Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] be [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | December 1991 : The Academy of Culinary Arts announced it was facing liquidation . |
| 2 | In 1989 , industry claimed it was spending $34 billion a year to comply with pollution control legislation . |
| 3 | Toby felt he was doing good . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Lancashire County Council announced it was to send representatives to the Netherlands in a bid to rescue the Leyland truck plant and the Chorley parts warehouse , where together more than 900 jobs were lost on Friday . |
| 5 | His parents thought he was selling raffle tickets , but first he went for swim with friends in the River Wye at Broomy Hill . |
| 6 | Sun said it was bringing action over the alleged theft to keep the playing field level , claiming Axil 's illegal head start cut potential investment in the Sparc architecture . |
| 7 | Sun said it was bringing action over the alleged theft to keep the playing field level , claiming Axil 's illegal headstart decreased potential investment in the Sparc architecture . |
| 8 | On January 21st , however , the Iraqis said they were placing prisoners of war near ‘ scientific and economic targets ’ , liable to air attack . |
| 9 | Frequent nights on the tiles , punch-ups and eager girlfriends were clearly taking their toll on him and Manuel said it was taking Sombro longer to get over his binges when he came home . |
| 10 | But Hafodunos said they were ending negotiations with Watertight , who they said had failed to provide evidence of sufficient financial backing . |
| 11 | When he disappeared over 200 investors in his mortgage business Centrust claimed they were left £8 million out of pocket . |
| 12 | Neither of us were attacked because of the Durances but because the local drug dealers knew I was making enquiries about trafficking and they thought you were working with me . |
| 13 | Calder training manager , Bill Vaudrey , said : ‘ The team knew they were taking part in an exercise called ‘ Operation Picnic at Hanging rock ’ . |
| 14 | Defence barrister Connor O'Kane said it was costing Mrs Patterson a total of £2,500 to fly over expert witnesses during the case . |
| 15 | Lloyds Bank chief Brian Pitman denied they were increasing margins on loans to support profits in the recession . |
| 16 | The move came just 24 hours after the BBC announced it was axing Russ Abbot after audience ratings fell . |
| 17 | Jessamy realised they were leaving Oxfordshire and entering the Cotswolds , with their rolling uplands and wooded valleys , tiny villages with golden-stoned houses , and swift-flowing rivers . |
| 18 | And Northumbrian Water reported it was extracting water from the river once again after inlets at Broken Scar Treatment Works , near Darlington , were closed as a precautionary measure on Tuesday night , and emergency supplies brought into use . |
| 19 | Dexter was still mulling over the scene in which Nicola pretended she was taking drugs . |
| 20 | Dauntless found he was having trouble remembering how to speak . |
| 21 | Moreover , Corbett realised that if de Craon knew he was asking questions it was only a matter of time before the Council of Guardians intervened and either put a stop to his activities or expelled him from the country . |
| 22 | The duty sergeant at Newtownabbey RUC station said he was told Const Allen Moore had launched the Falls Road attack on February 4 last year . |
| 23 | OLIVER said we were discussing grammar not sexual politics . |
| 24 | When McCaw Cellular Communications announced it was to swap $600m of its junk bonds for stock , the price of the bonds shot up . |
| 25 | When Moore announced he was fighting cancer , he vowed to work on as usual . |
| 26 | Eventually Malcolm realised I was telling Tommy and put me wise about how fly fat slags from Catford can be . |
| 27 | Yesterday the Department of the Environment announced it was to begin consultation for the Lisburn Area Plan 1993 to 2008 . |
| 28 | But yesterday , Hanson revealed it is selling ARC 's four main American operations to Australian mining group CSR for $670million . |
| 29 | In the wake of the riots , the federal Centers for Disease Control announced they were sending investigators to Los Angeles to ‘ help local health officials chart the epidemiology of the riots ’ , as the press release put it . |
| 30 | A week ago SGS-Thomson said it was starting production of 1M-bit Flash memories and would be fabricating samples with higher capacities . |