Example sentences of "was show the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mansell was shown the black flag three times after being disqualified for reversing his Ferrari after overshooting his pit during a scheduled stop to change tyres . |
| 2 | From then on , the references to pre-capitalist systems become more and more numerous in the work of Marx and Engels , but it was really from 1880 on , when Marx was shown the work of the American anthropologist Lewis Henry Morgan that he and Engels gave a major place to the study of tribal societies . |
| 3 | He was shown the puppets too , and the performance can not have gone entirely without excitement , because he mentioned to me explosions backstage and things falling down . |
| 4 | Whitechurch was shown the works by Mr G. Coker , chief draughtsman : ‘ There are two chief ways of seeing the works , either to begin at the finished coach and work backwards to the details , or to go to the beginning first and work upwards , but , at all events , you shall see as much as we can show you in a day ’ . |
| 5 | And then Skerrett was shown the red card and Platt was sin-binned along with Saints ' Nickle after a flare-up . |
| 6 | Since he was shown the door by United , McGrath has confounded medical opinion — and Ferguson 's — and become widely regarded as one of the world 's outstanding centre-backs with his displays . |
| 7 | The right-back was shown the red card in the 63rd minute after a dreadful , two-footed tackle on young Everton striker Billy Kenny . |
| 8 | The Anglo-Italian — also blighted by low gates — saw four players sent off in Birmingham 's match with Bari two weeks ago , while West Ham 's Trevor Morley was dismissed on Tuesday against Reggiana at Upton Park and Cremonese 's Luigo Gualco was shown the red card at Tranmere . |
| 9 | It did n't , and she was shown the door . |
| 10 | Brother Mick , player-manager of amateur side Bognor , was shown the red card after lookalike Paul got in a tangle with Diadora League opponents Dulwich Hamlet . |
| 11 | Tork was shown the transcript of a brief conversation . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Everex chairman and CEO Steve Hui was shown the door December 23 , replaced by Jack Kenney , reportedly a restructuring expert . |
| 13 | No details were discussed : ‘ I was n't there more than a couple of minutes , but I did n't feel rushed and I am not quite sure how I was shown the door . |
| 14 | A small German dealer ( who has asked to remain anonymous ) , who often stopped by , was shown the picture by the proprietor who believed it to be an Italian or Flemish painting . |
| 15 | There were no photocopying machines in those days so from the day the collection was shown the sketchers had to work frantically for two or three weeks afterwards from about eight to midnight drawing models for all the clients . |
| 16 | He was shown the location of the bathroom and toilets and the nurse discussed with him the extra hygiene measures which he would require to prepare him for surgery . |
| 17 | Charles Darwin , when he was shown the flower by baffled botanists , confidently predicted that , bearing in mind the flower 's colour and size , a night-flying moth would be its pollinator and that , unlikely though this might sound , it would have a proboscis a foot long . |
| 18 | After a voir dire the judge admitted the oral admissions but excluded the written confession , because ( a ) the breaches of C 11.5 and 11.6 were relatively trivial ; ( b ) it would have been impracticable to have a contemporaneous note of the conversation and there was therefore no breach of C 11.3(b) ( ii ) ; ( c ) Findlay was shown the notes as recorded in the custody record and there was no need to record the refusal in the pocket book as well ; ( d ) there was a serious breach of section 58 and Code C 6.3 in ordering Findlay to be kept incommunicado without sufficient reason and therefore although the interview leading to the written confession was itself fairly conducted the confession would be excluded . |
| 19 | He was shown the Kurume azaleas , which he later did much to popularize , and collected in Korea and Taiwan . |
| 20 | When he was shown the Demoiselles d'Avignon , Braque appears at first to have been bewildered by it , though he realized that it marked an important new departure . |
| 21 | Léger was shown the works of Picasso and Braque in 1910 by Kahnweiler and met them later the same year . |
| 22 | Irene Pitt was shown the plastic bag which had once |
| 23 | He was shown the white tigers and was ready to be on his way when he was told the Maharajah wanted to see him . |
| 24 | Paul McCartan pulled one back for Distillery three minutes from time and right on the final whistle Gregg was shown the red card . |
| 25 | Hateley was shown the red card for pushing away defender Rudi Cossey , who indulged in some play-acting after tumbling to the ground . |
| 26 | Eddis was shown the yellow card for a late tackle on Neil Candlish in the 12th minute and his team mate John Johnston followed him into the referee 's note-book six minutes later after a foul on Jonathan Speak . |
| 27 | I was shown the furniture that Tom had made for his marital home — all of the drawers with dovetails , sliding in and out without effort . |
| 28 | Bent 's jaw was broken in four places , and Penney was shown the yellow card . |
| 29 | Comrades ' Stephen Fettis , returning after a one match suspension , was shown the yellow card for kicking the ball away after 13 minutes . |
| 30 | Fleming was booked for a foul on Chris Leadbitter , hurting himself in the challenge and receiving treatment before he was shown the yellow card . |