Example sentences of "was [verb] by [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lindos 1 , 183–4 Blinkenberg ) , Heliodorus was stopped by miracles and compelled to admit the presence of a great god . |
| 2 | A bus travelling from Haifa to Nahariya in the early spring of 1948 was stopped by Arabs who took the five Jewish passengers from the vehicle and cut their throats . |
| 3 | The lorry it was hidden in had come from Holland , but was stopped by customs officers at Sheerness Docks in Kent . |
| 4 | When Corkill , of Darlington , Co Durham , was stopped by police , the boy was in her car and she was over the drink-drive limit , Teesside magistrates heard . |
| 5 | But that was stopped by police officers at the scene . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | BOOZY Ian Shepherd escaped a driving ban yesterday — because he was taking his badly injured dog to the vet when he was stopped by police . |
| 9 | A Spanish driver let his fiery temper get the better of him when he was stopped by police . |
| 10 | A MOTORCYCLIST on a stolen bike was stopped by police for not wearing a crash helmet , Colwyn Bay magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 11 | Amphetamine powder was found in a car containing five youths including Wilson , the driver , who was stopped by police in Middlesbrough last May . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Thomas Davidson was stopped by police last week when delivering pizzas and asked if his car engine could be inspected . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A homeless man who was sleeping rough around Darlington appeared before the town 's magistrates yesterday after he was stopped by police walking through the town with a bag of frozen food . |
| 17 | Crowther told Darlington magistrates he had been drinking before a football match several hours before he was stopped by police . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | The charge relates to an incident in February when he was stopped by police near Middle Barton . |
| 20 | If , however , it was ravaged by rats and mice , it was an ill-omen for the farm and those who laboured there . |
| 21 | When the main party flew out yesterday it was joined by girlfriends and trip sponsors who will accompany the climbers on a ‘ support ’ trek before turning back just before the serious work begins . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | In looking , therefore , for a possible performance element within the dramatic playing mode we discovered that a certain heightened form of dramatic playing , which we labelled presentation , occurred when a significant contribution by a participant was communicated by words and gestures achieving a shared public meaning . |
| 25 | The monument was erected by friends of Camus after his death . |
| 26 | Initially the activities are such that the validity of the idea was questioned , and this was checked by activities taking place in the scheming and analysis phases . |
| 27 | The accident on the westbound carriageway was witnessed by members of the Faslane protest camp who had been demonstrating against the convoy . |
| 28 | 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 … |
| 29 | He had begun to feel that he was persecuted by devils , and eventually came to believe that the Egyptian god Osiris controlled his will . |
| 30 | Outside the Kremlin he was mobbed by supporters , for many , disillusioned with the system , cynical about Gorbachov 's intentions , Yeltsin is their last hope for real political change . |