Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [was/were] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The presence of Barrett 's oesophagus was found to have a significant positive association with transit time in supine position ( p=0.003 ) and a negative association with lower oesophageal sphincter pressure ( p=0.05 ) . |
| 2 | Those who question Taylor 's future were left to swallow a performance that went a long way to answering the questions against the England manager . |
| 3 | Channel 4 's Crucible was scheduled to show a programme called Behaving Ourselves . |
| 4 | Charlemagne 's managers were told to present a series of accounts each year in writing , and Charles the Bald 's were warned not to have more in their strongboxes than they should . |
| 5 | Mr Spurgeon and Mr Spurgeon 's people were determined to have a great chapel . ’ |
| 6 | Jim Smith 's Cup-fighters were hoping to rekindle a fading promotion play-off challenge and they were forced to put out what was , on paper , their strongest team , even though many of them looked as if they needed a rest after their efforts at Highbury . |
| 7 | A Phocaean aristocrat happened to be the guest of the king of the Ligurian tribe of the Segobrigi when the king 's daughter was made to choose a husband at a banquet . |
| 8 | Some of the corporation 's governors were expected to attend a dinner at Broadcasting House last night , with the Birt issue the main topic of conversation . |
| 9 | Clearly Shakespeare 's audience was expected to take a sceptical view of dreams as portents although attributing such beliefs to the ancients . |
| 10 | Indeed , John Knox was later to claim that after Beaton had cried into the dying king 's ear that there should be four regents , with himself as principal , ‘ a dead man 's hand was made to subscribe a blank ’ . |
| 11 | On the day of her death a neighbour heard unusual noises at 4am and Paula 's mother was mystified to receive a pointless telephone call from Gilfoyle . |