Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] by the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | As control families were traced through their general practitioner with the facilities offered by the central register , families who emigrated before the study began ( five ) and those whose current family health services authority was not recorded ( five ) or incorrectly recorded ( 11 ) were replaced by the next eligible control in the series . |
| 2 | They stayed quite still , smiling back at it , until it disappeared with a plop , leaving ripples of disturbance that were erased by the next wave . |
| 3 | Ayliffe chaired the committee which produced the draft of the new constitution which was adopted by the next Congress in Birmingham in 1922 . |
| 4 | It brought to an end the era of amphibians and it was introduced by the next great group to appear , the reptiles . |
| 5 | km ) of Iraqi territory in the north , this was followed by the next attacks due in the Val Fajr series , Nos 5 and 6 , both in the centre , and Val Fajr No 6 partly in the south . |
| 6 | Further gloom was cast by the next piece of information . |