Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [prep] [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between then and 1872 Millend was advertised for sale by auction on several occasions . |
| 2 | Some writers have said that Eleanor was driven to violence by Henry 's adulteries , culminating in his open attachment to Rosamund Clifford . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Eva was educated at home by a governess , Miss Noel , who grounded her in Latin , Greek , and Italian . |
| 7 | One of Mr Stafford Smith 's clients in Mississippi was represented at trial by a third-year law student . |
| 8 | Galileo Galilei was charged with heresy by the papal Inquisition |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Gemma was taken into care by Hammersmith and Fulham social services . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Gary Player insisted that Ballesteros was suffering from paralysis by analysis , that he was no longer sure of his fundamentals . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | WILD rocker Jim Martin was held at gunpoint by police after waving a pistol and firing shots in a hotel car park . |
| 21 | Mr Brock was taken to hospital by ambulance . |
| 22 | Dic Bach y Saer was put to bed by the older children he so serenely neglected , whispering , ‘ I 've got children in a thousand , good as gold . ’ |
| 23 | Named after the lion , Singapore was plucked from obscurity by the British , who were keen to develop the city-state as a trading port . |
| 24 | The next fifty years were the classic age of piracy when men like Teach ( Blackbeard ) plundered in all directions and buried their fortunes on treasure islands , but after their main base in the Bahamas was brought under control by the British government in 1718 the Atlantic was made reasonably safe from this . |
| 25 | Liz Kennedy was hit in face by flying debris when a special effect went wrong during filming of the BBC 's £850,000 political thriller ‘ Love Lies Bleeding ’ . |
| 26 | Hamilton was remanded on bail by a judge at Newcastle Crown Court . |
| 27 | In February 1938 , the government of Austria was threatened with invasion by Hitler 's troops , unless the Austrian Nazis were incorporated in their government , and by acceding to that threat the Austrian government was effectively destroyed . |
| 28 | Keith Joseph was blackmailed into retirement by radical genealogists , who proved he 's a negro . |
| 29 | Somen ‘ Steve ’ Banerjee was remanded in custody by a Los Angeles court yesterday on six charges including conspiracy to commit murder . |
| 30 | Mata Mua ( In Olden Times ) by Gauguin was sent for sale by Jaime Ortiz- Patino , grandson of the Bolivian tin magnate Antenor Patino . |