Example sentences of "was build [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the stone seats beside the fire would be replaced with benches , once Cameron brought the rest of the spare timber he had promised from the linen mill he was building for the Flemyngs at Aberfeldy . |
| 2 | A high bank with a ditch on one side , it was built between the estuaries of the Dee and Severn in the late eighth century by Offa , king of Mercia , not as a defence against the Welsh but to control trade across the border . |
| 3 | After burial at Santiago , a church was built over the relics . |
| 4 | The school was extended to accommodate the increased number of children and an additional school was built for the infants . |
| 5 | A fibreglass dinghy filled with delicate sounding equipment towed back and forth across the Channel was built at The Moorings , Mill Lane , the home of Mr. H. F. Mallett , a director of the marine survey firm Underseas Ltd . |
| 6 | San Babila is set on the ruins of a fourth-century church , and that itself was built on the foundations of a pagan temple to the sun . |
| 7 | The main population of the city has always lived in Pest but after the Mongol invasion of 1241 , a citadel was built on the hills opposite , since known as castle hill . |
| 8 | Ayodhya 's Babri mosque was built on the ruins of an old Hindu temple during the Moghul invasions of the late 16th century . |
| 9 | By 1800 a new town was built on the lowlands next to the old city . |
| 10 | A sports and community hall was built on the sports field . |
| 11 | We also have the Castle Court development , complete with massive subsidies from the British government , which was built on the backs of the Smithfield traders , some of whom had been there for fifty years and whose original conception of a shopping complex run by local people was hijacked . |
| 12 | The decline of the Hellenistic world left Alexandria isolated , and it did not again become a great cosmopolitan city until the nineteenth century when its resurrection was built on the profits of cotton . |
| 13 | The Serbs were forced to accept Hungarian occupation of Belgrade and the capital was shifted to Smederovo , where an impressive fortress was built on the banks of the Danube , 50 km downstream from Belgrade . |
| 14 | ‘ The open air pool there was built into the cliffs , and the trials were hit by an Atlantic gale that washed away most of the seating and did a lot of damage . |
| 15 | Thus support for families who are helping to care for an elderly frail relative was built into the activities planned for social service departments from the beginning . |
| 16 | A 9″ concrete base was laid and after the conservatory was installed by contractors , a double-thickness ( 6″ ) brick wall was built around the edges of the pond , to a height of 2′ 6″ above ground , following the shape of the conservatory . |
| 17 | Look up at the Great Tower which was built by the sons of Peter Parler in 1396 : -1406 , with a Renaissance gallery by B. Wohlmut , 1560–2 . |
| 18 | The Clementinum was built by the Jesuits from 1653 to 1748 after a plan by Carlo Lurago and his follower , G. D. Orsi . |
| 19 | ‘ It was built by the Romans for our Yorkshire lass Cartimandua — ‘ |
| 20 | SPENNYMOOR Town Hall was built by the Liberals/Tories . |
| 21 | The depôt in Aurelia Road , West Croydon , always referred to by the Company as ‘ Mitcham Road Depôt ’ was built round the cars dumped on the site , by W. Taylor & Co . |