Example sentences of "money was [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Revenues from Crown lands went increasingly to the Chamber rather than to the Exchequer and money was stored in the Jewel House of the Household . |
| 2 | This would be when the money was placed in the ticket machine . |
| 3 | Thankfully all men and women returned safely from the Second World War , so a sum of money was given to the hall and a brass plaque erected declaring it to be a memorial village hall . |
| 4 | The money was given by the council 's recreation committee . |
| 5 | Land and some money was given by the family of Rev Howard-Hall , who was the rector at that time , for the erection of a building for the use of the people of Sproatley , of any denomination , for their education and recreation . |
| 6 | Whatever its actual effect , the English wanted at least to make sure that they would not be out of pocket over expansion in America , and the fear that they would lose money was expressed by the economist Charles Davenant when he wrote in 1698 : ‘ it can not reasonably be admitted that the mother country should impoverish herself to enrich the children nor that Britain should weaken herself to strengthen America . ’ |
| 7 | The money was raised during the Group 's It 's A Knockout event which Alexandra won . |
| 8 | The money was raised for the purchase of a syringe driver , and in her letter of thanks , the Hospice Matron said : ‘ These pumps are extremely useful , and give many people the kind of pain relief that is sometimes difficult to achieve by other means . |
| 9 | The money was raised at the Federation 's Annual Awards Show last November . |
| 10 | Some of the money was raised in the form of war bonds , and personal savings in general rose enormously . |
| 11 | The money was raised from the sale of gold heart badges across the country |
| 12 | What I found particularly worrying was that the money was debited from the account without even informing me . |
| 13 | Having cost the University of Bristol a lot of money over the previous months , I thought I ought to try to put something back , so I got myself sponsored : part of the money was to go to the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council , and half to the newly-formed Bristol University Arthritis Research Group . |
| 14 | A MAJOR financial institution in Britain has been the victim of a £50m computerised theft in which the money was sent around the world in electronic parcels . |
| 15 | right they knew exactly how much money I was banking , how much money was going into the bank , I |
| 16 | The money was left on the parapet of a bridge carrying the track over an old dismantled railway line the Dove Valley Trail . |
| 17 | Less money was left within the control of local authorities . |
| 18 | Money was taken from the till , pool table and pay phone . |
| 19 | The money was taken from the home of a 66-year-old retired businessman in North Ormesby , Middlesbrough . |
| 20 | The money was used for the purchase by the secretary of state of buildings of outstanding architectural or historic interest , together with their contents . |
| 21 | Mr Milburn , whose comments have been supported by consultant Sheila Shearson , said Darlington had been without a fulltime accident and emergency consultant even though money was allocated for the post two years ago . |
| 22 | The money was awarded to the Resolution Trust Corporation , the government agency responsible for buying up failed savings and loan institutions and for guaranteeing depositors ' savings . |
| 23 | The money was divided amongst the station staff , with the station-master taking the largest share . |
| 24 | When an audit showed money was missing from the hotel , 45-year-old Sandra Walker told police she knew but ‘ covered the loss ’ in the books ‘ in the hope of catching the thief when he stole again ’ , Guildford Brown Court heard on Friday . |
| 25 | Wang also announced an increase of nearly 12 per cent in military spending for 1991 , the second increase in two years , saying that the extra money was needed for the modernization of weapons and equipment . |
| 26 | Sure enough , the cheque was good , and the money was passed to the child 's family . ’ |
| 27 | This ca n't be good for him , thought Denis , and he remembered the story he had read of an old man in England , although younger than Uncle Mick was now , who lined up to receive the very first old age pension ever issued in England and dropped down dead as soon as his money was passed over the counter to him . |
| 28 | Offers were pouring in , my money was increasing by the week and I 'd already signed with A.T.V. for a T.V. show with five other ‘ New Faces ’ acts — Victoria Wood and Lenny Henry among them . |
| 29 | Leaving aside the political implications , the circumstance that the money was paid under the sentence of a court , albeit one that was held to have no jurisdiction , gives the case a flavour of duress , so that it is not a significant authority in Woolwich 's favour . |
| 30 | ‘ The action is an action for money had and received ; and it is brought upon this ground ; namely , that the money was paid to the defendant without any consideration ; the duty , for which , and in respect of which he received it , not having been imposed by lawful or sufficient authority to warrant the same . |