Example sentences of "[noun] was [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The 315th Troop Carrier Group of the 9th Air Force was stationed at Spanhoe near Harringworth . |
| 32 | A force was assembled under John of Gaunt which was to sail for Brittany in May , but its departure was held up until July , and when it eventually set out it made for Calais instead of Brittany . |
| 33 | The same day a woman lost a finger after her ring was caught in machinery at the Sun Valley poultry firm in Hereford . |
| 34 | In the days before glasnost — which his fictions may be thought to have rehearsed and predicted , but which could well mean that his fictions will no longer be for the West what they have been so far , when the thing that they deplore was still there in its entirety to be deplored — Kundera was forced into exile in the ‘ free world ’ of the time . |
| 35 | In February a Left coalition was elected to office in Spain ; later in the year a similar coalition was elected in France . |
| 36 | In August 1986 the governing multiracial National Front ( Barisan Nasional ) coalition was returned to power in the House of Representatives with 148 seats , and also retained an absolute majority in simultaneous elections in all 11 Peninsular Malaysian state assemblies [ see pp. 34742-43 ] . |
| 37 | The ruling BN coalition was returned to office in elections held in October 1990 with a reduced majority . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | Between then and 1872 Millend was advertised for sale by auction on several occasions . |
| 40 | The monument was erected by friends of Camus after his death . |
| 41 | Walker was watched by Roxburgh on Saturday when Hearts beat Dundee United at Tynecastle and was rated ‘ outstanding ’ by the national coach , who once worked with the goalkeeper at Scotland Youth level 12 years ago . |
| 42 | When Lubbock was returned to Parliament in 1881 , he persuaded Gladstone 's Liberal government to take up the cause . |
| 43 | Diana Adams was treated in hospital after being bitten on the arm . |
| 44 | He was helping with the ‘ Vic-Wells ’ charity costume ball in January 1947 and Adieu was given as part of the entertainment there . |
| 45 | No sooner was it known in France that he was in the Texel , than a courier was dispatched with orders for him to go overland to Paris , where he says he is to have the grant of a fresh commission and a larger squadron , sufficient to make a descent on any part of Great Britain or Ireland … |
| 46 | I see Speed was replaced by Pemberton at half-time last night . |
| 47 | The SDA 's investment was made in accordance with our normal commercial criteria to help to strengthen the financial and business position of an expanding company , headquartered in Scotland , which is prepared to provide the prospect of continued growth . |
| 48 | For example , in the Stapleton case in 1975 the defendant was acquitted of rape despite the fact that even the judge in passing sentence had said : ‘ I have no doubt you instilled terror into this woman when you went into that room and made your intentions quite clear ’ . |
| 49 | The defendant was charged on indictment with the murder of Sharon Lewis on 8 or 9 March 1982 . |
| 50 | The result of the case — in which the defendant was found in breach of his duty of fidelity — was inevitable . |
| 51 | Optimism about an economic upswing was clouded by signs of popular opposition to the government 's liberalization measures , some of which were seen as a prelude to job losses in the public sector . |
| 52 | To coincide with World Environment Day on 5 June 1989 , The Times published a survey which showed that the membership of fifteen green organizations was climbing towards parity with the membership of unions affiliated to the TUC . |
| 53 | A meeting of 120 " anti-imperialist " representatives of Arab political parties and organizations was held in Amman on Sept. 15-17 . |
| 54 | Some writers have said that Eleanor was driven to violence by Henry 's adulteries , culminating in his open attachment to Rosamund Clifford . |
| 55 | The Lewes trainer was cleared in August of passing weights to jockey son Mark after Carfax had won at Lingfield in February . |
| 56 | A man at the sharp end of the drive to put information technology to work in Britain , Cracknell was commenting on plans by a big American semiconductor firm to expand its operations in the town . |
| 57 | Although Gregory states in his Histories that Quintianus of Rodez was suspected of treason by the Visigoths , in his Life of the bishop he reveals that the local catholics were opposed to him , because he had moved the bones of a favourite saint . |
| 58 | Charles ' command was based upon support of his nobles , tributary rulers , and their own dependent households and levies ; this formidable fighting force was reconvened in the spring of 773 to invade Lombardy . |
| 59 | Out of all these considerations a Pact of Mutual Assistance and Unified Command was concluded in Warsaw on 14 May 1955 . |
| 60 | Not knowing about electricity , but knowing about hydraulic systems , Descartes suggested that the control of these reactions in animals was mediated by movements of fluids , initiated in the sensory nerves by stimuli , being carried to the ventricular system of the brain where contact was made with the motor nerves . |