Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her words were lost in a fit of coughing , and at once he dragged her to her feet , supporting her across Water Gypsy 's gangplank . |
| 2 | … and ribber These two little words were cut off a sentence at the bottom of the page in Liz 's October article , thereby changing its meaning . |
| 3 | His words were followed by a silence as the women turned with one accord to stare at Doreen . |
| 4 | However , it should be noted that Scrutton LJ 's words were said in a case involving a contract between commercial parties and it now seems that the insistence that public policy is primarily concerned with holding people to their agreements is now out of favour . |
| 5 | He opened his mouth to speak but his words were drowned by a volley of musket fire nearby and the crash of a round shot which brought down a shower of plaster on the heads of his audience . |
| 6 | The words were delivered with a flatness that stopped her with her hand on the door . |
| 7 | Input words were coded by a feature vector sequence . |
| 8 | Problems relating to Châteauroux and other lands in dispute in Berry and Auvergne were referred to a panel of arbitrators ; Richard was to marry Alice ; finally both Louis and Henry agreed to go on crusade and , in the meantime , made a mutual non-aggression pact . |
| 9 | Conversely , to enter the chemical laboratory envisaged in 1606 by Andreas Libavius — a respectable Lutheran humanist , critic of the Paracelsians , and author of what has been described as the first chemical textbook — would be to enter an open house in which the products of the furnace were investigated with a sense of responsibility for the welfare of one 's fellow men . |
| 10 | Six under-developed fry were observed in a group , separate from the rest of the shoal . |
| 11 | Protein-DNA complexes were resolved on a polyacrylamide gel and the gel dried and autoradiographed . |
| 12 | Although the trade union side were furnished with a job description , we have been unable to ascertain the role of the area directors , particularly in relation to where they fit into the industrial relations network . |
| 13 | Against a dark background pieces of white card were moved in a plane perpendicular to the line of view until ‘ seen ’ . |
| 14 | ELEVEN soccer fans were arrested for a variety of public order offences following Saturday 's Third Division soccer match between Hartlepool United and Stoke City . |
| 15 | Verhoeven 's demons were born of a harrowing , uniquely European childhood . |
| 16 | In the same winter , six walkers were killed in a series of accidents , most involving simple slips but including one case of hypothermia . |
| 17 | The proposed continuation schools were seen as a means whereby the newly-discovered young workers would be given a ‘ liberal ’ education , involving a version of civic ethics which emphasized both occupational adaptability and community service . |
| 18 | The various approaches to CPD in the construction industry were reviewed in a report last year for the DOE and the Council for National Academic Awards . |
| 19 | The purpose of this provision would be to ensure that where threats other than of immediate violence were employed by a defendant , the woman would be regarded as consenting . |
| 20 | Since offices were regarded as a form of property , reform could be stigmatized as an encroachment upon freehold . |
| 21 | Questions about the band 's future were fuelled by a Derry Brownson quote featured in the Daily Mirror which originated in a European magazine : ‘ We may not be around much longer . |
| 22 | There is some reason for such an approach since agreements between management and labour were reached within a framework of national collective bargaining . |
| 23 | The majority of quarrels were started by a struggle for possessions . |
| 24 | Full diplomatic relations were restored with Tunisia on Sept. 24 [ see p. 37729 ] , with the UK on Sept. 27 [ see p. 37727 ] , and with Mauritania on Oct. 5 ; improved relations with Kuwait were signalled by a visit to Kuwait in early July by Foreign Affairs Minister Vellayati [ for details of restoration in October 1988 of diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level see p. 36951 ] . |
| 25 | The guards were threatened with a gun before the two IRA bombers fled . |
| 26 | Two guards were attacked with a razor blade and slightly injured . |
| 27 | Six millilitres of blood were drawn into a syringe containing 11 ml of acid citrate dextrose ( National Institutes of Health formula A ) , dispensed into two sterile polythene tubes , and allowed to sediment for one hour at room temperature . |
| 28 | Sixty ml of blood were drawn into a syringe containing 11 ml of acid citrate dextrose ( National Institutes of Health , formula A ) , dispensed into two sterile polythene tubes , and allowed to sediment for 1 hour at room temperature . |
| 29 | PATIENTS at Ashworth secure hospital in Maghull were evacuated from a ward after a fire broke out . |
| 30 | Participants for the programme were selected from a list of families who had raised concerns about the effect the condition was having on their lives . |