Example sentences of "was [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The APF held only 30 of the 350 seats in the Supreme Soviet but was demanding transfer of power from the Supreme Soviet to the National Council , which comprised 50 Supreme Soviet deputies , half from the APF . |
| 2 | His job was to interview pilots on return from their missions . |
| 3 | Each vidane was given forms in triplicate on which to record information about crimes . |
| 4 | He was given instructions to taxi to the holding point for runway 26 and subsequently took off normally at 1202 hrs . |
| 5 | In the end he was given office as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster . |
| 6 | Moreover , as Alexander 's reign proceeded the government was given cause for alarm by the most radical section of the educated public : the revolutionary wing of the intelligentsia . |
| 7 | Buckingham was made constable and steward of all the royal land in Shropshire , Herefordshire , Somerset , Dorset and Wiltshire and was given power of array in the same counties . |
| 8 | Buckingham was made constable and steward of all the royal land in Shropshire , Herefordshire , Somerset , Dorset and Wiltshire and was given power of array in the same counties . |
| 9 | The course adopted , said Lord Hailsham , was to channel invitations for participation in journalism , appearances on the media , and other public engagements through the Lord Chancellor 's office . |
| 10 | The specific purpose of that Act , as of the Act of 1935 before it , was to enable claims for contribution to be made as between parties who had no claim to contribution under the general law . |
| 11 | Kerekou was to remain head of state during the transitional period , but with the defence portfolio removed from his responsibilities . |
| 12 | Clément Oumarou Ouedraogo retained his position as the Front 's secretary in charge of political affairs , while Capt. Gilbert Diendere was reappointed secretary in charge of defence and security . |
| 13 | The aim was to provide users with information on Microsoft Corp products and to run graduate and Masters courses in Microsoft technology . |
| 14 | Besides , the last thing she wanted was to come face to face with Rune again , especially if he was in the arms of a reconciled Lotta ! |
| 15 | The union disregarded the injunctions and was fined £50,000 for contempt of court . |
| 16 | Two years later in Ilchester , Somerset , she was again imprisoned , and the same year she was fined £280 for non-attendance at the local Anglican church . |
| 17 | The firm was fined £800 in addition to compensation and costs . |
| 18 | For like millions of other readers he was following the slow northward progress of the escaped eagle as it was reported day by day in most of the popular newspapers . |
| 19 | ‘ But when Gazza said the word beginning with F while he was representing England on TV before the Norway international , nothing was done . |
| 20 | In 1672 , for example , the Dutch Cromwell , de Witt , was torn limb from limb in the street by a frenzied mob , and in 1986 I was beaten up in a bar . |
| 21 | The first 16-bit generation was won hands-down by MS-DOS with Macintosh System in second place — and winning a moral victory by setting the agenda for what should have been the 32-bit generation but in effect became the second 16-bit generation , which seems to have been won by Microsoft Windows , even though for the majority , MS-DOS is all most people want or use . |
| 22 | Collor , who took office in March 1990 promising to root out corrupt practices in government , was suspended from office for six months , during which time he was to stand trial for impeachment before the Senate , the upper house , on corruption charges . |
| 23 | Le Monde of July 10 reported that Renaud Van Ruymbeke , an examining magistrate in Rennes , was to indict Emmanuelli in connection with his investigations into alleged illegal funding of the 1988 PS election campaign through the " Urba " concern [ see pp. 38591 ; 38197 ] . |
| 24 | Miss Jarman demanded of the tall bony female who was returning glare for glare without any sign of backing down . |
| 25 | An early breakthrough saw the end of opener Hinks and when Dean Hodgson was trapped lbw by Sladdin for 38 . |
| 26 | The government 's manifesto commitment was to increase benefit in line with prices but this does not guarantee its future after the next election , and presumably any proposals on child benefit would have a long lead-in time . |
| 27 | The main value of the conference was to pinpoint gaps in research into Archaic kouroi : incomplete photographic resources ; a lack of methodology to determine authenticity ; the absence of databases to store and compare information on the changes in composition of ancient stone . |
| 28 | Soon he was seeking analogies in nature for the human beauty he wanted to unearth . |
| 29 | Palestinian nationalists became suspicious , since there were soon rumours that he was seeking recognition as Amir of Palestine in return for support of Zionist policy . |
| 30 | Several guerrillas , wreathed in cartridge bandoliers , were reading comics near an empty café where an old man was picking crumbs of bread off a table . |