Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] be [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fled but was later caught by police . |
| 2 | They also began to suggest strongly that leys were not just the traders ' tracks that Watkins proposed but were closely associated with such earth energy if not actually marking the channels along which such energy might flow . |
| 3 | ‘ Before the fireman could fasten his belt ’ read the Wolverton Express report , ‘ there was a buzzing sound in the stables , the doors of which flew wide open and Bessie and Harry , with heads erect and eyes flashing , galloped to the shafts , stopping just under the suspended harness which dropped and was automatically locked on their backs ’ . |
| 4 | His son worked in the Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation here , till an English lad , totally unqualified , came and was immediately employed above him . |
| 5 | It had leather straps and jessies attatched and was easily caught . |
| 6 | The crust solidified and was heavily bombarded by later impacts , the bombardment tailing off about 3300 Ma ago . |
| 7 | In the late 1930s , however , the Club failed and was later taken over by C.A.V. |
| 8 | It was within this sphere that militant challenges to labourism arose and were subsequently dismantled . |
| 9 | For a man who claimed and was popularly acknowledged to be a man of God , such behaviour was extraordinary to say the least . |
| 10 | Dai joined and was immediately given more challenging work than he had ever known . |
| 11 | There are four main sources of the Shari'a : the Koran , which is compiled from thousands of religious verses revealed by God through his Prophet , Muhammad ; the Sunna , which are the traditions the Prophet addressed that are not recorded in the Koran ; the Ijma , which are the perceptions of the Ulema , or religious scholars ; and the Quiyas , which is a method whereby known jurists agree upon new legal principles . |
| 12 | The food and drink were finished , the disco was dying out and so the cabaret began and was well received but the mouth was dry and in need of watering so everyone took off to the pub . |
| 13 | As passengers now had an alternative terminus in central Edinburgh the passenger service to St Leonards declined and was finally discontinued on 30 September 1860 . |
| 14 | They occur mainly west of the Moine Thrust and are unconformably overlain by thick , undeformed Proterozoic ( 1000 Ma ) Torridonian red bed arkoses and siltstones which are almost entirely unmineralised . |
| 15 | Some seemed quite certain of a mystery train — one they heard that came and vanished but was never recognised . |
| 16 | The unity of the party survived and was even strengthened by the clearing of the air , but the crisis left a bitter taste . |
| 17 | The Egyptian nationalists were crushed in 1882 , but their cause survived and was even helped by the improvement of Egyptian life under Cromer 's proconsulate . |
| 18 | The intonation never varied and was nicely calculated . |
| 19 | There was the occasion in 1979 when a valve malfunctioned and was ingeniously fixed up with a handy piece of angle iron . |
| 20 | Clearly , parents generally must welcome the news that cuddling is not only nice but necessary ; perhaps , however , we should spare a compassionate thought once more for the intellectual mothers of the thirties , whose sufferings as they tried to be ‘ good ’ mothers are now repeated in the knowledge that all their efforts only led them to be ‘ bad ’ mothers : as one of our correspondents added , ‘ Here is Bowlby , still out to make us feel guilty — about our rejection of the children we loved but were not allowed to love . ’ |
| 21 | He survived but was inevitably captured . |
| 22 | Japan in particular has been particularly conscious of the devastating effect of mercury poisoning after hundreds of Japanese died or were permanently crippled in the 1950s after exposure to mercury-contaminated fish . |
| 23 | Ellen screamed and was instantly seized by the other man , who , laughing at her wild struggles , began to force her down to the floor . |
| 24 | This bird was flown at blackcock but grey hens and hen pheasants were too easy for him and eventually , after killing a grouse about a mile away , he disappeared and was not seen again . |
| 25 | He disappeared and was immediately replaced by an angry Derek , waving a crumpled newspaper . |
| 26 | She struggled and was nearly countered , but then negated Wu 's defence and slipped in for a one-armed shoulder throw . |
| 27 | In 1712 the Goldsmiths , finding themselves responsible for yearly payments not only to the charities which they supported or were still required to pay for but also to the many hundreds of the Company 's annuities over the years 1695–1709 , resolved to mortgage their properties . |
| 28 | At the same Council meeting an amendment er to the motion was formally moved by Councillor and seconded and was also submitted to the Committee . |
| 29 | At the same Council meeting amendments to motion were formally moved by Councillor and ex-Councillor respectively , and seconded and were also submitted to the Committee . |
| 30 | At the same time , at the same Council meeting , three amendments to the motion were formally moved by Councillor , Councillor and ex-Councillor respectively and seconded and were also submitted to the Committee . |