Example sentences of "was [verb] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the time of their demise the land was infested by the mammal-like reptiles , which had the looks and probably the habits of rats : we are the descendants of such creatures . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | As a new-boy , he had already been labelled as the MP who found himself driving seven miles the wrong way on the M6 until he was stopped by a patrol and banned for six months . |
| 4 | He climbed the steps leading to the central lobby and was stopped by a burly policeman who asked the nature of his business . |
| 5 | Along the route he was stopped by a dwarf and led into the mountain , where he was told to empty his grain sacks and fill them with gold . |
| 6 | He had taken only a few steps across the playground when he was stopped by a rough command . |
| 7 | It was stopped by a passenger , Mr. Leonard Tofield , of Elmers End Road , who strained his wrist applying the hand brake . |
| 8 | The following morning the convoy was stopped by a one-person LAG picket . |
| 9 | Enjoying every minute of it we traversed right along a wide ledge sparkling with quartz crystals to an impasse , where the way ahead was stopped by a vertical wall suspended over immense space . |
| 10 | Chapman drove at 50 to 60mph before he was stopped by a police patrol car . |
| 11 | She 'd almost started out , but she was stopped by a touch on her arm . |
| 12 | I saw one forlorn notice saying " Sergeants ' Mess " , and was about to explore the rest of the camp when I was stopped by a shout . |
| 13 | ‘ I was stopped by a catch fence at the field which undoubtedly saved me . ’ |
| 14 | Trying to get in the ground the right way , I was stopped by a riot policeman 's shield and shouted at in Dutch : only the fact that I could reply in Dutch saved a potentially ugly misunderstanding . |
| 15 | She was stopped by a police patrol car . |
| 16 | A short time later , on the other side of Hereford , a motorist was stopped by a white car with a blue light on top . |
| 17 | There was a red light up , and he was stopped by a policeman as he reached the opposite pavement and duly asked for the appropriate number of marks . |
| 18 | That training ( and the service that should have started with the Class 317 units at the beginning of the 1982 timetable ) was stopped by an industrial dispute about bonus payments for driver-only operation . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Long before she reached the place , the car was stopped by the military . |
| 21 | It was started in 1930 , but work was stopped by the Depression . |
| 22 | He was stopped by the police outside the Bakers Arms pub . |
| 23 | The first Clash gig in Belfast was stopped by the authorities . |
| 24 | He realised his mistake when he was stopped by the gates of Parliament Buildings at Stormont and turned back . |
| 25 | He was stopped by the snout of Shamlou 's pistol , jammed hard under his chin . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | He began to aim at the other man , who was reloading his Luger , but was stopped by the Doctor 's hand on his shoulder . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The reaction was stopped by the addition of 5 µl of a solution containing 1 M β-mercaptoethanol and 1.5 M sodium acetate . |
| 30 | In the summer he was stopped by the police for overloading his builder 's van . |