Sentence examples for were burnt down from inspiring English sources
The bunk beds were burnt down to their metal frames.
More menacingly, two offices of the enforcement agency were burnt down in retaliation.
"Three rooms in the building were burnt down," Marinda Mills, a police spokeswoman for the province said.
Card-counters got their knees broken, rival casinos were burnt down, and black gamblers were not welcome.
The electoral headquarters were burnt down in Rivers, an oil-producing state which has become a key battleground for the two main parties.
The club's stadium and club house were burnt down and three fans sentenced to death after Saadi was criticised during a match.
"Things were burned down," Thurner mumbled sheepishly.
Some polling stations were burned down and poll workers attacked.
Machinery was wrecked, mills were burned down and the Luddites fought pitched battles with the British Army.
People died, whole blocks were burned down, and the National Guard moved in.
Our huts were burned down and our cattle were stolen.
