Example sentences of "[coord] was [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the accused entered the room , he had appreciated that something had or was taking place because the youths had been leaning over his fiancee . |
| 2 | He spoke not because he felt that the denomination was threatened or was losing ground but because the status quo did not give Congregationalism the dignity its growing wealth and membership had earned for it . |
| 3 | He qualified at the College in 1824 , being rather older than most of the students , and was appointed demonstrator in anatomy by Coleman . |
| 4 | He volunteered for duty and was appointed Quarter Master General in charge of the British army stores at Montreal . |
| 5 | He was re-elected to Parliament in 1892 , as member for North Bedfordshire , and was appointed under-secretary for India and then , in 1894 , under-secretary in the home department . |
| 6 | Stefani retained his politburo membership and was appointed Chairman of the State Control Commission , in place of Manush Myftiu who also lost his post as Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers . |
| 7 | On retiring from the post he became a life peer and was appointed deputy leader of the Labour Party in the Lords in 1982 , an office he relinquished only two years ago , |
| 8 | He was elected a director of the rapidly expanding Company in 1767 , and was appointed deputy chairman the following year . |
| 9 | Paul Lawson from Melbourne had worked with Oz in Sydney and he automatically came round , and was appointed deputy editor . |
| 10 | He became a life peer when he retired from that post and was appointed deputy leader of the Labour Party in the Lords in 1982 , an office he relinquished only two years ago . |
| 11 | Hayman concluded his career as High Commissioner in Canada , and was appointed KCMG in 1971 . |
| 12 | In 1981 he moved to programmes and planning , helping to coordinate Harwell 's programmes , while still maintaining contacts with the European Commission and DTI officials , and was appointed head of research planning and information services in 1983 . |
| 13 | He returned to the School in December 1945 and was appointed Head of Department in 1952 on the death of Mr. Paine , with whom he had pioneered oral methods of teaching French back in the 1930s . |
| 14 | Alvaro Cunhal , 79 , resigned on Dec. 4 after 32 years as secretary-general of the Portuguese Communist Party and was appointed head of the party 's new national council ; Carlos Carvalhas was elected as his successor . |
| 15 | Baker retired in the same year and was appointed CB . |
| 16 | Shortly afterwards , Harrison was recalled to Rochester Row and was appointed Adviser in VD to the War Office . |
| 17 | A Mr. Tremlett transferred from the police and was appointed Inspector covering the Penge area lines , a task which he performed efficiently throughout the life of the trams . |
| 18 | [ Then ] he was removed and was appointed Mufti in the city of Constantinople in 870/1465–6 after Molla Fahreddin Acemi . |
| 19 | ( Graeme Clark has been a Baptist minister for the last ten years and was appointed Executive Director of Glasgow City Mission in May 1992 . |
| 20 | She had been born into the Normandy nobility , had connections at Court , and was appointed reader to the Empress Eugenie . |
| 21 | After Edward III 's death Herland was regranted the pesage of wools at Queenborough , and in 1378 received also the pesage at Sandwich and was appointed carpenter and controller of works at Rochester Castle . |
| 22 | The firm is one of the oldest holders of a royal warrant in existence , and was appointed pianoforte manufacturer to King George II . |
| 23 | Mr Dignum , 52 , has been group financial director since 1988 and was appointed finance director of the stores in January . |
| 24 | Equally uncertain is the length of his stay in Egypt : Ibn Hajar , followed by Taskopruzade , says only that " he returned to Rum and was appointed kadi of Bursa " , which post , as will be shown below , he held for the first time probably from about 795/1392–3 to about 805/1402–3 . |
| 25 | Maginn applied and was appointed missioner to the " Missions to the Adult Deaf and Dumb of Ireland " , with special responsibility for Belfast and Cork . |
| 26 | He was surveyor ( 1712 ) to the Mersey and Irwell navigation and was appointed engineer when work began in 1721 to make these rivers navigable from Warrington to Manchester . |
| 27 | In the 1914–1918 War , he was largely responsible for reactivating the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve , and was appointed Commander of the Clyde Division , rising to Commodore in 1921 before retiring in 1927 . |
| 28 | Sir Michael became Chemicals Coordinator in 1976 , and was appointed director for North America in 1979 , also becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Unilever United States Inc . |
| 29 | A little more of the same , ’ he said to the waitress who had come to the table with Harvey 's coffee and was watching Signor fragolli with close interest . |
| 30 | Edward IV himself fell into the rebels ' hands and was sent prisoner first to Warwick castle and then to the Nevilles ' northern stronghold of Middleham in Wensleydale . |