Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Chad , QC , prosecuting told Exeter Crown Court how Faye died after being stabbed 20 times with a 9in kitchen knife on which Harris had written ‘ Faye sorry ’ in pencil . |
| 2 | A BOY of four drowned yesterday after being swept three miles down a flooded river near Ammanford , West Wales . |
| 3 | The first victim to give evidence against him , a 26-year-old secretary , was raped after being served spiked champagne at his surgery before they went to a mutual friend 's home for dinner . |
| 4 | His first victim , a 26-year-old secretary , was raped after being served spiked champagne at his surgery before they went to a mutual friend 's home for dinner in February 1991 . |
| 5 | That state schools should teach by the oral method , but that a child found incapable of learning lipreading and speech after being taught these subjects for at least the initial year should , with the consent of the parents , be removed from the oral department of the school and , subject to strict segregation , be taught on the sign and manual system elsewhere . |
| 6 | Despite having 20 minutes to compose himself after being given advance notification of the exit poll result , the tension showed clearly on the Kinnocks ' faces as they they struggled to swallow bitter disappointment . |
| 7 | In his semi-final Hartlepool 's Mark Chicocki was disqualified after being given three warnings in the last round for leaning on , a decision booed soundly by the crowd and highlighted by the fact that in following bouts boxers who leaned on just as much were n't even spoken to . |
| 8 | He was sentenced after being convicted last month of arson , deception and incitement to commit forgery . |
| 9 | A 26-year-old man was recovering in hospital today after being shot four times in an apparent punishment shooting in the New Lodge area of Belfast last night . |
| 10 | Graham Lloyd of Lancashire received an inscribed Gucci watch , worth £1000 , and a case of champagne after being named Young Player of the Month by City investment company Whittingdale , whose chairman Patrick Whittingdale hosted a celebrity lunch for umpire Dickie Bird before the Oval Test . |
| 11 | None of the Republic players was more likely to come into conflict with Charlton 's tactics than Liam Brady , who announced his retirement from international football after being substituted 10 minutes from half-time in a recent friendly against West Germany . |
| 12 | Mr Prescott was selected for the British team last September after being awarded second place in the Mr Universe contest . |
| 13 | Mr Prescott , was selected for the British team last September after being awarded second place in the Mr Universe contest . |
| 14 | He 's moving after being burgled three times in one week . |
| 15 | MARY Reveley is making good progress in South Tees Hospital at Middlesbrough after being admitted last weekend with severe stomach pains . |
| 16 | he was sort of been doing this job for a week . |
| 17 | It is not necessary because section 6(3) ( b ) is capable of being given full effect without any such implication : it applies where a school is under-subscribed and yet seeks to refuse certain applicants who have expressed a preference for that school : Parliament has indicated that if spaces are to remain unfilled because of admission criteria such criteria have to be agreed with the local education authority . |
| 18 | The courage and dignity with which Arthur Ashe announced in New York that he has the AIDS virus , as a result of being given infected blood during one of the two major heart operations he underwent in the mid 1980's , was typical of one of the world 's most outstanding and gracious sportsmen . |
| 19 | That was one of the penalties of being raised thorough sentience to sapience . |
| 20 | Now I know time is against me : the horror of being left thirteen feet in the air with no stairs to reach the ground ! |
| 21 | She had a feeling of being carried such distances by the water that it was impossible for any more harm to come to her . |
| 22 | Thus , an 80 year old and a 40 year old should have an equal chance of being offered cardiac surgery in equivalent circumstances . |
| 23 | A company called Popperfoto , which owns one of the world 's largest photographic libraries , now has its headquarters in the region , and Central South has had the rare privilege of being allowed free access to its contents . |
| 24 | They won in the same time as that recorded by Oxford half an hour later despite being warned three times for their steering . |
| 25 | Juan Ponce Enrile believes he is in with a chance , despite being charged last year with rebellion in connection with an attempted coup . |
| 26 | In the case of precious stones the situation could be eased by using cheaper in place of more costly varieties — topaz for diamonds , tourmaline for emerald — and latterly by deploying the science and technology which brought the new social order into being to produce synthetic versions of the most precious varieties . |
| 27 | The important thing we were concerned with was to keep those fakes off the market , and we were successful in that . |
| 28 | Johan Egelstedt , a Swedish male au pair , was saved from being deported last week by a last-minute decision from Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke . |
| 29 | It was only when the tea came that her pleasure in such a welcome , in being given such evidence of the continuing affection in which she was held , abruptly waned . |
| 30 | Although the changes were ‘ A bit unsettling , ’ there were , he believed , ‘ Benefits in being given more freedom to aggressively search for customers and shedding the ‘ government bureaucracy ’ image . ’ |