Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brothers were told he was part of an international organisation and Mr Shafi was asked to become a broker . |
| 2 | The door to the inner room was open and Mo was standing watching a newscast on a TV set in the far corner sipping from a cut-glass tumbler . |
| 3 | Scrambling up the escarpment leading into the mountain ridge of the Jebel , David was forced to call a halt , saying that he was feeling unwell . |
| 4 | The rally developed into clashes with police as demonstrators in the area near where Bhutto was staying demanded a meeting with her . |
| 5 | Julia Verity was looking to start a business by buying a house in Henley , doing it up and selling at a profit . |
| 6 | Keynes was trying to create a consensus around public works and his adoption of protection in the autumn of 1930 was almost certainly an attempt to enlist the support of the growing tariff lobby . |
| 7 | In 1975 author Francis Hitching was commissioned to write a book and television documentary entitled Earth Magic . |
| 8 | Molly was invited to start a class and Hilda was one of five beginners in it . |
| 9 | After some hesitation the estimable Puchberg responded to Mozart 's appeal , and Constanze was dispatched to take a cure at Baden , a spa about 17 miles south of Vienna . |
| 10 | After he spoke out against the letter , Lynch was ordered to take a year 's sabbatical in Rome — even though by this time his ministry was receiving worldwide media coverage . |
| 11 | Maggie was sitting reading a magazine when Laura came into the kitchen having just got the twins off to sleep . |
| 12 | Eventually , the whole of Palestine-Israel-Jordan was to have become a confederation , rather like Switzerland . |
| 13 | In Central District of Manchester , MISG was earmarked to appoint a care programme co-ordinator and in Havering 20,100 of MISG financed a Community Care Organiser , associated in the plan with the Care Programme Team , ‘ to develop some services to support people in their own homes ’ . |
| 14 | As part of this exercise , SCRE was asked to undertake a survey of pupil attendance in a representative sample of schools . |
| 15 | In 1992 SCRE was asked to undertake a survey of the pattern of provision of health education in Scottish schools and of the support available to schools . |
| 16 | The Suppliant Women was first performed in 421 , during the Peloponnesian War , just when Athens was forced to make a peace with Sparta , and was doubtless intended to reinforce Athenian morale . |
| 17 | His heir was fined £20,000 , even though his father had obtained a pardon from James I. The Earl of Westmorland was fined £19,000 , and Sir Christopher Hatton £12,000 ; Sir Giles Mompesson was adjudged to pay a total of £3,300 for felling timber even though he produced an Exchequer warrant . |
| 18 | Gary Lineker was asked to spend a month at Swindon , before going to Japan . |
| 19 | Once it had dispersed , Bunting was allowed to hold a meeting in the Diamond and for a short time afterwards there was tension as rival groups of teenagers faced each other , but police and DCAC stewards persuaded them to disperse before any trouble broke out . |
| 20 | Like the one-winged Russian peregrine , Barny was destined to become a father many times over . |
| 21 | Donald McCulloch was humming to get a tune going . |
| 22 | In a front-page story entitled ‘ Blonde Blames Bremner ’ , the Daily Record reported that the hotel 's assistant manager , Lars Borch was attempting to calm a group of noisy Scottish players down , when he heard a chant of ‘ 1-2-3 ’ . |
| 23 | She did not think Matilda was meaning to tell a lie . |
| 24 | The last I heard Trish was going to become a teacher , I mean I I we are supposed to be trying to think about whether we can have a sh a panel that we of people that we can call on for the short term crisis appointments or whatever , but |
| 25 | CORPORATE Wedgwood was commissioned to produce a baker 's dozen of specially-inscribed commemorative plates for the ‘ Twelve Great Chefs of Christmas ’ contest held at Tatton Park , Cheshire . |
| 26 | It all started several years ago when Matthew was commissioned to produce a graphics pattern for the film processing industry . |
| 27 | In order to remain as Chief Minister Chauthala was required to win a state Legislative Assembly seat by May 1990 . |
| 28 | To remain as Chief Minister , Chauthala was required to win a seat in the Haryana State Assembly by early June . |
| 29 | Canvassing one day in a by-election in Essex , Martin was asked to cover a street of drab brick semis . |
| 30 | McKenzie was urged to play a season with the Randwick Colts ( under-20 ) and the first player he met was a burly hooker called Kearns , who like Farr-Jones , was unable to win a first XV team berth at prestigious Newington College . |