Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Information collected within operational systems , such as payroll , can feed into decision support systems such as are provided by a personnel data base , which in turn can be summarised for use in planning and modelling systems . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | A MENTALLY handicapped patient choked to death after being tied to a toilet pipe while nurses went to lunch , an inquiry heard yesterday . |
5 | Sgt Forth died of his injuries after being called to a disturbance at a house in Gateshead , 12 days ago . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | The pool has been closed after being condemned as a health hazard because of structural faults . |
10 | And 18 months ago three women won undisclosed damages after being sacked from a Swindon book company when they developed repetetive strain injury or RSI . |
11 | I came to this conclusion after being asked by a student for some information on Occitan . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Mr Karim said : ‘ After being served with a writ , Mr Lamb threw it in the dustbin . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Flat owners face losing their homes after being landed with a bill for ground rent going back fifteen years . |
17 | MEMBERS of the European Parliament are furious with Prime Minister John Major after being landed with a £171 million debating chamber white elephant . |
18 | The man was being held after being charged with a drink driving offence at Darlington Magistrates Court . |
19 | They were only caught after being stopped for a burglary they did n't commit . |
20 | Meanwhile detectives have revealed that his wife died from head injuries after being hit with a hammer . |
21 | The kind of thing you might come out with after being hit with a baseball bat . ’ |
22 | It was said that Mrs Fribbins had suffered a bruise to her eye after being hit during a bed changing incident . |
23 | It was said that Mrs Fribbins had suffered a bruise to her eye after being hit during a bed changing incident . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | A pedestrian suffered a slight head injury after being hit by a taxi in Parkgate , Darlington , just before midnight last night . |
27 | Rakesh Patidar , 10 , died after being hit by a cricket ball while watching a match at Anjad in India 's Madhya Pradesh . |
28 | A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy was fighting for life last night after being hit by a bike at a moto-cross meeting . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |