Example sentences of "and were [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , the remaining leaves fell from the sycamore in the square and were swept into oblivion by the stiff brooms of council employees . |
| 2 | Mortalities from cancer ( cancer given as the underlying cause of death ) were calculated for each treatment and were adjusted for age by the direct method . |
| 3 | All meals at that time arrived in the ward in large containers and were served onto plates by the senior nurse on duty . |
| 4 | They had hesitated too long and were regarded with suspicion by those British officials who might have helped them but thought , perhaps , that two people who deliberately set out for Berlin in the last week of August 1939 deserved all that they got . |
| 5 | Probability of relapse curves were computed by the Kaplan-Meier method , and were compared between groups by the long rank test . |
| 6 | These ideas came together and were put into operation by the 1945 — 51 Labour Government . |
| 7 | The proceedings of the Legislative Council were sent to London for the perusal of the Colonial Office and were reported in detail by the local press . |
| 8 | Potatoes were first grown in Peru and were brought to Britain by Sir Walter Raleigh . |