Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion , Plage was set up over a water-hole in a clearing in the jungle , hoping that a leopard would show up to hunt or drink . |
| 2 | The Honourable Diana Spencer was born late on the afternoon of July 1,1961 , the third daughter of Viscount Althorp , then aged 37 , and Viscountess Althorp , 12 years his junior . |
| 3 | Cossins also filmed a sequence with Crawford on Wimbledon Common , shown behind the end titles , in which Frank Spencer was running away from the grounds where the course was being held , with the organizer chasing him . |
| 4 | In 1918 Lymn & Rambush was taken over by the Power-Gas Corporation of Stockton-on-Tees . |
| 5 | Well , United started in fine style as early as the twentieth second ; Martin Foyle was brought down on the edge of the penalty area and Paul Simpson 's free kick was headed away for a corner . |
| 6 | Before Sally-Anne could reply — and fortunately for her , for she needed to consider her answer carefully — there was a knocking at the door , and Dr Neil was required there for a moment . |
| 7 | Marie was wading up to the path through waist-high reeds : ‘ Look at the state of my clothes ! ’ |
| 8 | Mo was curled up in a bundle under the eiderdown . |
| 9 | On Dec. 1 President Ramaswamy Venkataraman received assurances of " outside " support for a minority National Front government from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left Front parties ; the next day V. P. Singh was sworn in as the Prime Minister , in place of Rajiv Gandhi . |
| 10 | Kalyan Singh was sworn in as the new Chief Minister [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 11 | It was here in 1911 , for instance , that the ruthless , reforming Russian First Minister Peter Stolypin was gunned down by a Jewish police agent in full view of the Tsar , at a gala opera night . |
| 12 | Schellenberg was escorted there by an SS sergeant in dress uniform and found Himmler 's personal aide , a Sturmbannführer named Rossman , sitting at a table outside the door , also in dress uniform . |
| 13 | The deceptively demure Meredith was led outside by the masked Lucenzo . |
| 14 | Meredith was drinking alone in the Oyster Bar , thinking of Hilary , when a small man with sideburns and an anxious expression approached him . |
| 15 | Ringo Starr was rolled out for the encores and thrashed about enthusiastically enough . |
| 16 | Gorbachev was sworn in by the Congress immediately after the result of the vote was announced . |
| 17 | Ari was taken aback by the vehemence of his last remark . |
| 18 | Many medieval millers paid their rent to the lord of the manor in eels ; and when the water-mill in the centre of Stafford was pulled down after the last war , the laconic miller expressed as his only regret : ‘ I shall miss the eels . ’ |
| 19 | The following morning Richard was taken down to the treatment room and given his first induction of air . |
| 20 | Undoubtedly Richard was handed over to a wet-nurse . |
| 21 | Back at Club Eleusis , Jahsaxa Penumbra was tripping out like the bad queen in a fairy-tale cartoon , the only omission being the thunderclouds and lightning round her head . |
| 22 | Linton was sitting calmly in a chair near the fire , happy that –e was not being punished this time . |
| 23 | In many respects the ‘ New Conservatism ’ in Britain and the United States was born out of a reaction to the high inflation of the mid-1970s . |
| 24 | He said that the PLO was pushing hard for a role for Arafat in Monday 's ceremony and that President Clinton believed that it was up to the PLO to choose its delegation . |
| 25 | There is a third sister in this euphonious family : Marina , the baptised name of Malinche , mistress of Cortèz , through whose good offices and linguistic skills Mexico was conquered both for the Virgin Maria , and for Marina 's royal ancestors . |
| 26 | Mrs Wright was coming slowly along the ride towards them . |
| 27 | Mrs Wright was sitting down on the bank , the gun across her knees . |
| 28 | Hennessy was waiting outside by the railings . |
| 29 | And at the same time , Lilian was coming up to the second stage . |
| 30 | United were wobbling ; Hoddle was winding up for a big finish . |