Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Occasionally , however a border is absent , as at Silchester , in a room of building XIX ; in room 8 , Colliton Park , Dorchester ; and in a house " north of the Newport Road " , Caerwent.Alternatively , it can be of very large blocks , such as are found around a mosaic at Whittington Court , Glos . |
| 2 | The expansion slots , SIMM slots and cache RAM sockets take up most of the space ; the gaps in between are filled with a smattering of large VLSI chips . |
| 3 | A MENTALLY handicapped patient choked to death after being tied to a toilet pipe while nurses went to lunch , an inquiry heard yesterday . |
| 4 | Sgt Forth died of his injuries after being called to a disturbance at a house in Gateshead , 12 days ago . |
| 5 | Peter Barron , 19 , of Lancefield Avenue , Newcastle , was remanded in custody for five days by city magistrates yesterday charged with attempting to murder PC Keith Richardson , who was stabbed after being called to a house burglary . |
| 6 | HERO policewoman Leslie Harrison , fighting back from the brink of death after being stabbed with a screwdriver , vowed from her hospital bed yesterday : ‘ I love the job . |
| 7 | The immediate reason for the outbreak of war was the French king 's confiscation of the Duchy of Aquitaine on the ground that Edward was harbouring Robert of Artois , a rebellious vassal of the French king who had fled to England in 1336 after being condemned as a traitor . |
| 8 | The pool has been closed after being condemned as a health hazard because of structural faults . |
| 9 | I came to this conclusion after being asked by a student for some information on Occitan . |
| 10 | He was narrowly returned as Prime Minister after the 1987 general election , but was ejected from office in July 1988 after being defeated in a motion of no confidence by Namaliu 's supporters . |
| 11 | They were offered for sale by an antique shop in the town after being rejected by a charity auction as bad taste and bought by a local man as an investment . |
| 12 | Mr Karim said : ‘ After being served with a writ , Mr Lamb threw it in the dustbin . |
| 13 | Melancia , who resigned after being served with a summons in connection with the alleged bribery , denied all charges of corruption and maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign . |
| 14 | Flat owners face losing their homes after being landed with a bill for ground rent going back fifteen years . |
| 15 | The man was being held after being charged with a drink driving offence at Darlington Magistrates Court . |
| 16 | They were only caught after being stopped for a burglary they did n't commit . |
| 17 | Meanwhile detectives have revealed that his wife died from head injuries after being hit with a hammer . |
| 18 | The kind of thing you might come out with after being hit with a baseball bat . ’ |
| 19 | It was said that Mrs Fribbins had suffered a bruise to her eye after being hit during a bed changing incident . |
| 20 | It was said that Mrs Fribbins had suffered a bruise to her eye after being hit during a bed changing incident . |
| 21 | Angela Chew , 43 , from Leighton Buzzard , Bedfordshire , and her sons Rowan , eight , and Simon , one , were trapped in the burning Citroen after being hit by a lorry whose brakes had failed on the M4 interchange in Pontardulais , South Wales . |
| 22 | David Bell was yesterday still very poorly after being hit by a pick-up outside his mother 's farm at East Rounton , Northallerton , on Thursday . |
| 23 | A pedestrian suffered a slight head injury after being hit by a taxi in Parkgate , Darlington , just before midnight last night . |
| 24 | Rakesh Patidar , 10 , died after being hit by a cricket ball while watching a match at Anjad in India 's Madhya Pradesh . |
| 25 | A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy was fighting for life last night after being hit by a bike at a moto-cross meeting . |
| 26 | A 10-YEAR-OLD girl is seriously ill in hospital with a fractured skull after being hit by a stone thrown through the window of her family home . |
| 27 | A TEENAGE jogger died after being hit by a drink-driver and being thrown through the air , a court heard yesterday in what could be a landmark case . |
| 28 | Five army staff windsurfing at Giltar Point , off Tenby , were thrown into the water after being hit by a squall . |
| 29 | A 16-YEAR-OLD boy is fighting for life in Walton Hospital today after being hit by a van as he was on his way to school . |
| 30 | Bill 's nightmare started when he was taken to hospital after being hit by a car as he returned home from a fishing trip . |