Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The committee appointed to enquire into the copper trade and mining ( 1799 ) , said in their report that copper bolts had never been considered strong enough , and that the practice of copper bottoming was stopped by about 1750 , as a result of the losses , and the fact that at one time a third of the navy was in dock under repair . |
| 2 | Double Silk , owned and still ridden at home by retired , 66-year-old farmer Reg Wilkins , was plunged on from 7–2 to 5–2 favourite . |
| 3 | Abruptly the dream finished and she was plunged back into reality . |
| 4 | Her face was plunged back into shadow . |
| 5 | A tent of dyed homespun was erected out in front , while some caterers got busy preparing Punjabi specialities over a clay oven at the back of the house . |
| 6 | Any lingering dreams died and she was propelled back into her normal character speedily . |
| 7 | First , Peter was plucked out of his normal employment by the voice of Jesus . |
| 8 | Diem , an ardent Catholic , a former mandarin , was plucked out of a Maryland seminary to become premier by the Americans in 1954 . |
| 9 | And that was plucked out by its roots , and two rows were set up on the green ; boys and girls were in each row . |
| 10 | He said Florida , which was mauled by about 50 separate tornadoes , was the only state so far to request federal disaster assistance . |
| 11 | Then Robbie Earle saw his spectacular bicycle kick hit the bar , and Terry Gibson 's free kick was palmed over by Southall . |
| 12 | When his father was tucked up for the night , the son would wander out into the garden and enjoy the cool air as a contrast to the fug of the sick-room . |
| 13 | ‘ But I was tucked up in bed early — not difficult in Dresden you know , they do n't have West German television down there — oh ! |
| 14 | That evening , when Rachel was tucked up in bed sleeping , the moment came when Fred could contain his suspicions no longer , as Carrie had expected . |
| 15 | Five minutes later she was tucked up in bed , sleeping happily once again , while Jake had retreated to his little ante-room . |
| 16 | Deep enough , at any rate , for a boat to get in to the boat-house which was tucked in under the cliff at the southern end of the bay , below the path where I stood . |
| 17 | Righter is Unix System Labs/Novell Inc joint-venture Univel 's second top-level loss — vice president Greg Fallon was recalled back to his original post at Novell just a couple of months ago . |
| 18 | On cold january nights , they camped out on platforms for the last experiences of ‘ Whistler ’ haulage , as the class of two hundred was whittled down to just one , the rebuilt , pioneer D200 . |
| 19 | He was on a short-list of 15 , and it was whittled down to five . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ There were more than a dozen enquiries about the tender and this was whittled down to a list of six . |
| 21 | This was whittled down to three for this event , including me . |
| 22 | However , due to the short notice , Randalstown would have been without four key players on May 15 which was pencilled in as the reserve date . |
| 23 | The date was pencilled in during the summer , but the tourists , who will effectively be a near Springbok side , wanted a Saturday fixture . |
| 24 | The Tentara Keamann Raykat ( TKR ) was formed out of the BKR . |
| 25 | Does it matter , though , for literary criticism whether the poetry was formed out of a period of rebellion or revolution ? |
| 26 | As the hon. Gentleman knows , Nuclear Electric was formed out of the old Central Electricity Generating Board and has remained a Government-owned project throughout . |
| 27 | Dating of the volcanic rocks of the Hawaiian Islands has shown that each of the main islands was formed in about 1 Ma . |
| 28 | ‘ I said that if I was turfed out by the trade union vote I would see Neil Kinnock and we would then both issue a statement afterwards , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Now , she was stripped down to the bare essentials of her person , trying to deal with her knowledge . |
| 30 | During the refurbishment period , the kiln was stripped down to its basic frame , shot-blasted and painted . |