Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those Communist regimes which tried to ban religion were known for their cruelty . |
| 2 | ROSSLYN PARK 'S captain , Richard Moon , who this season has seen more needle and thread than the Bayeux tapestry , was stitched up again last Saturday after his side were relegated following their defeat by Bath . |
| 3 | After a week they were listed as missing and some months later traces of blood were found at their home at St Brelade . |
| 4 | Her name was derived from ‘ diviana ’ ( the shining one ) , and glittering shrines of gold and silver were made for her temple at Ephesus . |
| 5 | He straightened and looked across to where the men from the ambulance were advancing with his father and his wife . |
| 6 | In sharp contrast , three quarters of all newspaper readers said that the papers they had read on the day of the interview were biased in their coverage of the Conservative and Labour parties , though less than half said their papers gave biased coverage of the Alliance . |
| 7 | Three-quarters of all newspaper readers in our panel agreed that the papers they had read on the day of the interview were biased in their coverage of the Conservative and Labour parties , though less than half said their papers gave biased coverage of the Alliance . |
| 8 | ‘ The details of the scholarship were sitting on his desk , ’ he says . |
| 9 | The car was abandoned in George Street , Darlington , and the leather jacket and handbag were recovered at his home . |
| 10 | Huge bales of firewood were strapped to its back , but the donkey forced its way up the steep little path that served as a village street . |
| 11 | His eyes and mouth were diminished by his nose , an overripe fruit in the middle of a face littered with sore patches . |
| 12 | The electric typewriter was covered by its hood and would remain covered while he was still there . |
| 13 | Hinchley 's thinking was reflected in his teaching and his methods trained men to work well in the chemical industry of the day . |
| 14 | I WISH to thank the very kind gentleman who gave me money when my purse was stolen from my handbag while I was shopping at Dunn 's store , St John 's Precinct . |
| 15 | Holly started back and something of the kindness was lost from his face . |
| 16 | The liquidator says that he can not say how much of the stock was supplied by our client , nor does he have any information as to whether or not the amount received from debtors includes any amount for the sale of AB stock originally supplied by our client . |
| 17 | This perception was heightened by his decision to focus the closing stages of his campaign not in the crucial mid-west " swing states " — those states which he had to win in order to retain his hold on the White House — but in an attempt to shore up his support in hitherto safe Republican states such as Florida , a pattern of behaviour widely seen as indicative of his desire to avoid being defeated by a landslide . |
| 18 | Pennethorne was examined on his controversy with Hall who , as well as being a member of the Committee , also gave evidence on this subject . |
| 19 | It was measured at between 6.5 and 7 on the Richter scale , but its destructive force was limited by its depth — 100-150 km beneath the earth 's surface [ for 1977 Romanian earthquake which killed 1,500 see p. 28298 ] . |
| 20 | What looked like a wedding ring was wedged on her thumb . |
| 21 | Lucy looked at him reflectively , now understanding more clearly why Doreen thought she could make demands before a ring was put on her finger . |
| 22 | Furthermore , the window of his college bedroom was cherished in his memory because it enabled him to see the Antechapel of Trinity College , |
| 23 | His hair was sticky with blood and a purple bruise was spreading across his temple . |
| 24 | His buying was marked by its selectiveness . |
| 25 | Jenna felt the rising of annoyance that came when any mention was made of her mother , and he let the subject drop at once , too well trained to antagonise . |
| 26 | No mention was made of my helping with the editing , and when I enquired , I was told the programme was nowhere near that stage yet ; in fact , the producer had not yet had time to listen to the — what must be by now — at least four hours of tape . |
| 27 | The loss was attributed to its acquisition of Spectragraphics ' GSS Division and its PC technology in April . |
| 28 | His tragic loss was shared with his wife Sally and daughter Katie by everyone who knew him . |
| 29 | I think the fact that her parents kept a baby book on her until she was sixteen reveals the way in which a certain obsession was shown on their part with how she looks , and with her developing body . |
| 30 | His ‘ tool kit ’ for the murder was hidden in his guitar case , Mr Stuart-Moore told the jury . |