Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] to [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ulster champion jockey Paddy Graffin was taken to hospital with an injured hand after Late Stretch had fallen in the Mares Race , but he returned in time to ride Glenmavis in the final race . |
| 2 | Penkovsky was sentenced to death with enormous publicity about his espionage activities . |
| 3 | Dermod Harland ( tenor sax ) was former lead tenor with the Irish Youth Jazz Orchestra ( of which Anthony Kerr was also a member ) and his Quartet have supported Scott Hamilton in the Guinness Spot , where Dermod was invited to guest with Humphrey Lyttelton in 1987 . |
| 4 | Mrs Green was bludgeoned to death with 16 blows of a lump hammer shortly after she returned from working a night shift at a local hospital . |
| 5 | At the last general election in August 1987 the PLM was re-elected to office with four seats , the NDP won two and the PDP one [ see p. 35373 ] . |
| 6 | It 's all a far cry from June 1987 when Margaret Thatcher was returned to power with a handsome majority of 101 seats , although it was down on the 1983 win . |
| 7 | In the general election of Nov. 29 , 1987 [ see pp. 35909-10 ] , the Motherland Party ( Anatavan Partisi — ANAP ) led by Turgut Özal was returned to power with an overwhelming majority in the GNA ( newly enlarged from 400 to 450 seats ) under a new system of proportional representation . |
| 8 | Donna Preston was admitted to hospital with severe bruising as a result of Lee Taylor 's attack , the Warrington court heard . |
| 9 | The Gibraltar Socialist Labour Party ( GSLP ) led by Joe Bossano was returned to office with nearly three-quarters of the vote in elections in the self-governing British colony on Jan. 16 . |
| 10 | Mr Dearlove was taken to hospital with serious eye injuries . |
| 11 | On Nov. 29 , 1987 , ANAP was returned to power with an overwhelming majority , and on Oct. 31 , 1989 , Özal was elected by the Grand National Assembly to succeed Evren as President , taking office on Nov. 9 . |
| 12 | In legislative elections on Oct. 6 the incumbent Social Democratic Party ( PSD ) led by Prime Minister Aníbal Cavaco Silva was returned to power with a slightly decreased majority of 135 seats , representing 50.4 per cent of votes cast , in the 230-seat [ not 250 as given on p. 38488 ] Assembly of the Republic . |
| 13 | In the general election of April 1991 the HRPP was returned to office with 26 seats , while the opposition SNDP won 18 [ see pp. 38153-54 ] . |