Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All along Park Lane they backed on to Hyde Park , and the whole space between the Ritz Hotel and Berkeley Square was taken up by just two very grand ones . |
| 2 | An area of one square mile around Oxford Street was sealed off for almost five hours and traders , already hit by recession , lost millions of pounds . |
| 3 | When the various treaties came up for review ( the Zollverein was made up of over 200 agreements ) , Prussia would often threaten to withdraw if the terms did not suit her . |
| 4 | She got up and then when it came round to singing Jerusalem and Edie was put out at not singing Jerusalem , this is another one off the psychiatric list and Pat goes |
| 5 | Like many staunch , working class families , the Gedges were keen on discipline and Gedge was brought up in quite a rigid environment . |
| 6 | Noel Blake was kicked out for exactly the same reason — he could nt handle being in a squad . |
| 7 | Two other tournaments intervened before the Masters and one of them at Houston was washed out with hardly , in cricketing terminology , a ball being bowled . |
| 8 | Two other tournaments intervened before the Masters and one of them at Houston was washed out with hardly , as would be said in cricket , a ‘ ball being bowled ’ . |
| 9 | Doyle was frowning down at yesterday 's paper , pretending to do the crossword . |
| 10 | Their scrum-half Kevin Ellis was sent off for allegedly tripping his opposite number , Paul Bishop . |
| 11 | But Ben was staring down at where his left hand had been only a moment before , sounding the chord . |