Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [noun] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Um and erm I was just wondering y'know kind of erm often when I write questionnaires I like to go for a sort of more kind of rather less declarative statements . |
| 2 | Gerry de Silva was formally appointed army Chief of Staff on Oct. 23 . |
| 3 | LENNY HENRY was yesterday named BBC Personality of the Year by the Television and Radio Industries Club . |
| 4 | LENNY HENRY was yesterday named BBC personality of the year by the Television and Radio Industries Club . |
| 5 | Here he gained experience in locomotive building and his ability sufficiently impressed Charles F. Beyer , in charge of the locomotive department , so that in 1842 he recommended Ramsbottom as locomotive superintendent of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway , which in 1846 became part of the London and North Western , of which he was then appointed district superintendent of the north-east division . |
| 6 | He was subsequently appointed deputy director of Directorate S , the most sinister division within the KGB . |
| 7 | The CRE was recently refused government funding of £140,000 to continue research into a method of extracting carbon dioxide produced by power stations and pumping it into depleted North Sea oil and gas wells , neutralising its environmental impact . |