Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [conj] seriously [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as before , the Club 's existence was regarded as seriously threatened . |
| 2 | In March he was shot and seriously injured by a right-wing extremist . |
| 3 | Noseir was shot and seriously injured by a US Postal Service police officer whilst attempting to escape the scene . |
| 4 | On March 24 a soldier was shot and seriously wounded at an otherwise peaceful demonstration by Islamic students in Makulla , east of Aden , and two days later counter-demonstrations were organized in the town , attended by several thousand people . |
| 5 | In earlier incidents on the UK mainland attributed to the IRA , a bomb exploded without a warning on the roof of an Army and Navy careers office in Derby city centre on Sept. 10 , and an Army sergeant was shot and seriously wounded in his car outside an Army recruitment office in Finchley , north London , on Sept. 17 . |
| 6 | The ship was scuppered and seriously damaged . |
| 7 | Although the riots caused considerable damage and resulted in the arrest of some 90 people , nobody was killed or seriously wounded . |