Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next best thing is to read , with real care and attention , detailed accounts of modern fieldwork such as are provided by the two Hugh-Jones volumes . |
| 2 | The 26-year-old victim was tied up , gagged and sexually assaulted in her home after being ambushed by the pair , who were hiding behind dustbins . |
| 3 | Her predecessor , William Vander Zalm , had resigned after being criticized by the provincial conflict-of-interest commissioner for his role in the sale of his family-owned amusement park , Fantasy Gardens , to a Taiwanese investor . |
| 4 | Ron and Pat Woolley , of Rhyl , recently took a huge lorry-load of medical supplies , equipment and clothes to the Klaipicla Children 's Hospital in Lithuania after being shocked by the conditions they found there during a previous visit . |
| 5 | THE UK 's previously disparate regions are suffering an identity crisis after being ravaged by the recession , a major survey shows today . |
| 6 | Accountants are still wading through Maxwell 's complicated business dealings to see if pension funds can still keep paying out after being plundered by the greedy tycoon . |
| 7 | After being defeated by the Roundheads at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 , the future King was compelled to run for his life , and this was how he came to Boscobel . |
| 8 | After being rejected by the Sandinistas , he resolved to become a flying doctor and ferry medical supplies to war-stricken campesinos . |
| 9 | Gloria Lang , 46 , was last night seriously ill in hospital after being hit by the stolen Nova car with four teenage boys inside . |
| 10 | The Army team 's last hope in the Inter-Service Championship disappeared at Aldershot last week when they lost 2–0 to the Royal Navy , after being beaten by the R.A.F. the week before . |
| 11 | TWO pensioners who met at a wedding ceremony half a century ago have become close friends after being reunited by the Daily Post . |
| 12 | TWO pensioners who met at a wedding ceremony half a century ago have become close friends after being reunited by the Daily Post . |
| 13 | On 4 April two officers reported the River Spey to be ‘ low and fordable in … many places ’ and by 12 April , after being joined by the forces from Strathbogie , Cumberland 's army reached the river , where the water level had dropped significantly in the preceding few days . |
| 14 | After being hidden by the SS , it was sold to an officer with the US forces in 1945 by a Nazi Party curator desperate for money . |
| 15 | A draft law lifting the ban on political parties was passed by the National Assembly after being approved by the House of Representatives and the Senate on July 5 and 23 respectively . |
| 16 | THE Football Association are to bring to an end a lucrative film contract after being embarrassed by the notorious Vinnie Jones video , writes Rob Shepherd . |
| 17 | An estimated 7,000 people have ‘ disappeared ’ after being seized by the army and right-wing death squads . |
| 18 | THE FAMOUS Spirit of Liverpool statue at Liverpool 's Walker Art Gallery needs repairing after being eroded by the elements . |
| 19 | Crocodiles digest all the mineral matter in bones , leaving the soft organic residues that decay rapidly after being voided by the crocodile . |
| 20 | Sheffield United 's Dave Bassett is the latest to find himself the subject of a police inquiry after being reported by the gentle , clean-mouthed souls who inhabit Chelsea 's stands for swearing . |
| 21 | Born in 1913 in Silesia , the descendant of a Turkish soldier who had settled in Poland after being captured by the Poles at the Siege of Vienna in 1683 , he was educated at a Gymnasium in Warsaw and at the Universities of Warsaw , Berlin and Bordeaux , where he studied history and journalism . |
| 22 | On June 9 the Senegalese army was reported to have confirmed that six of its soldiers had been killed after being captured by the NPFL . |
| 23 | As Great Britain 's top Olympic hope , Dodson faltered in the second round in Barcelona last summer , beaten by the scales after being forced by the ABA to fight as a welterweight . |
| 24 | James Cocker , 53 , of Milton Road West , Edinburgh , was said to be in stable condition at Stirling Royal Infirmary last night after being recovered by the Killin mountain rescue team . |
| 25 | Already Gazza has restricted his interviews to twice a week after being hounded by the Italian Press . |
| 26 | Boyd 's team visited the ten pits after being told by the President of the Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine , to establish whether British Coal had met the prescribed criteria for closure . |
| 27 | After being arrested by the Securitate , Lupescu is dragged in chains before Ceauşescu , who demands to know how much he is paid for his jokes . |
| 28 | Following the United States invasion of Panama on Dec. 20 to remove Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega from power [ see pp. 37112-13 ] , Noriega on Jan. 3 voluntarily left the papal nunciature , where he had sought refuge , and gave himself up to the US authorities after being persuaded by the papal nuncio , Mgr José Sebastián Laboa , that asylum in a third country was not a viable option . |
| 29 | The bill , after being passed by the Lords , receives the royal assent , a mere formality , whereby the monarch accedes to the bill . |
| 30 | The victim was already distressed after being raped by the other man when D announced his intention to have sex with her . |