Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink . |
| 2 | Mo was curled up in a bundle under the eiderdown . |
| 3 | It was here in 1911 , for instance , that the ruthless , reforming Russian First Minister Peter Stolypin was gunned down by a Jewish police agent in full view of the Tsar , at a gala opera night . |
| 4 | Undoubtedly Richard was handed over to a wet-nurse . |
| 5 | In many respects the ‘ New Conservatism ’ in Britain and the United States was born out of a reaction to the high inflation of the mid-1970s . |
| 6 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |
| 7 | John Fillon-Payoux was knocked down by a car . |
| 8 | In 1944 our Lancaster of 57 Sqn , piloted by Flt Lt Bulcraig was shot down on a raid on Revigny , Northern France , killing the pilot , Bomb Aimer Fg Off Robson , Flt Eng Sgt Gale and W/Op Sgt Loughlin . |
| 9 | MacArthur was spurred on by a strong sense of destiny and ambition . |
| 10 | Mr Mitterrand was put out by a whole series of German slights , culminating in the chancellor 's hesitations over Economic and Monetary Union before the European Community 's summit in December . |
| 11 | Florida was opened up as a winter resort in the 1890s by Henrys Flagler and Plant , both millionaires and railroad company owners . |
| 12 | Eva was coming in at a high spot of the Army 's history . |
| 13 | Then Wickham was invited through to a back room and a telephone . |
| 14 | In the room beyond , the real Tsu Tiao was laid out atop a great , tiered pedestal on a huge bed spread with silken sheets of gold . |
| 15 | Some of those taking ; part were already in costume : Jilly Fox was wearing what looked like an Iranian chadour , contrived from a sheet , Karen Gray was dressed up as a nurse , and Bob Saxby who taught pottery was encased in a Michelin-man spacesuit which he claimed was an Arctic explorer 's sleeping bag . |
| 16 | At the Raja 's insistence Tara was chained up to a 500 year old tree . |
| 17 | Moses was brought up in a high-ranking Egyptian family and then , later in life , led a lowly people , the Jews . |
| 18 | Henry Lees deserted his family and Florence was brought up by a half-brother , an Oxford don , who sent her to school in London . |
| 19 | Mr Ross was coming out of a door . |
| 20 | From the very first moment of her return to the vicarage Ruth was caught up in a whirlwind of work . |
| 21 | Ironically AMS was home to Neuron Data competitor Visix Software Inc until Visix was spun out as a separate concern back in 1988 . |
| 22 | Herta Stanton was taken in by a naval widow : |
| 23 | Henry Hughton was snapped up on a free-transfer for Palace from Orient and was arguably one of Manager Alan Mullery 's best signing for the club , because Henry 's amazing versatility became extremely useful in several difficult seasons at Selhurst Park . |
| 24 | Bobo ran to the back of her cage and Fifi had to scamper out of the way to save herself from being trampled , and then Bobo was storming back with a handful of straw and dung which she hurled at Donaldson before slamming herself into the bars and screaming loudly as they shook . |
| 25 | I turned round : Vern was following on like a dog . |
| 26 | Late in the night , towards moonset , Hazel was looking up from a cut where they were crouching to a little bank above . |
| 27 | Described as ‘ kind-hearted , yet … a lively and obstinate boy , , Tom was brought up in a prosperous house ( his father was a manager of a textile firm ) and was used to a well-stocked meal table . |
| 28 | TRUE Brit Wayne Batterbee was turned down for a job — because he has the Union Jack tattooed on his hand . |
| 29 | Congress ( I ) retained control of the State Assembly in Arunachal Pradesh in elections held in February 1990 , and Agong Apang was sworn in for a fourth term as Chief Minister in March [ see pp. 37245 ] . |
| 30 | Then an order came to pick up Weibel again ‘ I had to hide my dismay when Weibel was bought back without a blindfold — a sure sign that he was to be killed . ’ |