Sentence examples for were not swept from inspiring English sources

But he was right – Labour were not swept away, but lifted up as a credible alternative government.

Item: Whatever else might have happened to them, the dinosaurs and mammoths were not "swept aside" by glaciers.

But the heartbroken ex-Celinites looking to Lee to be a knight in shining armour were not swept off their feet.

But clearing the Herculean accumulation of trash from the sidewalks remained the Sanitation Department's top priority, and the streets were not swept.

He said the challenge was to ensure that innocent people were not swept up, but without forgetting the immediate danger posed by terrorists.

The series was the 78th in a row at home in which the Angels were not swept, the longest stretch by any team since the Atlanta Braves' streak of 84 in 2005-6.

"At least you weren't swept downstream," Tom said.

Bins weren't collected, streets weren't swept, and Granby became a no-go area.

Once houses are boarded up, it sends a signal". Bins weren't collected, streets weren't swept, and Granby became a no-go area.

Bins weren't collected, streets weren't swept and a mythology built up: people came here to buy their drugs or dump their shite".

And for a show that can delight in gore and killing, it's good that the consequences of the Box Tunnel Massacre weren't swept under the carpet.