Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [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 | I am obliged to smell what he smells , the baby powder , the smell of his nails before the fire spits them out-to be caught in the dish and then agonizingly reapplied to his thrilled fingertips . |
| 4 | After being instructed on the circuit , racing lines , warning flags , etc , the condemned men were given a hearty meal . |
| 5 | A MENTALLY handicapped patient choked to death after being tied to a toilet pipe while nurses went to lunch , an inquiry heard yesterday . |
| 6 | Sgt Forth died of his injuries after being called to a disturbance at a house in Gateshead , 12 days ago . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He then entered himself at Lincoln 's Inn , and , after being called to the bar in 1789 , began to practise on the northern circuit . |
| 9 | Pig horror : New Zealand farmer Kenneth Johnson bled to death after being gored in the groin by one of his pigs while feeding them in a paddock on his small farm at Halkett in the South Island province of Canterbury . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Emma Brodie died in Frenchgate shopping centre in Doncaster after being stabbed through the heart with a carving knife by Carol Barratt , 24 , who had attacked another child in the same place weeks earlier . |
| 12 | Leslie lost two pints of blood after being stabbed through the heart while trying to arrest a suspected burglar . |
| 13 | Mr Jowett needed two hours of delicate micro-surgery after being stabbed in the groin and chest when he tackled a masked intruder at his home on Nov 27 . |
| 14 | He needed micro-surgery after being stabbed in the groin and chest when he tackled a masked intruder . |
| 15 | THE motorway murder victim Marie Wilks used her Red Cross training to staunch the flow of blood from her jugular vein after being stabbed in the neck , a court was told yesterday . |
| 16 | A hospital worker is critically ill after being stabbed in the neck by a patient . |
| 17 | A 27-YEAR-OLD hospital worker was ‘ stable ’ in intensive care today after being stabbed in the neck . |
| 18 | Brent McCafferty , 26 , was said to be poorly in hospital last night after being stabbed in the arm in an incident outside his home in Colchester Terrace , Sunderland . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The pool has been closed after being condemned as a health hazard because of structural faults . |
| 21 | I suppose I started making records because , after being sacked from the radio , which is what every DJ dreams of , it seemed like there was nowhere for me to go . ’ |
| 22 | THE UK 's previously disparate regions are suffering an identity crisis after being ravaged by the recession , a major survey shows today . |
| 23 | TWO men walked free yesterday after being cleared of the manslaughter of twin teenage girls who died in a barn blaze . |
| 24 | The rats eventually managed to press the lever very quickly after being placed in the box , in order to receive their reward . |
| 25 | I came to this conclusion after being asked by a student for some information on Occitan . |
| 26 | So when , after being filled with the Spirit on the day of Pentecost , Peter meets the vast crowds in Jerusalem , he does n't hesitate to speak clearly . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | In April 1991 the Communications Minister Clement Chang resigned after being implicated in an insider stock trading scandal [ see p. 38147 ] . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | POOL wizard Daz Ward potted a £100,000 windfall yesterday after being plucked off the dole queue . |