Example sentences of "were [adv] [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were most put out by the way they turned it down . ’ |
| 2 | Unprecedented anti-government street demonstrations in Tirana on July 1 were brutally broken up by the security forces , and the next day four Albanians fled to the West German embassy , to be joined by 3,200 others in the course of the following week . |
| 3 | In my discussions with the police , it was one of the buildings we offered them , and I went with erm , the new inspector to look at that , and I still said they were somewhat put off by the cold austere sort of feeling of the place . |
| 4 | Apart from the few wives and daughters of master printers who had picked up something of the trade in the family firm , the first women compositors in Britain to receive anything like a " systematic training " were apparently taken on by the firm of McCorquodale of Newton-le-Willows in about 1848.12 It was a little-known experiment that did not last . |
| 5 | Last week , I was told about a club that closed an hour and a half early because the organisers were so freaked out by the number of collapses . |
| 6 | Smith , managed to scramble out and were soon picked up by the destroyer ‘ Foresight ’ . |
| 7 | Even those of us in the office who had their doubts at first were soon won over by the instrument 's simplicity and friendliness . |
| 8 | Staff tried to put the fire out themselves , but were soon driven back by the intense heat and thick smoke given off from burning tyres . |
| 9 | Police in Cam gave chase for a short distance but were easily shaken off by the robbers stolen Sierra Cosworth . |
| 10 | But in an interview with police one of the defendants claimed the men were just crouching down by the boards because they were trying to shelter from a strong wind . |
| 11 | We were already worn down by the long night and another was almost unthinkable — our sleeping bags would be a frozen mass of down by evening . |
| 12 | Their weapons were promptly snatched up by the Secte Rouge , who added their own shooting to the confusion . |
| 13 | Heavy-eyed , yawning and bewildered men appeared in doorways , and were promptly cut down by the attackers . |
| 14 | The interacting actors of ( i ) a newly effective market among the young , of ( ii ) some culturally effective initiatives by the young , of which many were quickly taken up by the market , of ( iii ) a more general unwillingness by the market , in conditions of high competition , to observe the limits and pressures of established cultural reproduction , and yet ( iv ) the alarm of state and other established institutions at the sources and consequences of such cultural production , have combined to produce a situation of quite remarkable asymmetry . |
| 15 | The LTTE offensive appeared to take the government by surprise , and over 20 police stations were quickly taken over by the LTTE . |
| 16 | Whether or not , as some allege , food supplies were deliberately run down by the authorities , by autumn there was plausible reason enough to deploy troops to urban and rural areas to assist in food distribution and ‘ relieve bottlenecks ’ . |
| 17 | There was a packed public gallery as the charges were formally read out by the court clerk . |
| 18 | Demonstrations were also broken up by the police in Annaba , Constantine , Bordj Bou-Arreridj and Chlef . |
| 19 | But attempts by Markovic to implement a tight monetary policy were undermined by the secret printing in January 1991 of dinars with a face value equivalent to US$1,600 million by the Serbian authorities ; similar printings without federal authorization were also carried out by the Croatian , Macedonian and Montenegran authorities [ see also pp. 37866-67 ] . |
| 20 | These survived until about 8000 years ago , when they were probably wiped out by the first human settlers . |
| 21 | The results were later played down by the company . |
| 22 | His allegations against Mr Reid were later backed up by the villa 's then deputy charge nurse , Karen Spinner . |
| 23 | Only a few rural areas , isolated by bad roads and non-existent railways , remained relatively untouched , but even these , by virtue of their isolation , were often gobbled up by the equally voracious demand for holiday homes and weekend cottages . |
| 24 | Many appeared to be visibly drunk at matches and were often thrown out by the police for this reason . |
| 25 | Major visitations were conscientiously carried out by the heralds or their deputes — assisted.by the sheriffs and their officers — for more than a hundred and forty years . |
| 26 | Philip was as reluctant as Henry , but the two Kings were now swept along by the tide of public opinion . |
| 27 | Some were immediately picked up by the demons , whilst others managed again and again to risk their lives before falling to the persistent attacks of the creatures from hell . |
| 28 | Where , for example , members of the patient 's social network were interviewed as part of the assessment process , these interviews were specifically carried out by the ASWs . |
| 29 | A crash-landing on the surface of the sea was carried out , during which the one unwounded member of the crew was injured , but all were safely picked up by the destroyer ‘ Camicia Nere ’ . |