Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] was [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well-known Austrian designer Raoul Hafner was lured to Britain to a privately-financed venture by Jack Coates , of the well-known cotton manufacturing company , to produce autogyros . |
| 2 | Kang Bo Seong was replaced as Minister of Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries by Cho Kyung Shik , formerly the Director of the Environment Agency . |
| 3 | After midnight on 11 September , William Moodie was reading in bed in Dunsyre House when he saw smoke coming through the floorboards . |
| 4 | Murray Pugh was stabbed to death in an apparently motiveless attack . |
| 5 | They continued to lay flowers and momentoes today on the spot where Murray Pugh was stabbed to death in Cheltenham High Street . |
| 6 | Murray Pugh was stabbed to death in Cheltenham just over a week ago . |
| 7 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
| 8 | Pierre Gassendi was born at Champtercier , in the south of France , in 1592 . |
| 9 | Gary Kelly was arrested by PC Tim Brown who thought he was fighting with a group of girls , the court was told . |
| 10 | Nabi Berri was re-elected as leader of the Shia Amal movement at the close of its congress on Feb. 29 . |
| 11 | Gerald Annesley was educated at Wellington and then went out to Kenya by steerage . |
| 12 | He claims Simeon Ferrante was suffering from concussion from a previous drop when he made the parachute jump that killed him . |
| 13 | In 1942 Lu Hsun was quoted by Mao Tse-tung as asserting that the aim of a modern Chinese artist should be : ‘ By selection to accept the historical legacy of Chinese traditional art ; to absorb the best style and technique from foreign art ; and thus to establish a new national art in accordance with the demands and needs of the masses . ’ |
| 14 | Once when Denis Wirth-Miller was staying at Allen Street he set out for Soho in a cab with Minton who had four sailors in tow . |
| 15 | King Edward was buried at Wareham , Dorset , after his death on March 18 , 978 . |
| 16 | If Manau Gododdin was annexed by Oswald and Oswiu at this time , the Anglian frontier in the north would now march with those of the Britons of Strathclyde to the west and the Picts to the north . |
| 17 | Ania Bien was born in Poland in 1946 and lives and works in Amsterdam . |
| 18 | Colin Angus was talking to Lee Harpin |
| 19 | William Hinton was born in Naples in 1817 , the son of a Wiltshire landowner . |
| 20 | HEAVYWEIGHT comic Roseanne Barr was seething with rage yesterday after being snubbed by judges at a top TV ceremony . |
| 21 | ACTOR Jon Pertwee was recovering in hospital yesterday after collapsing in a shopping centre . |
| 22 | Colin Calderwood was closeted with officals from Spurs … preparing to make a move to London for 750 thousand pounds |
| 23 | Miss Victoria was killed over fences Festival of Britain year . ’ |
| 24 | RUGBY UNION : Pontypridd 's Welsh international outside-half Neil Jenkins was sent off minutes before half-time in the first Schweppes semi-final at Cardiff Arms Park today which his team lost 27–6 to Llanelli . |
| 25 | probably confused with Rolls Court , Chancery Lane , west London , where the Rolls Chapel was built by Inigo Jones in 1617 . |
| 26 | In 1228 Bishop Richard Poer was translated from Salisbury to Durham , whereafter Elias is found witnessing deeds relating to both these sees . |
| 27 | Shaven headed Richard Yates was remanded in custody for 3 weeks . |
| 28 | ‘ The paper said Richard Arnold was going to Florida for the launch of the communications satellite . |
| 29 | In April last year Mrs. Gillespie was walking in Timberlog Lane , Basildon , with her two young children , aged two and four , when she was confronted by her husband . |
| 30 | On April 17 it was reported that the ANC 's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe was advising on community defence tactics . |