Example sentences of "[was/were] blown [adv prt] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT is five years since 11 civilians were blown up by the IRA bomb at Enniskillen 's Remembrance Day Service . |
| 2 | ‘ All the stained glass windows at the front of the bar were blown in by the blast . |
| 3 | He preached to the World Scout Jamboree and was blamed by the Daily Telegraph for reading his sermon to a multitude of boys and that the notes were too visible when they were blown about by the wind . |
| 4 | The rain fell in tiny , miserable droplets that were blown about by the wind . |
| 5 | It must have been then that I was blown up by the land-mine , which may well have knocked out Private Prescott as well . ’ |