Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The task force was set up after detectives discovered that some of the money had been used to finance drugs and property dealing in the United States and even invested in London 's Docklands , realising millions of pounds in profits . |
| 2 | Shelley was n't moved by motor cars , especially while her mind was working out where Miguel was taking Victoria , and why he was footing her dress bills . |
| 3 | The uncertainty was fuelled further when Larne boss Gary Irwin admitted that he thought the goal had been disallowed for a foul on goalkeeper Graeme McConnell . |
| 4 | The large plate-glass window of the riverside cafe was steamed up and trickles of condensation ran down the yellow-painted walls . |
| 5 | Staged or not , by 1963 the trad boom was dying out and NME was beginning to pin its colours to a new mast ; the emerging British pop sound . |
| 6 | In these parts a car was prized more than flowers or an orchard or a herb garden : it was the symbol of pure luxury . |
| 7 | The car was backed inside and Randolph Churchill and Corporal Rose were left to guard it . |
| 8 | Jeremy , 30 , and Ruth Leech were due to marry earlier this month but the love-match was called off because Jeremy had to play a tournament in the States . |
| 9 | The wind was getting up and Yanto realised he had a problem . |
| 10 | Later the law was amended so that profits from such activities could be confiscated . |
| 11 | On Sunday morning the sun was shining again and Anne felt happier . |
| 12 | Jobs at BR 's Eastern Region headquarters in York would be cut by more than a quarter as work was contracted out and staffing levels cut back together with train services . |
| 13 | But by now the American work was going well and President Roosevelt decided that future exchanges with Britain should be kept to a minimum . |
| 14 | The window was slammed down and Broomhead waited , taking the opportunity of rolling himself a cigarette . |
| 15 | Nadine was killed instantly and Deanne died in hospital four hours later . |
| 16 | Nadine was killed instantly and Deanne died in Walsall Manor Hospital hospital after a four-hour battle to save her life . |
| 17 | A council liason committee was set up when closure was first mooted … but it only met once … and some members are angry they had no warning of today 's announcement |
| 18 | The boy was killed instantly and Ballantine was seen later crying a few yards away from his body . |
| 19 | Alfred started to his feet , but his glad cry of welcome was cut short when Beatrice inclined her stately head in his direction and moved off to sit sandwiched between Auguste Didier and Egbert Rose . |
| 20 | The hall was chosen partly because Johnson had always admired the Mercury Living Presence series of recordings , made there in the 1960s . |
| 21 | 1967 ; minds were blown ; dance was left behind as beats stretched out into timelessness ; rock acquired a whole new chromatic and spatial vocabulary , as new kinds of instrumentation were added and the studio itself became an instrument ; the first dabblings with stage effects and multi-media experience were made . |
| 22 | Morality was contravened only when pleasure was sought ‘ independently of the end which pleasures are only meant to subserve ’ . |
| 23 | The UMW was fined more than $65,000,000 for strike-related activities ; the bulk of this sum remained unpaid at the time of the resolution of the dispute . |
| 24 | An inquest in the town was told yesterday that Swales , who had drunk six pints , had been seen at least once before trying to beat trains over the unmanned crossing . |
| 25 | The lead was given both as composer and as publisher by Byrd 's pupil Morley . |
| 26 | A VITAL , hitherto forgotten point was raised yesterday as preparations were made for a controversial public inquiry . |
| 27 | An internal police inquiry was started yesterday after Ms Marie Priestman , aged 48 , was found dead in a cell in Cleethorpes , Humberside . |
| 28 | A murder inquiry was launched yesterday after Denise 's body was discovered at about 11.30am after staff had arrived to find the pub locked up . |
| 29 | The inquiry was set up after Ben Johnson was disqualified at last year 's Olympics . |
| 30 | The conference was told yesterday that police forces have introduced a new command structure . |