department of Trade and Industry report into the House of Fraser takeover which was passed to the Observer newspaper was leaked by officers of the Metropolitan Police fraud squad , it was alleged yesterday . |
| 16 | ‘ Need ’ was redefined in terms of learning difficulties significantly greater than those of the majority of children . |
| 17 | The monument was erected by friends of Camus after his death . |
| 18 | The cost was calculated in terms of the current price of slaughter stock , and so many head were then requested . |
| 19 | The accident on the westbound carriageway was witnessed by members of the Faslane protest camp who had been demonstrating against the convoy . |
| 20 | Scott quotes the case of a man who was persecuted by visions during a period of sickness and depression ; one of these visions was ‘ the apparition of a gentleman-usher , dressed as if to wait on a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland … arrayed in court dress , with bag and sword , tamboured waistcoat and chapeaubras ’ who ‘ glided beside me like the ghost of Beau Nash … |
| 21 | Nevertheless , he was reinstated by envoys of Charlemagne and Pope Leo in 809 . |
| 22 | Oddly enough , it was not a star of either film who was recalled in speeches at the launch , but Wil Napoleon , who after appearances as an extra in two 1958 films Inn of the Sixth Happiness and The Vikings , always registered as unemployed under the occupation of ‘ film star ’ . |
| 23 | On Oct. 22 Mohorita was recalled by deputies from the Federal Assembly Presidium , although the reason cited was that he had breached protocol by chewing gum during a speech to the Assembly on Sept. 13 by France 's President Mitterrand . |
| 24 | But if appointment as a lord of session was major patronage at any period in Scotland 's history , there was in the eighteenth century considerable demand for any post which could make use of legal education , for there is some reason to believe that the country was oversupplied with lawyers in view of the desperate efforts which some of them made to obtain a salaried post , no matter how minor . |
| 25 | In the months after legislation was passed , the Home Office was inundated with letters from local police chiefs and magistrates demanding clarification on the extent of the new police powers of prosecution . |
| 26 | As cine-variety rapidly increased in popularity , smaller cinemas presented similar shows and the Tiller office was inundated with bookings for their troupes . |
| 27 | The programme has broken new ground for Asian actors , the crew was inundated with requests from young Asian actors for parts . |
| 28 | The company said it was inundated with bids for 700 construction and 130 longer-term drilling jobs . |
| 29 | The company said it was inundated with bids for the 700 construction and 130 longer-term drilling jobs on offer . |
| 30 | Almost as soon as he commenced taking evidence , Beveridge was inundated with memoranda on the needs of the elderly . |