Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] a [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Diana was enrolled at a girls ' day-school , Charles at a nearby kindergarten . |
| 2 | The idea of making her into a museum was abandoned and instead she was turned into a Boys ' Club . |
| 3 | 2912 built in 1942 was built as a Directors ' Saloon for the LMSR and seconded for Royal Train duty after nationalisation . |
| 4 | However , as STEPHEN THORPE reports , this historic match was marred by a spectators ' boycott which kept the overall crowd down to 6500 |
| 5 | This designation was not without its local hostility ; the validity of the designation order was challenged by a residents ' protection society and the High Court held in favour of the objectors . |
| 6 | Haines , with an annual salary of £2,400 , was unable to pay and was consigned to a debtors ' prison . |
| 7 | Her toddler Gareth Mr Ashworth 's son was missing and the hunt was extended to Scotland after the youngster was abandoned at a citizens ' advice bureau near Glasgow . |
| 8 | He thereafter committed a large number of summary offences and two either way offences , of which he was convicted by a magistrates ' court . |
| 9 | She says the nearest thing she 's done to this was working in a scouts ' gang show . |