Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [verb] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALISTAIR Bell , whose wife was found murdered in a sports centre car park , won undisclosed libel damages in the High Court yesterday over a story linking him with her death . |
| 2 | Mrs Lynch of Eleanor Street , Wigan , went to the local station at Ashton-in-Makerfield after her brother Stephen Wilkinson , 38 , was found hanged at a children 's play area . |
| 3 | Their whole day was spent arguing with a customs official over the contents of their truck . |
| 4 | Mrs Williams , 54 , is the former headmistress of St Paul 's Girls ' school in London who was forced to quit by a parents ' rebellion over an attempt to limit the number of GCSEs her girls sat . |
| 5 | The positive EGF staining of Barrett 's mucosal biopsy specimens was graded according to a criteria that we have developed . |