Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LINFORD CHRISTIE raises his arms in a triumphant salute after being crowned the fastest man on earth . |
| 2 | Sportsmen who believe themselves to be blessed with natural advantages , after being told so by others , become depressed by the lack of success of the magnitude they had come to expect after being fed the natural ability line . |
| 3 | After being sentenced the sex-slave image remains , but she has now become a wronged mother ( Daily Mail ) or mum ( Sun ) . |
| 4 | Pawar was eventually sworn in as Defence Minister on June 26 after being replaced the previous day as Chief Minister of Maharashtra by Sudhakarrao Naik . |
| 5 | GARY DRAKE , the former British junior hardcourt champion , won a £15,000 car after being nominated the best player in the finals of the Vauxhall Indoor Tennis Trophy Tournament . |
| 6 | After being shown the red card as the players walked off he gave a TV interview allegedly slating some European referees , and now faces a possible ban from the game . |
| 7 | Mason needed an X-ray on his right hand and repairs around both eyes after being taken the full distance by Wills on Wednesday night , but his heart and ambition remain undamaged . |
| 8 | Mason needed an X-ray on his right hand and repairs around both eyes after being taken the full distance by Wills on Wednesday night , but his heart and ambition remain undamaged . |
| 9 | CEREDIGION and Pembroke North MP Cynog Dafis has been given a Greenhouse award by Green Magazine after being voted the best newcomer to Parliament . |
| 10 | The Italian was in the process of being shown the red card himself for a crunching tackle on Walsh when the Pompey striker hit back angrily . |
| 11 | has n't any proper name like this cos these are private houses and estate are council houses but the built at top of was called the Old Plantation and the Old Plantation that 's when the first houses were built then of course when you er find the company first started which er Old Plantation is right opposite erm and when you came along past you then branched off to that 's all fields and you came down as far as and then you branched off to . |
| 12 | No , it was nothing to do with being taught the great learning of the world . |
| 13 | However , that was not Venturous ' last word ; on her final voyage before being decommissioned the following year , while under the command of Jim Cameron with another training crew , their rummage crew found 108 kilos of cannabis deeply concealed in ballast tanks on a Lebanese vessel at Dover . |
| 14 | Baird then returned to the mainland after two years to work as sous chef under Brian Baker at Hambleton Hall , Leicestershire , before being offered the head chef 's job at Longueville himself 12 months later . |
| 15 | To avoid these situations it is important for pilots to be taught the right technique for the take-off run . |
| 16 | He was to be joined the next day by his mistress , Felicity . |
| 17 | Those are likely to be extended the following year to include time waits between GP referral and an appointment with a consultant . |
| 18 | His objective seemed to be to save the Radical party 's electoral chances by matching promise for promise the prospectus of the rival Justicialist party . |
| 19 | And we can see the rates for which the deduction is going to be applied the other side . |
| 20 | A group of ragged children and some idle women were watching him with amusement rather than disapproval , half applauding him with their cruel laughter , and although one woman boldly cried , ‘ Shame , ’ most seemed to be enjoying the unequal struggle . |
| 21 | There were a few startled shrieks , but for the most part the patrons seemed to be enjoying the sudden element of adventure that had been added to their evening . |
| 22 | Sales of mainframe systems are still thought to be earning the biggest profit . |
| 23 | The hon. Lady seems to be confusing the regulatory record of my Department with the regulators outside my Department , who were deliberately set up as independent regulators as a result of legislation passed by the House . |
| 24 | If a patient returns after a prolonged course of antibiotic therapy and is still found to be harbouring the ubiquitous pus cell in the urethra , then it may well be that he has reinfected himself from his , as yet untreated , sexual partner . |
| 25 | President Abulfez Elchibey , elected in June [ see p. 38976 ] , was said to be reorganizing the Azerbaijani army . |
| 26 | However , the meeting , representing 33 different organizations , voted to establish a body " without rigid structures " rather than a party , to be called the Democratic Choice Bloc . |
| 27 | THE ACTRESS Helen Hayes , who came to be called the first lady of the American stage in a career that spanned eight decades , died on Wednesday at the age of 92 . |
| 28 | Peter Rawlins , having failed in his mission to set up the stubbornly impracticable Taurus computer trading system , has done what used to be called the honourable thing . |
| 29 | I do n't want to be called the 501 guy by any means , but it was fun . |
| 30 | ( 1 ) There shall be established a body to be called the Scottish Bus Passengers ' Consultative Committee . |