Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So because he had a scraggy neck he was christened Gooseneck . ’ |
| 2 | It was christened Homo habilis ( Handy Man ) . |
| 3 | The ice which ended the meal was christened Pôle Nord and consisted of a soft cream encased in ice-cream , resting on an ice pedestal carved in the shape of a bird sitting on a rock . |
| 4 | Mrs Balanchine frowned and concentrated , trying to hold the tortuous grammar in her mind as the question was formed letter-by-letter . |
| 5 | There were a few white clouds and , although towards the sun the sky was tinged crimson , elsewhere the shade was a deep oppressive blue . |
| 6 | January 1936 : In South Wales , particularly in the Rhonda Valley the tramp of thousands of feet was heard day after day . |
| 7 | In 1947 he was given permission by the Fourth International to form an independent Labour Party entry group . |
| 8 | Later on , the squadron was given permission by the King to have its own squadron badge and each member was presented by the Commanding Officer with a personal copy of it . |
| 9 | In 1903 his son was given permission to use the Portuguese royal arms as photographer to the royal family . |
| 10 | The England international was given permission to make his late dash to London for tonight 's Coca-Cola Cup replay as his family is suffering from a virus . |
| 11 | His father died shortly afterwards , and Margery was given permission by her confessor to escort her daughter-in-law as far as Ipswich , where the latter was to take ship for home . |
| 12 | It was not until Lady Diana Spencer was formally engaged to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales that she was given permission to call him ‘ Charles ’ . |
| 13 | When I visited the museum , I looked at all of the chairs and was given permission to handle and try them for comfort . |
| 14 | Shandruk also indicates that , following contact with Gen Anders , the Polish commander in Italy , the division was given Permission to march through the British lines towards Italy . |
| 15 | The attendant said there was a gentleman already undressing in No. 1 Frederica received no answer to her question about numéro sept , but was given permission to stand in the corridor of the train , which was already sliding away from its platform . |
| 16 | In one concession by the government on Dec. 28 , it was given permission to publish its own newspaper , Rilindja Demokratika . |
| 17 | He was given permission to undergo tests in a Moscow hospital , but official statements from the hospital on Feb. rejected claims that he was suffering from cancer and other dangerous infirmities , and denied that any operation was planned . |
| 18 | In 1773 a London eccentric , James Cox , a goldsmith with premises off Fleet Street , was given permission by an Act of Parliament to disperse a collection of curiosities which formed a small museum he ran . |
| 19 | JINXED Ian Loughran was given permission to change the number of his house yesterday in the hope of changing his luck . |
| 20 | It was believed that the treaty had been made simply for private gain , and this view was given substance by Isabella 's appropriation of much of the £20,000 payment from Bruce . |
| 21 | One particularly macabre statue of Saint Sebastian , arrows poking out of every limb , was given centre stage . |
| 22 | I refer the Minister to the specific case of the Amoco Montrose platform — now , thankfully , closed — which was given dispensation for nine years although it was known that the accommodation facilities did not meet the fire regulation standards that apply to platforms . |
| 23 | Unfortunately very little , er we know he 's been in prison since nineteen eighty seven and that he 's been sentenced to ten years , but we have n't been able to determine er under what charge , what happened at his trial , whether he was given defence , er access to a lawyer , those kind of things , and er Amnesty believes that he 's been er imprisoned for his beliefs . |
| 24 | The culture of the minorities of indigenous people that was given providence at the assembly . |
| 25 | When he was given work at a lathe that rounded and spiralled chairs ' legs he took no advice from the foreman , and instead watched the man next to him to study the working of the machine . |
| 26 | Talei Pennington , 21 , who was adopted at birth , was given air tickets to Fiji to meet her natural parents . |
| 27 | There is no specific reference to his serving Gloucester until after the duke 's accession ( when he became an esquire of the body ) , but his brother John was given land by the duke , which implies a close connection . |
| 28 | The GTP was given land grants only for its line from Lake Superior Junction on the main line to Fort William on Lake Superior ( a distance of 188 miles ) . |
| 29 | There is no specific reference to his serving Gloucester until after the duke 's accession ( when he became an esquire of the body ) , but his brother John was given land by the duke , which implies a close connection . |
| 30 | The guards and porters walked about , the bell was rung , the signal was given ad the train started off . |