Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the days before glasnost — which his fictions may be thought to have rehearsed and predicted , but which could well mean that his fictions will no longer be for the West what they have been so far , when the thing that they deplore was still there in its entirety to be deplored — Kundera was forced into exile in the ‘ free world ’ of the time . |
| 2 | Between then and 1872 Millend was advertised for sale by auction on several occasions . |
| 3 | When Lubbock was returned to Parliament in 1881 , he persuaded Gladstone 's Liberal government to take up the cause . |
| 4 | Diana Adams was treated in hospital after being bitten on the arm . |
| 5 | Some writers have said that Eleanor was driven to violence by Henry 's adulteries , culminating in his open attachment to Rosamund Clifford . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She was ready now to admit that her mother was right , Hari was falling in love with Craig . |
| 8 | Both generals had commanded units in Kurdish areas in south-east Turkey , and there was speculation that Dev Sol was working in co-operation with the Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) . |
| 9 | As soon as Gorbachev was reinstated as President on Aug. 21 , he was compelled by the increase in Yeltsin 's political standing and the fact that most state bodies were at least partially compromised in the coup attempt to acknowledge the need for a new state structure ; the majority of the republics proclaimed independence from the Soviet Union , and fundamental reforms began of the government and the State Security Committee ( KGB ) . |
| 10 | The prosecution 's case against Gotti was hampered by reliance on evidence based on inconclusive and largely inaudible tape recordings , and by the reluctance of witnesses to testify against him . |
| 11 | Richard was stabbed to death in the back garden of his home in Newtown 4 weeks ago . |
| 12 | From the time that General Marian Spychalski was replaced as Minister of National Defence in 1968 , the Army steadily lost its appeal as a vehicle for intrigue . |
| 13 | On Oct. 14 James Njiru was dismissed as Minister for Culture and Social Services ; Moi said that his dismissal was necessitated by a local party leadership dispute . |
| 14 | Mr Mandela was brought from prison on Robben Island to join his colleagues , and the trial began on 9 October . |
| 15 | On the morning of the day before her departure Delia Sutherland was sitting in front of the fruit and toast Luney set daily on the terrace , and which not once had she been able to eat . |
| 16 | The LDP was returned to power at the general election of Feb. 18 , 1990 [ see pp. 37237-38 ] . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The following season Scott was reinstated without action over his action . |
| 19 | At the foot of the stairs , David was listening with interest to what her father was saying , a smile on his lips . |
| 20 | David was starved of oxygen during birth at Peterborough Hospital in 1979 and suffered cerebral palsy . |
| 21 | Mark Wiggins was described in court as a ’ Mr Fixit ’ who sold the drug to Denise Jones for four pounds . |
| 22 | When Roger Stubbs — now Bob Worcester 's number two at MORI — left the market research unit , Wanless was put in charge at just 24 , ‘ an unheard of young age for a job like that ’ . |
| 23 | Wright was captured by Match of the Day cameras cuffing Tottenham 's David Howells off the ball in Saturday 's tempestuous North London derby . |
| 24 | A Mr. Nichols was put in charge as a surface foreman and Thomas Jones , working on the stamps , said to Barratt , " they is sure to work " . |
| 25 | Even Hennessy was taken by surprise at the abrupt departure , and he stood in a moment 's confusion before turning and hurrying out . |
| 26 | When General Dankl 's First Army marched , to reach and take Lublin and Cholm , Auffenberg was to move in unison in the same direction . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Chung Soon Duk was replaced as secretary-general of the DLP by Kim Young Whan , the party 's floor leader . |
| 29 | LOI was determined by ignition at 550°C for 1h . |
| 30 | Bobby was lying in bed in his room at the Gebler 's house in the Bronte district of Sydney . |