Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] was [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | JOHN Patrick Crowley was born on 23rd July , 1941 in Newbury . |
| 2 | The Médoc was classified as long ago as 1855 , and 5 different classes were identified — which are still the same today , with the single exception that in 1973 Château Mouton Rothschild was upgraded from second growth to first . |
| 3 | Gen. Wimon was succeeded by First Army Region Commander Lt.-Gen. |
| 4 | Vincent Van Gogh was born on 30th . |
| 5 | Within hours of his arrival , Frank Foley was sent at last to interview him . |
| 6 | ‘ The show in the Village Troy was yabbering about last night , remember ? |
| 7 | The new local housing office in the Northway Centre , Maltfield Road was opened on 14th August , 1989 . |
| 8 | The facts of the Sen case were that Mr Sen was dismissed on 9th July 1990 . |
| 9 | Already Mrs Thatcher was looking beyond last night 's result . |
| 10 | The inquiry was set up after Ben Johnson was disqualified at last year 's Olympics . |
| 11 | The Rev. Roderick Mackenzie was inducted on 9th March 1911 . |
| 12 | A bus parked overnight at Templemore School was broken into last Thursday and two fire extinguishers were taken . |
| 13 | Bishop Crowley was born on 23rd July , 1941 in Newbury , Berkshire . |
| 14 | COMMERCIAL Union , whose London headquarters was devastated by last week 's IRA bomb in the City of London , yesterday raised the possibility that the insurance industry might seek Government help to cover terrorist damage on the mainland . |
| 15 | The last meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Bedford Union was held on 29th March 1930 . |
| 16 | James Howe was born on 31st August 1780 in the village of Skirling in Peebleshire , the second of four children , all boys , of his father 's second marriage . |
| 17 | Salia Jusu-Sheriff was replaced as First Vice-President by Gen. Abdulai Conteh , hitherto Attorney General and Justice Minister . |
| 18 | Leading woman rider Alison Dare , who took her tally of winners to 11 at the Heythrop on Tuesday when Le Kingdom was promoted to first place after finishing a head behind Green Archer , will also be at the Portman . |
| 19 | Walter Geikie was born on 9th November 1795 in Edinburgh , the eldest son of Archibald Geikie , a pharmacist by occupation but a philosopher by inclination , and when still only two years old , contracted a ‘ brain fever ’ ( probably meningitis ) which left him deaf for life . |