Example sentences of "[coord] was [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She often made me feel vaguely guilty , as if I 'd forgotten to clean my teeth or was wearing a grubby shirt . |
| 2 | He took the natural sciences tripos in 1877 with first-class honours , and was appointed an assistant demonstrator . |
| 3 | His grandson Edmund [ q.v. ] became Baron Hammond and was appointed an honorary brother of Hull Trinity House , thus renewing the family link with this institution . |
| 4 | In 1975 , he helped to found a new anti-EEC party , Scottish Conservatives Against the Treaty of Rome , and was appointed an honorary vice-president along with his then fellow Scottish Tory MP , Teddy Taylor , |
| 5 | Crowe made known Lady Rose , who had been a friend of the Woolfs in their later years and was writing an elegant book on cats , and the fat and thin men , who were Vincent Hodgkiss , a philosopher , and Jeremy Norton , a poet . |
| 6 | Mr Anderson had also claimed to investigating officers that the woman told him she had had three Aids tests and was taking a contraceptive pill . |
| 7 | I did n't expect to see her again until late on Monday — I went off to do some walking for the weekend and was taking an extra day . |
| 8 | Himself , he was a railwayman who travelled all over the country , campaigned in more than 20 constituencies and was elected a Labour councillor in three towns . |
| 9 | He took a leading part in the formation of the Institute of Marine Engineers and was elected the first president in 1889 . |
| 10 | Mawson became a member of the Art-Workers ' Guild in 1905 and was elected an honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1903 . |
| 11 | In 1956 he received an honorary D.Mus. from the University of Edinburgh and was elected an honorary fellow of Exeter College , Oxford . |
| 12 | He was sworn of the Privy Council in 1944 , and was elected an honorary fellow of New College in the same year . |
| 13 | He was posted to London on promotion in 1953 and was replaced the following year by R. B. Wilson on transfer from the field staff in England . |
| 14 | According to Phillip Knightley , Philby had done rather better and was enjoying the comfortable lifestyle of a retired KGB general with his wife Rufa , had built up a library of 12,000 books , saw Western newspapers regularly and was able to maintain contact with his family in the West . |
| 15 | Hasan had pressed his face to the glass in front of the cakes and was sniffing the fresh bread , a look of ecstasy on his face . |
| 16 | In an internal document issued on Dec. 14 and discovered by police during a raid in February , the leadership of ETA rejected arguments from within the organization to the effect that the armed struggle was lost , was senseless and was damaging the Basque nationalist left , and that ETA must face up to defeat . |
| 17 | The operation had been planned the previous day after close liaison with the local RUC Headquarters , and was to include a detailed search of the area using dogs and helicopters . |
| 18 | ‘ He came safe home and was given a celebratory dinner in the Barn . |
| 19 | At her trial she pleaded guilty , and was given a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years . |
| 20 | He was found dead in his chamber and was given a hasty funeral . ’ |
| 21 | Although Hamdi denied that his reform programme was taken under pressure from the IMF , it followed a visit by an IMF team and was given a cautious welcome by the organisation . |
| 22 | Wilby , a divorced father-of-three , from Barnsley , admitted obtaining money by deception and was given a 180-hour community service order . |
| 23 | He was born Femão de Magalhães , and the Portuguese — ‘ he is ours ’ , they insist — rarely care to acknowledge that he renounced his citizenship after a row , pledged his allegiance to King Charles I — later to become the Emperor Charles V — and was given a new name : Hernando de Magallanes . |
| 24 | Soon after departing Ronaldsway he changed frequency to Warton LARS , passed his details and was given a new transponder code . |
| 25 | He was certainly in the earl 's service by 1267 , when he was one of those who advised him to occupy London in support of the claims of the ‘ disinherited ’ and was given a safe conduct to bring a message from the earl to the king . |
| 26 | On 27 July 1858 , the day of his arrival in Zanzibar , Rigby called on the sultan , Majid bin Sa'id al-BuSa'idi , aboard his flagship and was given a royal salute . |
| 27 | Crosby took charge after leading Sunderland to the FA Cup final last May and was given a one-year contract . |
| 28 | Crosby took Sunderland to the FA Cup final last May and was given a one-year contract . |
| 29 | He was fined £48 plus £25 costs and was given a one-year ban . |
| 30 | Because it is not possible for more than four people to share a freehold , the owners of each of the six units formed themselves into a management company in order to buy the building ; each became a director of the company and was given a 999-year lease of his or her dwelling . |