Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] was [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the exile it was decreed that circumcision was to be the official rite of initiation into Judaism and all that that now meant . |
| 2 | The other one , vaguely at the back of my mind it was raised this morning cos I recall Mr made a comment on it , and that is erm looking at the growth implications beyond two thousand and six . |
| 3 | By the autumn of 1989 I could see that the work I was planning more breeding and lecturing , was going to get very costly . |
| 4 | Then I could show the Star Council I was doing important work . |
| 5 | Under the Act he was appointed medical officer of health for the borough of Liverpool from 1 January 1847 , the first such appointment in England ; initially part-time , the post became full-time in 1848 at an annual salary of £750 . |
| 6 | In the course of a 24-hour drama the kidnapper , Orlando Ordoñez Betancourt , successfully demanded that they be flown with him to Honduras , where after an airport siege he was granted safe passage to Mexico . |
| 7 | Remembering , perhaps , clashes that had taken place in the past between the travellers and the locals , at the next meeting of the parish council it was suggested that advice be taken regarding the legal value of the charter and the legal position concerning trespass on council land . |
| 8 | No , for that job I was doing last night . |
| 9 | Well I think the the er other point I was making last week was that erm this whole are of learning theory is erm y'know a very traditional area . |
| 10 | In the guards ' room I was shown two videos . |
| 11 | And it was telling you you know say they were , for argument 's sake they was buying this house that was sort of up north and that . |
| 12 | I once saw a woman whose job it was to make small bar magnets from steel blanks about two inches long . |
| 13 | The money dispensers in the capital could only be approached through their acolyte , whose job it was to demand some offerings and make the right moves to ensure success . |
| 14 | In relation to recording on the file it was held that time spent in preparing typed file and attendance notes should be recorded , and will be recovered , provided that the time spent is not excessive . |
| 15 | The stuff I was doing last night . |
| 16 | Yeah , rich colour I was having this year very well . |
| 17 | Last year 15 year old Joanna Hughes died from burns , after fumes from the solvent she was sniffing caught fire . |
| 18 | Like other Vietnamese of his day he was given two names ; his first , ‘ sacred ’ name bestowed at birth was Nguyen Van Coong ( modification of Cung and meaning ‘ respectful ’ ) . |
| 19 | The ticket he was presented that morning by the silent man in the medium-grey gabardine raincoat was just another ticket . |
| 20 | Maximilian was to marry twice , and by his second wife he was to have ten children . |
| 21 | On more than one occasion it was remarked that ship designers tested their designs on duckponds . |
| 22 | One gloved hand held a flashlight , and with the other he was beating grey dust from the front of his uniform . |
| 23 | And he , had a glass of squash he was drinking all night . |
| 24 | And last night it was believed 55-year-old John Meade may have killed himself in depression . |
| 25 | It was a strange pilgrimage she was making this Sunday afternoon . |
| 26 | At the end of the month he was made chief steward , approver and surveyor of the principality of Wales and the earldom of March , and in mid December steward of Monmouth . |
| 27 | At the end of the month he was made chief steward , approver and surveyor of the principality of Wales and the earldom of March , and in mid December steward of Monmouth . |
| 28 | After various appointment in the Birmingham area he was consecrated auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool in 1969 with responsibility for the pastoral care of five deaneries — Wigan , Chorley , Leigh , Ashton and Leyland . |
| 29 | After various appointment in the Birmingham area he was consecrated auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool in 1969 . |
| 30 | Despite the piece of paper he was waving this week , committing nine of the 15 republics to keep on talking about the preservation of the union , he has lost the confidence of much of the Communist Party he leads and of the parliament that elected him president . |