Example sentences of "and was [verb] several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pc Dines tried to restrain Youngman and was struck several times about the head . |
| 2 | ‘ Thompson is a street fighter and was warned several times for outlaw punches , ’ says Jack . |
| 3 | One , a little farther up the coast , is called ‘ Old Slains ’ and was built several centuries earlier : it is now ruined far beyond the one in which Boswell and Johnson stayed . |
| 4 | Iro has been in poor form for the Sea Eagles and was told several weeks ago that he would have to take a pay cut to stay with the club . |
| 5 | The column was a popular feature and was revived several times . |
| 6 | In 1963 , Butler and Stokes began a series of surveys which set a new pattern , and a new standard , for the study of voting behaviour in Britain : their sample was large , nation-wide , and was interviewed several times between 1963 and 1970 ; and the authors were concerned to apply a rigour that had been absent from most of the earlier single constituency studies of electoral choice . |
| 7 | The Ridge was a favourite target for Stuka dive-bombers and was attacked several times each day . |
| 8 | The New York mayor also met Japan 's prime minister , Kiichi Miyazawa , and other officials , and was to begin several days of talks with business leaders today . |