Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The place was reconsecrated Roman Catholic and the Little Sisters of Pity were in business . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ The architect 's plans for the changes made in nineteen hundred and ten when the Priory was reconsecrated Roman Catholic and the Little Sisters took over . ’ |
| 3 | Traffic behind and on the opposite carriageway was stopped ready for the police to take control . |
| 4 | I was stopped short by torchlight in my face . |
| 5 | On a visit to New York that summer I was stopped short by an elaborate poster on 47th Street welcoming all to Danny 's Den for drinks and food , and to see the appearance of ‘ the one and only Miss Ella Shields ( from London , England ) , the Original Burlington Bertie ’ . |
| 6 | After just eight minutes a strong drive by centre Pete Manning was stopped short of the line but the ball was quickly moved for scrum-half Watts to score . |
| 7 | It was cut low across the top and high above the thighs , and for a moment Lucy was stopped short by the thought that Jesus , it looked hell to wear , but would n't it just kill 'em on the disco floor back home ? |
| 8 | Chambers added a penalty goal for Banbridge after 15 minutes but Bangor were now well in control and Jeffrey McMaster almost got his name on the score sheet following a run down the left wing but he was stopped short and hooker Darryl Flanagan was up quickly for the try which Strutt converted . |
| 9 | For example the western margin of southern Africa has a relatively narrow continental shelf and a well-developed marginal upwarp , whereas the opposing margin of the eastern coast of southern South America to which it was joined prior to the break-up of Gondwana has a very broad continental shelf and no significant marginal upwarp . |
| 10 | The new pole , painted in bands or blocks of red , white and blue — not striped as it is now — was erected complete with weathercock and the tradition was once again established . |
| 11 | During my relatively short period as a city detective , I was implicitly aware that quality had to be sacrificed to quantity , for the ‘ arrest list ’ was checked monthly and the numerical totals counted . |
| 12 | Wayne Cummings , 32 , was plucked unconscious from the water by the crew of an RAF helicopter more than three hours after the craft capsized off Llantwit Major , South Glamorgan . |
| 13 | On the left flank , three ridges north of Ypres — Bixschoote , St Julien and Pilckem — were taken in an advance of some 3.2km/2mls ; but on the right , the thrust southeast of Ypres , toward the Ypres-Menin road , was halted short of its objectives . |
| 14 | Shortly after this fight , my father was reinstated amateur and , as an amateur , he fought for England against Germany in 1937 at the Albert Hall , beating Otto Kastner , the Olympic champion and Golden Gloves winner . |
| 15 | At the beginning of hostilities against Germany on 4 August 1914 , Wolverton companies F & G ( later under the four company system they became part of C & D companies ) were mobilised and the Battalion was formed complete at Aylesbury , before midnight . |
| 16 | The Battalion was formed complete at Newbury Race Course , each company making its own way to this rendezvous . |
| 17 | The home they 'd made together , and enjoyed for a year and two months , was stripped bare . |
| 18 | The house was stripped bare except for the furniture , and I suppose Lord Muck will provide that wherever he 's taken them . |
| 19 | She was stripped naked and beaten with a cattle prod before being thrown into a cell full of excrement . |
| 20 | Suzanne , 16 , was stripped naked and set alight after allegedly being kidnapped and held captive for more than a week in a house in Moston , Manchester . |
| 21 | He was stripped naked , shackled and questioned by a psychiatrist . |
| 22 | ‘ I was stripped naked and suspended on a crucifix , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I 'd only been there about five minutes when they came to escort me off down to Bleak House , where I was stripped naked and given a blanket and put into a cell . |
| 24 | After the coup , absolute power rested with the military junta , and increasingly with Pinochet , who in June 1974 was designated Supreme Chief of State , and in December President of the Republic ( although he did not formally assume that title until March 1981 ) . |
| 25 | On June 1 , Seyoum Mesfin was designated Acting Foreign Minister , and on June 6 the Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) vice-chairman Tamirat Laynie became Acting Prime Minister , responsible to Zenawi . |
| 26 | David 's face was drained white . |
| 27 | ‘ It is not often recognized ’ , said Maine in 1885 ‘ how excessively rare in the world was sustained legislative activity till rather more than fifty years ago ’ , but law-making had by 1880 already become the characteristic activity of the modern state . |
| 28 | Blood pumped slowly from the hole , which was tinged black and purple at the edges . |
| 29 | Nolan 's shirt was ripped open , showing a lot of hairy chest . |
| 30 | The cat was ripped open . |