Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A nested variance component model with random effects was calculated with the patient as unit and crypt and biopsy specimens as classification variable . |
| 2 | Once again Leonora found herself fighting with the tiller in a dinghy threatening to stand on its head in a mountainous sea , but this time when the engine cut out she was plucked from the boat before she could hit the water . |
| 3 | Rosie was resting on the couch when Shelley went in . |
| 4 | On the outbreak of the second Dutch war in 1664 Stokes was recalled to the navy as captain of the Triumph , but he fell ill soon afterwards and died in Portsmouth 11 February 1665 . |
| 5 | Its defence of justification was withdrawn at the trial when its alleged " highly-placed sources " went to ground . |
| 6 | ( 2 ) Where a competent objector desires to object in relation to any application , he shall , not later than seven days before the meeting of the licensing board at which the application is to be considered : ( a ) lodge with the clerk of the board a written notice of objection which be signed by the objector or his agent and shall specify the grounds of his objection and ( b ) intimate his objection to the applicant in the manner provided by subsection ( 3 ) below , and an objection shall not be entertained by the licensing board unless it is proved or admitted that such objection was intimated to the applicant as aforesaid . |
| 7 | The hornets ' nest was ripped from the branch as the strip passed by . |
| 8 | Section 1 of the 1976 Act was thereby amended to include as dependants spouses and former spouses of the deceased , any person who ( i ) was living with the deceased in the same household immediately before the date of the death ; and ( ii ) had been living with the deceased in the same household for at least two years before that date ; and ( iii ) was living during the whole of that period as the husband or wife of the deceased , any parent or other ascendant or child or other descendant of the deceased , any person who was treated by the deceased as his parent , and any person ( not being a child of the deceased ) who was treated by the deceased as a " child of the family " in relation to any marriage of the deceased , and any person who is or was the issue of a brother , sister , uncle or aunt of the deceased . |
| 9 | The President signed the committal warrant which was given to the tipstaff as his authority for conveying M. to prison and the governor 's authority for receiving and detaining M. The drawing up of the formal order that M. be committed to prison was left to the court staff . |
| 10 | Fifty ml of 9 9 m Tc-DTPA labelled water ( activity of 0.5 MBq ) was given to the subject while they were standing in front of the gammacamera to outline the oesophagus and stomach . |
| 11 | A dramatic fillip was given to the cause when three major CPP Ashanti leaders announced their adherence in January 1955 : these were Joe Appiah , R.R. Amponsah and Victor Owusu , while from the coast Kurankyi Taylor ( expelled from CPP in 1952 ) also declared for the NLM . |
| 12 | and then she was girning on the phone because |
| 13 | In passing , it is also important to note that the practice in some Health Authorities of issuing annual financial reports in addition to these statutory accounts was recognized by the Manual as voluntary reports , complementing the Statement of Accounts and outside the formal external audit . |
| 14 | One day she was hanging around the shop when Nick Kent followed her in , angry . |
| 15 | That provision was placed in the contingency because it was un felt it was unclear at the time , what the effect on costs would be , of the sale of link waste . |
| 16 | Carol was painted on the tail as this was the name of Charlie Paceley 's wife . |
| 17 | This division of the commuter market was justified by the Commission as consistent with the views of the overwhelming majority of customers and competitors . |
| 18 | Greece was criticized at the conference as having the worst record among participating countries . |
| 19 | The libretto was regarded at the radio as something of a masterpiece of translation and from time to time suitable composers had been sought . |
| 20 | Once crowned , his position had divine sanction , was regarded by the church as sacrosanct , and so was considerably strengthened . |
| 21 | The approach was regarded by the government as being of particular benefit to the older urban areas . |
| 22 | In South Antrim , the constituency of the present writer , no satisfaction was received on the matter until an exasperated meeting of my own constituency party presented the Westite Official Unionists with an ultimatum that either ‘ UUUC ’ appear on the literature and posters of their candidate or it would present its own rival one . |
| 23 | One nanny was sacked on the spot when Diana 's mother discovered that her employee was lacing her elder daughters ' food with laxatives as a punishment . |
| 24 | And she was toying with the idea whether to go and do her midwifery cos that 's what she wanted to do |
| 25 | Well forgive me , the , the reason for that is , it was explained at the time if one 's going to defend the decision of where you 're going to put your roads , then you 've got in reality look at all them options ridiculous some they will be , whether they dig tunnels under the Orwell or knocking down Wordsworth Road I mean it 's all got to be looked at . |
| 26 | My , my sister- in-law , she w had to go in just before Christmas , had to rather suddenly she 's was diagnosed in the summer as having diverticulitis and they planned a sort of diet out to keep her really well and she was in terrible pain and they rushed her off for a scan and er she goes privately cos Vernon , I think actually his is BUPA that he 's in , he joined when it first came out and she wrote to me and she said oh I 'm , I just feel so lonely , there 's nobody to talk to , I 've got nobody to see or anything and she felt a bit cos she was n't really that ill |
| 27 | Now , she was walking across the room when she farted , and her father said , ‘ Did you whisper ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The girl was walking on the pavement when the bus crashed into railings damaging them badly and the side of the bus hit her a glancing blow , ’ he said . |
| 29 | She was walking into the hotel when she heard his car start up . |
| 30 | Gwendoline Thornton was walking past the junction when with her husband . |