Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | My charge was supplying cocaine and I was given two years for that and one year each concurrent for possession of small amounts of cannabis , cannabis resin , amphetamines and LSD . |
| 2 | I did n't know it then but I was receiving subliminal training for later business life . |
| 3 | With my own two children , I felt cheerful and reasonably well during the first pregnancy ; the bonding process with the baby was immediate and passionate , but nine months later I was seeking medical help for exhaustion . |
| 4 | I 've got caught in the post office once or twice on pension day when I was buying more stamps for my fruitless job applications . ’ |
| 5 | Frankly , dear readers , I was getting bored waiting for the graphs to get to the point of maximum excitement . |
| 6 | In fact , when I joined the party in 1967 , I was charged six shillings for my annual subscription . |
| 7 | That did n't stop me , man — I was playing that thing for two years . ’ |
| 8 | I was paid good money for 3½ years to do something about the problems of North Shields and a particular component of doing something was describing what things were like , giving an account of how they had come to be like this , and attempting to understand why the process had happened as it had . |
| 9 | I was waiting one night for a bus from South Kensington to Fulham when two of them , who obviously had had one or two over the eight came towards me . |
| 10 | She was elected Labour MP for Sunderland in 1929 , but , like many other women parliamentarians of the period , found it hard to break in to the House of Commons debates . |
| 11 | Also when we was giving this demonstration for the people in Bloxwich for the , our unit in King George 's playing fields , we 'd got all our weaponry on , on , on show what we 'd got Vickers machine gun , the Brownings rifles this anti-tank bomb anti-tank tube , whatever you li gun , whatever you like to call it , but also we 'd got what , what was termed a bucket bomb . |
| 12 | The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time . |
| 13 | Eventually Mrs Thatcher 's reluctance was overcome , and in July 1989 it was announced that responsibility for community care would be given to local authorities . |
| 14 | At the Russian Supreme Soviet session on Feb. 13 it was announced that responsibility for farm reform would be taken on by Russian Vice-President Aleksandr Rutskoi , whose public criticism of Yeltsin 's economic reform had become increasingly sharp over previous weeks . |
| 15 | Poland had threatened on Sept. 9 to abandon its negotiations with the EC unless it was given extra access for food products . |
| 16 | It sounds passé now , but it was breaking new ground for all of us ; putting into words the taboos in our lives — sex , sexuality , relating to men — and the bonus , our new found enjoyment of each other 's company without men . |
| 17 | It was costing another £150,000 for unplanned centrifuge maintenance and chlorine plant shutdowns caused by centrifuge failures and resulted in 12 days lost production in one month alone . |
| 18 | From sixth century beginnings Bicester gradually grew into a focus for an area separate from Oxford , and during the Middle Ages it was granted various licenses for markets and fairs . |
| 19 | Well it , it was adjourned last week for him to with instructions your worship . |
| 20 | The Italian government announced on July 20 that it was ending financial support for illegal refugees — a move seen as marking the beginning of a tougher policy . |
| 21 | Following the Commission 's order of June 28 , 1990 , that the £42,900,000 in " sweeteners " paid to British Aerospace at the time of its purchase of the Rover motor group should be repaid , the UK government announced that it was suing British Aerospace for the return of the money , and Rover for another £1,500,000 [ see pp. 37582-83 ] . |
| 22 | Even before the introduction of the Law Society 's Protocol , it was becoming common practice for evidence of title to be supplied before contracts were exchanged . |
| 23 | He was Mr Geoffrey Pattie , and he was given special responsibility for space ; numerous bullish stories appeared in the press about the likelihood of increased British space expenditure . |
| 24 | Similarly , Daley Thompson , the celebrated Essex Beagles decathlete , was brought up in a home where he was denied parental encouragement for his sport . |
| 25 | He took out his first two engine patents in 1886 , and having progressively improved the design to give more complete combustion and avoid pre-ignition , in 1890 he was granted two patents for a hot-bulb oil engine , two years before Rudolf Diesel 's first English patent for his compression-ignition oil engine . |
| 26 | Opponents of the USC claimed that he was seeking international recognition for his government . |
| 27 | The explanation which Hall later gave for this was that although the War Department competition was dead , he was seeking official approval for the principle that , for all important government buildings in London , ‘ a competition , limited or otherwise , should take place , instead of the work being committed , as a matter of course to an officer of the establishment ’ . |
| 28 | He later admitted he had provided an affidavit for Clarke , who escaped from the Maze prison where he was serving 18 years for the attempted murder of a member of the Ulster Defence Regiment . |
| 29 | Police charged Lashley after he 'd confessed to fellow inmates in prison while he was serving 18 years for rape . |
| 30 | He was appointed chief engineer for the Grand Junction ( later the Grand Union ) canal in 1793 . |