Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In high fertility societies such as are found in the Africa region , the modification of these goals would be a first step in efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality . |
| 2 | The 26-year-old victim was tied up , gagged and sexually assaulted in her home after being ambushed by the pair , who were hiding behind dustbins . |
| 3 | After being instructed on the circuit , racing lines , warning flags , etc , the condemned men were given a hearty meal . |
| 4 | The person responsible for the running of the 160-year-old bank , Sergeant-at-Arms Jack Russ , had resigned on March 12 after being criticized in the Ethics Committee 's report for the manner in which he had administered the bank . |
| 5 | Souness faces another touchline ban after being banished from the Selhurst Park dug-out by referee Roger Dilkes for allegedly swearing at a linesman during Liverpool 's 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace on Tuesday night . |
| 6 | He then entered himself at Lincoln 's Inn , and , after being called to the bar in 1789 , began to practise on the northern circuit . |
| 7 | Ron and Pat Woolley , of Rhyl , recently took a huge lorry-load of medical supplies , equipment and clothes to the Klaipicla Children 's Hospital in Lithuania after being shocked by the conditions they found there during a previous visit . |
| 8 | Pig horror : New Zealand farmer Kenneth Johnson bled to death after being gored in the groin by one of his pigs while feeding them in a paddock on his small farm at Halkett in the South Island province of Canterbury . |
| 9 | Emma Brodie died in Frenchgate shopping centre in Doncaster after being stabbed through the heart with a carving knife by Carol Barratt , 24 , who had attacked another child in the same place weeks earlier . |
| 10 | Leslie lost two pints of blood after being stabbed through the heart while trying to arrest a suspected burglar . |
| 11 | Mr Jowett needed two hours of delicate micro-surgery after being stabbed in the groin and chest when he tackled a masked intruder at his home on Nov 27 . |
| 12 | He needed micro-surgery after being stabbed in the groin and chest when he tackled a masked intruder . |
| 13 | THE motorway murder victim Marie Wilks used her Red Cross training to staunch the flow of blood from her jugular vein after being stabbed in the neck , a court was told yesterday . |
| 14 | A hospital worker is critically ill after being stabbed in the neck by a patient . |
| 15 | A 27-YEAR-OLD hospital worker was ‘ stable ’ in intensive care today after being stabbed in the neck . |
| 16 | Brent McCafferty , 26 , was said to be poorly in hospital last night after being stabbed in the arm in an incident outside his home in Colchester Terrace , Sunderland . |
| 17 | I suppose I started making records because , after being sacked from the radio , which is what every DJ dreams of , it seemed like there was nowhere for me to go . ’ |
| 18 | THE UK 's previously disparate regions are suffering an identity crisis after being ravaged by the recession , a major survey shows today . |
| 19 | TWO men walked free yesterday after being cleared of the manslaughter of twin teenage girls who died in a barn blaze . |
| 20 | The rats eventually managed to press the lever very quickly after being placed in the box , in order to receive their reward . |
| 21 | Hamish Deans rose to his feet early in the meeting to read a statement after being asked about the charges laid by the police . |
| 22 | So when , after being filled with the Spirit on the day of Pentecost , Peter meets the vast crowds in Jerusalem , he does n't hesitate to speak clearly . |
| 23 | After being defeated by the Roundheads at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 , the future King was compelled to run for his life , and this was how he came to Boscobel . |
| 24 | The minority government formed by the Social Democratic Labour Party ( SAP ) in October 1988 [ see pp. 36357-58 ] resigned on Feb. 15 after being defeated in the Riksdag ( parliament ) on a package of stringent austerity measures . |
| 25 | Joanna died after being crushed under the wheels of the vehicle used to transport the animals , which understandably the family no longer want to use . |
| 26 | JULIAN DICKS had the perfect answer after being stripped of the West Ham captaincy on returning from a five-game ban . |
| 27 | After being rejected by the Sandinistas , he resolved to become a flying doctor and ferry medical supplies to war-stricken campesinos . |
| 28 | POOL wizard Daz Ward potted a £100,000 windfall yesterday after being plucked off the dole queue . |
| 29 | The Perkins may have come to regret this decision because , after being eclipsed at the exhibition , the demand for their mauve dye decreased rapidly , and they found that the commercial potential for magenta dye had been grossly underestimated . |
| 30 | Ciftci is in prison in Iraq awaiting trial , after being charged with the murders of the two men by the Iraqi authorities . |