Example sentences of "[was/were] shown the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The following day , we were shown the new Flying Kilometre course at Arc 2000 . |
| 2 | THE MINEMA IN KNIGHTSBRIDGE makes a welcome reopening with La Belle Noiseuse : Divertimento ( 15 ) , the shorter version of Jacques Rivette 's splendid La Belle Noiseuse which runs for four hours and which we were shown the other day . |
| 3 | We were shown the great marble slab covering Arthur 's coffin and the chalice well which provided water for the brothers . |
| 4 | Led by Professor Yu Yongten , chancellor of the university , they were shown the dairy-research unit , the recently-installed animal-metabolism unit , work on muscle conformation in sheep and research on flax-retting . |
| 5 | In yesterday 's games there were double sendings-off at Tranmere , where Aldo Monza of Cosenza and Neil McNab were shown the red card after an 80th minute bust-up , and West Ham , who had Matthew Rush dismissed along with Pisa 's Giovanni Fasce after a flare-up early in the second half . |
| 6 | Mansell was shown the black flag three times after being disqualified for reversing his Ferrari after overshooting his pit during a scheduled stop to change tyres . |
| 7 | Mixu Paatelainen was shown the same consideration earlier in the season and the word from the maternity unit at Pittodrie is that Mrs Duncan Shearer is next in the gynaecological line . |
| 8 | Eddis was shown the yellow card for a late tackle on Neil Candlish in the 12th minute and his team mate John Johnston followed him into the referee 's note-book six minutes later after a foul on Jonathan Speak . |
| 9 | Bent 's jaw was broken in four places , and Penney was shown the yellow card . |
| 10 | Comrades ' Stephen Fettis , returning after a one match suspension , was shown the yellow card for kicking the ball away after 13 minutes . |
| 11 | Fleming was booked for a foul on Chris Leadbitter , hurting himself in the challenge and receiving treatment before he was shown the yellow card . |
| 12 | But just before the break Wilkinson was booked for a foul and Jamie Pollock was shown the yellow card seven minutes into the second half . |
| 13 | He was shown the white tigers and was ready to be on his way when he was told the Maharajah wanted to see him . |
| 14 | And then Skerrett was shown the red card and Platt was sin-binned along with Saints ' Nickle after a flare-up . |
| 15 | The right-back was shown the red card in the 63rd minute after a dreadful , two-footed tackle on young Everton striker Billy Kenny . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Brother Mick , player-manager of amateur side Bognor , was shown the red card after lookalike Paul got in a tangle with Diadora League opponents Dulwich Hamlet . |
| 18 | Paul McCartan pulled one back for Distillery three minutes from time and right on the final whistle Gregg was shown the red card . |
| 19 | Hateley was shown the red card for pushing away defender Rudi Cossey , who indulged in some play-acting after tumbling to the ground . |
| 20 | Herd was shown the red card only three minutes after Nicky Henderson had grabbed an equaliser for Cowdenbeath . |
| 21 | Guerra was shown the red card for a foul on Erik Meijer in the 58th minute and Ronald de Boer converted a penalty ten minutes later . |