Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problems relating to Châteauroux and other lands in dispute in Berry and Auvergne were referred to a panel of arbitrators ; Richard was to marry Alice ; finally both Louis and Henry agreed to go on crusade and , in the meantime , made a mutual non-aggression pact . |
| 2 | Full diplomatic relations were restored with Tunisia on Sept. 24 [ see p. 37729 ] , with the UK on Sept. 27 [ see p. 37727 ] , and with Mauritania on Oct. 5 ; improved relations with Kuwait were signalled by a visit to Kuwait in early July by Foreign Affairs Minister Vellayati [ for details of restoration in October 1988 of diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level see p. 36951 ] . |
| 3 | PATIENTS at Ashworth secure hospital in Maghull were evacuated from a ward after a fire broke out . |
| 4 | The 1956 Olympics at the MCG were opened by a president of MCC , Prince Philip , and were dominated by the likes of Kuts , Cuthbert , Devitt and Fraser . |
| 5 | A military member of the National Salvation Front also disclosed yesterday that ex-President Ceaucescu was captured at a roadblock north of Bucharest while trying to flee . |
| 6 | Fasting was maintained for a minimum of six hours . |
| 7 | Mrs Spencer was seated at a table spread with drawings , paint and brushes . |
| 8 | For an instant Shiona was overcome by a sense of total confusion . |
| 9 | Joel Gascoyne was apprenticed for a period of seven years from 21 October 1668 to John Thornton . |
| 10 | By his second marriage , to Marie de St Pol , at Paris in July 1321 , Aymer was related to a family which held lordships in Artois and the Pas-de-Calais very close to the Channel ports at Boulogne and Wissant . |
| 11 | Vladimir Felzmann , youth officer in the diocese of Westminster , and Gordon Wilson , remembered for his words spoken after his daughter Marie was killed by a bomb blast at Enniskillen in 1987 . |
| 12 | King Abdallah was assassinated by a Palestinian in Jerusalem in July 1951 . |
| 13 | A few months later Greville was killed in a car crash in Morocco . |
| 14 | The death of his father Edgar was followed by a dispute between the magnates over whether Æthelred , still a child , or his older half-brother Edward , should succeed . |
| 15 | Flack was crushed into a corner , gesticulating , a beetle turned on to its back . |
| 16 | It was from one of Giggs ' dribbles in the 20th minute that new signing Ken Monkou was committed to a saving tackle that referee Ray Lewis interpreted as a back-pass . |
| 17 | Philip McGreavey was recognised by a member of his audience in a pub . |
| 18 | On his arrival , Murad was thrown into a dungeon in Selimgarh , opposite the Red Fort . |
| 19 | And as Joe Lucas was unwinding from the pitch to which he 'd momentarily raised himself , Lucy was seated at a side-table in a Wardour Street coffee shop . |
| 20 | In 1990 , Mr Guthrie was forced by a combination of ill health and heavy borrowings to concede defeat during the £600 million bid for his Mecca restaurant and disco group by Rank . |
| 21 | Then came the disgraceful ‘ leaked minutes ’ of a BBC review board meeting in which the good name of the breathtakingly beautiful Selina Scott was traduced by a cad called Peter Estall . |
| 22 | So one day Pat was sent on a training scheme to London , where the people were very different . |
| 23 | Mum-of-six Pat was presented with a suitcase stuffed with the crisp green banknotes yesterday as her prize in a radio contest . |
| 24 | Dr Jaffery was prostrated on a prayer carpet , finishing his evening namaaz . |
| 25 | Hawkins said : ‘ I understand — I 'm not making comparisons — that the President of the United States was faced with a problem similar to the one you 've just confronted me with . |
| 26 | The decision to return to the States was taken after a visit to a specialist this week , and Palace physio David West will accompany him on the trip . |
| 27 | The nineteenth-century railway history of the United States was dominated by a number of themes which were dramatically reflected in the railway stations . |
| 28 | Branson was wired to a tape-recorder connected to a police vehicle outside . |
| 29 | After foolishly drawing attention to his own royal blood , Surrey was arrested on a charge of treason , which was subsequently extended to his father . |
| 30 | The agreement with Carleton was developed as a result of Professor Peter Buckley 's contacts in the field of International Business . |