Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | Coventry City .. 3 Grimsby Town ... 0 ( Coventry win 4-3 on agg ) GRIMSBY played for 87 minutes of this Littlewoods Cup tie with 10 men , and their prospects of defending the two-goal lead they brought to Highfield Road disappeared with Tony Rees , who was sent off for a coward 's foul on Greg Downs . |
2 | ‘ To say I am delighted is an understatement , ’ said Wallace , who was tracked down on a business trip to Moscow by a Garryowen club colleague . |
3 | There is a story about an old man who was called in by a factory to fix their ancient boiler , which had ground to a halt . |
4 | He was laid to rest alongside his son , Arthur , jun , who was shot to death ; his daughter Margaret , who died in mysterious circumstances ; and his mother-in-law Maggie Harrison , who was blown up in a car-bomb attack almost certainly intended to kill Thompson himself . |
5 | ‘ He tackled a player who was getting up after a challenge from someone else — on the touchline . |
6 | She was nowhere near the height of Anna Beckett either , who was shooting up like a sapling . |
7 | Djohar , 72 , who was sworn in for a six-year term on March 20 , was a former President of the Supreme Court and had served as interim President since the assassination of President Ahmed Abdallah Abderrahman in November 1989 [ see p. 37033 ] . |
8 | Internationals Paul Moriarty , who was carried off with a knee problem , and Bobby Goulding were injured in Sunday 's 48-16 defeat at Headingley and forwards Steve McCurrie and Harvey Howard both appear before the disciplinary commission on Thursday after being sent off . |
9 | Batty , who was carried off after a tackle by Stewart Robson , added : ‘ I am just relieved I have n't broken it . ’ |
10 | Pool Bank has its own ghost , that of an unfortunate wife who was walled up in a small room and left to starve to death . |
11 | A PEDESTRIAN who was knocked down by a taxi earlier this month has died in hospital . |
12 | A pedestrian who was knocked down by a taxi earlier this month has died in hospital . |
13 | Massud , who was picked up by a Pakistani helicopter from the Afghan border , arrived in Islamabad after attending an important meeting of mujaheddin commanders inside Afghanistan on Oct. 9-12 . |