Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [prep] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1911 , following six months ' military service with the Danish infantry , Rambush was invited to England by Arthur H. Lymn , who had formed a business in London to further develop and exploit commercially existing processes of gas production for industrial purposes . |
| 2 | Between then and 1872 Millend was advertised for sale by auction on several occasions . |
| 3 | Some writers have said that Eleanor was driven to violence by Henry 's adulteries , culminating in his open attachment to Rosamund Clifford . |
| 4 | A man at the sharp end of the drive to put information technology to work in Britain , Cracknell was commenting on plans by a big American semiconductor firm to expand its operations in the town . |
| 5 | Although Gregory states in his Histories that Quintianus of Rodez was suspected of treason by the Visigoths , in his Life of the bishop he reveals that the local catholics were opposed to him , because he had moved the bones of a favourite saint . |
| 6 | Egon Zehnder was founded in Switzerland by the still-practising Dr Zehnder , who was originally with Spencer Stuart . |
| 7 | His later Lives do not inspire great confidence in their historical details about a young king seeking the hand of Offa 's daughter in marriage and falling a victim to the machinations of Queen Cynethryth , who alleged that Aethelberht 's real intention was to reconnoitre the Mercian kingdom with a view to invading it , and when the Chronicon ex Chronicis also claims that Aethelberht was put to death by Offa at the instigation of Queen Cynethryth it is not necessarily independent of the legend . |
| 8 | Nor will the East End map show the Stoke Newington house where Jack ‘ The Hat ’ McVitie was stabbed to death by Reggie through the eye , neck and stomach . |
| 9 | informed your meeting that Ratho was linked to Edinburgh by 15 return journeys per weekday and 20 single journeys on Sunday . |
| 10 | Alexander was escorted to Rome by Christian of Mainz , and Frederick 's imperial power was recognised by the various factions . |
| 11 | Eva was educated at home by a governess , Miss Noel , who grounded her in Latin , Greek , and Italian . |
| 12 | The Everglades was carved into sections by an intricate network of canals and levees — 1,400 miles in all . |
| 13 | One of Mr Stafford Smith 's clients in Mississippi was represented at trial by a third-year law student . |
| 14 | In the heifer classes the top bid was 2,000gns for the champion from Messrs McConchie which was purchased by JJ Patterson of Kirktonhill and Glengelt Farms , Oxton , Lauder , while the reserve champion Jenny l86th from J&W Wilson of Kirkmabreck , Creetown was bought at 900gns by R&K Drysdale , Old Cambus Quarry , Cockburnspath , Berwick . |
| 15 | Galileo Galilei was charged with heresy by the papal Inquisition |
| 16 | For example , the Dalradian succession in Scotland was chosen for attention by the MRP because it included the stratiform ‘ pyrite belt ’ similar to the area around the economic Stekenjokk Cu-Zn-Pb deposit in Sweden . |
| 17 | Welsh outside half Stephens was clattered into touch by wing Kevin O'Sullivan and then fell over a concrete wall onto the terraces and will miss the December 28 game . |
| 18 | Just before what had been the Rampton Committee published its interim report ( see 1981 Rampton ) , Mr Antony Rampton was replaced as chairman by Lord Swann . |
| 19 | Jake was tied to Janice by their unborn baby . |
| 20 | Gemma was taken into care by Hammersmith and Fulham social services . |
| 21 | In January 1983 Mansur Rajih was arrested in Yemen by members of al-Amn al-Watani ( National Security ) on his return from Lebanon where he had been a university student . |
| 22 | Haig was saved from dismissal by defenders on the Unionist side , but Robertson 's removal caused a small stir , and Unionists voted in force to save Lloyd George 's face in the Maurice debate . |
| 23 | The USA 's answer , the Lockheed and Boeing SSTs — the latter cancelled by President Nixon in the same way Concorde was threatened with cancellation by the Wilson Labour Government — are also equally well documented . |
| 24 | The amorous contortions of Sex , the rock star 's naughty book , were not only stocked by the department store , but sold out instantly , while the volume on the great American photographer published by Jonathan Cape was withdrawn after protests by dozens of shocked customers . |
| 25 | Gary Player insisted that Ballesteros was suffering from paralysis by analysis , that he was no longer sure of his fundamentals . |
| 26 | Former Darlington defender Jim Willis put in a saving tackle on Steve Mardenborough when Nick Cusack found him in the clear , while Willis was caught in possession by Cusack inside his own box but the centre forward 's shot was blocked . |
| 27 | Former Darlington defender Jim Willis put in a saving tackle on Steve Mardenborough when Nick Cusack found him in the clear , while Willis was caught in possession by Cusack inside his own box but the centre forward 's shot was blocked . |
| 28 | Trucks allegedly laden with British-manufactured supergun parts were seized by the Greek and Turkish authorities ; British truck driver Paul Ashwell was placed under arrest by the Greek authorities . |
| 29 | After a domestic fight , his son Matthew was taken into care by the NSPCC , and was summoned to appear before Gateshead Magistrates Court , charged with child abuse . |
| 30 | WILD rocker Jim Martin was held at gunpoint by police after waving a pistol and firing shots in a hotel car park . |