Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [noun prp] was [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That afternoon Meehan was released from Peterhead and given an interim compensation payment of £2500 with a promise of more to come . |
| 2 | In this case Tx was assumed to be negligible . |
| 3 | This second Anne was betrothed to the younger Thomas Grey and the bulk of the Exeter lands settled on them , with some reserved to endow the queen 's second son , Richard Grey . |
| 4 | This second Anne was betrothed to the younger Thomas Grey and the bulk of the Exeter lands settled on them , with some reserved to endow the queen 's second son , Richard Grey . |
| 5 | This year Jenna was going on holiday with Glyn , a fact which brought a twinkle to the bright eye of her scheming neighbour Shirley , but they were not lovers , no matter what Shirley thought , and Jenna had pondered long and hard before agreeing to the holiday . |
| 6 | At this time Singapore was reported to be one of Myanma 's main suppliers of arms and ammunition . |
| 7 | By this time Lutyens was drawing on every menu card available — not even the napkins and tablecloths escaped — enthusiastically filling them with plans and designs . |
| 8 | Whereas his parting from Sandra had been ‘ sensibly negotiated ’ , this time Nicholson was left with what was , for him , an odd feeling of what he termed being ‘ dumped on ’ . |
| 9 | At this time Luke was living in a two-bedroom apartment on Yokum Drive . |
| 10 | At this time Hyderabad was governed by a Nizam who , through a special relationship with the British crown , operated a feudal system of patronage , granting land to political allies . |
| 11 | In the parliament of 1371 two Austin friars argued that in a national emergency the prince who has endowed the churches may resume their property for the good of the realm ; about this time Langland was enlarging in Piers Plowman upon Holy Poverty , as were so many friars in their sermons ; before the end of the reign Wyclif , spokesman for Gaunt , especially against his wealthy political enemy , Bishop Wykeham of Winchester , was denying the right of priests to hold any property . |
| 12 | At this time Miller was acting in an advisory capacity , as recorded in the Memoranda Book of John , Fourth Duke of Bedford ( Woburn Mss HMC 62 , extract above ) : ‘ March 13 1740/1 agreed with Mr. Miller to pay him Twenty Guineas a year for inspecting my Gardens hot houses , pruning the trees , etc. and to come to Woburn at least twice a year and oftner if wanted , to be paid at Lady Day yearly . ’ |
| 13 | By this time CBR was originating at least half a dozen full-orchestra shows to the national network weekly and we were coming into ‘ the golden era ’ of Canadian radio network production . |
| 14 | By this stage Dougal was relying on Lorton 's instructions . |
| 15 | Muccio discussed the incidents at Kaesong and Chunchon with Rhee on 10 May : he reminded the President that UNCOK was observing developments and it would hardly benefit the cause of South Korea if the impression was conveyed to the UN that South Korea was indulging in aggression . |
| 16 | By eight o'clock that evening Paige was sitting at the dressing-table in her luxurious hotel room busily putting the finishing touches to her make-up . |
| 17 | That night Melinda was woken by someone tugging at her sheet . |
| 18 | That morning Branson was inundated by telephone calls from his colleagues , accusing him of plotting to destroy them . |
| 19 | In the same period Trotsky was suggesting from his ivory tower in the capital that in order to avoid saints ' names , children should be called Ninel ( Lenin backwards ) or simply Rem ( the initials for revolution , electrification , and peace ) . |
| 20 | But in the ninth century , it was only writers in Charles 's kingdom who labelled Louis thus : in his own kingdom Louis was known as " king of the eastern Franks " . |
| 21 | Later that same season Albert was honoured by the FA when he was selected for the England squad for the International against Scotland at Wembley on 4 April . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | By early January 1980 , 58 per cent preferred Carter while 42 per cent went for Kennedy and when , in the same poll Carter was matched with Ronald Reagan he outpolled the Californian 65 per cent — 35 per cent . |
| 24 | A military member of the National Salvation Front also disclosed yesterday that ex-President Ceaucescu was captured at a roadblock north of Bucharest while trying to flee . |
| 25 | Later that year Davies was signed by West Bromwich Albion , but after two seasons at The Hawthorns , he returned to the Palace and continued to play consistently well for us as we really began to make an impact on the Southern League . |
| 26 | ‘ What the clerk is saying , ’ Sir Richard interrupted , ‘ is that Master Vechey was immersed in the pleasures of the flesh . |
| 27 | The bank draft was er erm and it appeared that at that stage Mr was told by the er by Mr that the landlord 's consent to the assignment of this lease erm , had still not be obtained . |