Example sentences of "was [vb pp] several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on to regard the presence of more than two rows to be an indication of adult growth , but , whilst this may sometimes occur it is just as likely that the unfortunate whelk was checked several times during its immature life . |
| 2 | The public 's response was so overwhelming that the procession of cars , which each carried two team members , was halted several times as fans surged around the cars asking for autographs , shaking hands and giving the occasional kiss . |
| 3 | This was followed by White Shops , next to the Duchess of Kent 's Military Hospital , where there were also bus stops and two schools but no crossing patrol , which was withdrawn several years ago . |
| 4 | Belfast is the only area who run a first year league which was formed several seasons ago and this year 15 teams have entered with the finals before Easter . |
| 5 | Our own interest in dunnocks was aroused several years ago by a chance comment , made over a cup of coffee . |
| 6 | Nizan 's willingness to envisage international diplomacy as an act of moral integrity rather than a process of tactical and strategic expediency was highlighted several years later in May 1939 , at a moment when Stalin tightened his grip on foreign policy by replacing Litvinov with Molotov . |
| 7 | I had an alarming reading for an Agatha Christie film where I was given several sheets of script to sight read without any logical link up in the scenes being read and no-one to read with , except an office assistant who could n't read dialogue . |
| 8 | We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave . |
| 9 | It was situated several kilometres outside the city and sprawled across three hundred acres . |
| 10 | Due to be finished at the end of this month , the project will add an extra 326 acute beds to the 240 long-stay and acute beds in the hospital 's first phase which was completed several years ago . |
| 11 | Their long journey was broken several times by the necessity to make repairs to the car . |
| 12 | He was examined several times by Dr Crockett in his surgery , but was never told a kidney would be removed . |
| 13 | He was examined several times by Dr Crockett in his surgery , but was never told a kidney would be removed . |
| 14 | Mogul was fined several times for pollution offences . |
| 15 | Chief Aviation Ordnanceman John Finn set up a .50 calibre gun and fired on the attackers , he was wounded several times but continued to fight back , later he was awarded the Medal of Honour . |
| 16 | Gail was mated several times to Loki , the offspring proving influential in the development of the breed in Australia . |
| 17 | The Ridge was a favourite target for Stuka dive-bombers and was attacked several times each day . |
| 18 | The bell was rung several times . |
| 19 | I was occupied several evenings a week . |
| 20 | In 1963 , Butler and Stokes began a series of surveys which set a new pattern , and a new standard , for the study of voting behaviour in Britain : their sample was large , nation-wide , and was interviewed several times between 1963 and 1970 ; and the authors were concerned to apply a rigour that had been absent from most of the earlier single constituency studies of electoral choice . |
| 21 | His car was vandalised several times and he was forced to move his business after it was set on fire . |
| 22 | He suffered constantly from fever ; he was frequently threatened by bandits and once nearly murdered ; he was injured several times ; he endured hot summers and cold winters and periodical earthquakes . |
| 23 | One , a little farther up the coast , is called ‘ Old Slains ’ and was built several centuries earlier : it is now ruined far beyond the one in which Boswell and Johnson stayed . |
| 24 | Graham Townsend was alone in his shop at three fifteen this afternoon … details of what happened are sketchy … but he was stabbed several times in the chest by one of three youths who were trying to steal jewellery … they ran off … and Mr Townsend called an ambulance … a neighbour came to his aid . |
| 25 | A man is being treated for a partially-collapsed lung after he was stabbed several times in the arms and body . |
| 26 | Whilst driving through London , Stephen Waldorf was shot several times and severely injured by officers who confused him with another person whom they said they were seeking to capture . |
| 27 | ‘ He keeps hisself to hisself , ’ she was told several times , though Davyd , who always had superior knowledge , added ‘ cut him in half and you 'd find pure gold , all through . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The demonstrations were mostly started by first- and second-year students ’ , I was told several times , ‘ but the government are punishing the graduates . |
| 29 | Iro has been in poor form for the Sea Eagles and was told several weeks ago that he would have to take a pay cut to stay with the club . |
| 30 | The Railway Inspectorate gave safety clearance for the first section of the 20-mile network just 27 months after design and construction started , although the opening was postponed several times because of engineering problems , staff training and general fine-tuning . |