Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] was [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | December 1691 , Richard Baxter was expecting to leave this world . |
| 2 | But the fact that Mr. Perot was trying to buy both properties simultaneously , and that the family did in fact buy both properties , is quite sufficient ground on which the judge could draw the inference that the Perots might attach importance to acquiring both properties . |
| 3 | Glen Cherry was made to fight all the way up the straight by Rehab Venture before taking the Templegate Handicap Chase . |
| 4 | Mr Clinton was expected to unveil that strategy at the summit . |
| 5 | By the time Stockport had been settled Lloyd George was moving to prevent such situations from recurring . |
| 6 | ‘ Mr Fraser of Wiltshire complained of bad language in an edition of the Channel 4 programme , Tonight With Jonathan Ross … the offending word arose in reply to a question about whether or not Paula Yates was going to have any more children . |
| 7 | The forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong was expected to begin this week as the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , restated his intention to go ahead with the expulsions . |
| 8 | THE forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong was expected to begin this week as the Foreign Secretary , Mr Douglas Hurd , restated his intention to go ahead with the expulsions . |
| 9 | Reading between the lines , it was evident that de Gaulle was seeking to encourage those individuals in the political establishment — such as President Coty and the deputy prime minister , Guy Mollet — who were already moving towards a Gaullist solution , but that he was not yet willing to negotiate with the collective leadership of the Republic . |
| 10 | What a madman Frankenstein was to have created such a thing , and to hope to keep its existence a secret ! |
| 11 | Checkpoint Charlie was reinforced to stop any possible charge of demonstrators from West Berlin ; tourists and all but accredited journalists were refused entry . |
| 12 | If Nolan J. was intending to say that , in the situation which he was considering , the alternatives of giving either blood or urine ‘ must both be made available to the subject , ’ this was simply wrong . |
| 13 | But in 1878 the building goods station was merged with the coal station and La Chapelle-Annexe was built to receive all bulk goods , including building materials . |
| 14 | Pain in shooting down a Do215 ; Rippon also shot down a Ju87 , while Sgt. McDougal was seen to get another of these , but was then shot down himself by a Bf109 . |
| 15 | It was hopeless , of course ; there was no way Sophie was going to drop this one . |
| 16 | Dot wondered how Loopy Lil was going to eat this kind of egg . |
| 17 | Mr Austick recalled that it was almost 19 years since he ‘ turned the Tories out ’ at a by-election and said Coun. Hall was poised to repeat that surprise victory in Skipton and Ripon on April 9 . |
| 18 | On arrival the 156° Gruppo Autonomo was disbanded to reinforce this unit . |