Example sentences of "[coord] was [vb pp] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At another meeting in the open air he spoke from a cart and was tumbled when a member of the proletariat told the horse to Gee up . |
| 2 | We will refund up to £100 per person for the medical expenses of anyone who was in your car and was injured when the car was involved in an accident . |
| 3 | We will refund up to £100 per person for the medical expenses of anyone who was in your car and was injured when the car was involved in an accident . |
| 4 | According the Wellcome the study was set up to look at the effect of acyclovir against cytomegalovirus , a type of herpes virus , and was stopped after no difference was found in frequency of CMV disease between patients taking acyclovir and those taking a placebo . |
| 5 | Saint-Saëns ' earliest Symphony ( in A ) , composed in 1850 , is unnumbered and was written when the composer was fifteen years old . |
| 6 | When the civil war commenced in March 1264 , Peter was in command of the Montfortians in Northampton and was captured when the town fell to the king on 5 April . |
| 7 | The base had been in line for the axe under the Options for Change review of the Services but was saved because the cost of relocation exceeded the saving . |
| 8 | On 14 September 1982 Gemayel planned to meet with a group of Mossad officers , but was killed when a bomb planted by Syrian intelligence exploded in the local Phalangist party offices where he was speaking . |
| 9 | The pensioner tackled him but was overpowered when the raider threatened him with a 6in kitchen knife , before escaping . |
| 10 | An emergency EC summit was called for Aug. 23 , but was cancelled after the coup collapsed . |
| 11 | The distance learning package included a copy of the British Thoracic Society 's guidelines for the management of asthma but was issued after the recording booklets for the study had been completed and returned . |
| 12 | Touche Ross does not audit United , but was chosen because the club 's directors viewed the firm ‘ as independent of the auditors ’ . |
| 13 | I slept for a short time but was woken when the coach stopped . |
| 14 | He was sentenced to twelve months in jail but was released when the court heard he 'd already been in custody for ten months . |