Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] was [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither sentence was carried out and , ironically , both of them ended their lives as virtual pensioners of the French colonial government . |
| 2 | A FRAIL pensioner was tied up and tortured in his bed by masked raiders . |
| 3 | The building was not built in ninety one , whether there 's any relevance or not , where they 're trying to prove that the building has been up for some time , they 'd say , it 's not , that building was put up this year . |
| 4 | 213 Squadron was led off in sections , each headed by a Fulmar , but that leading Flt.Lt . |
| 5 | He had a sneaking suspicion Philpott had members of staff whose sole function was to dig up the personal indiscretions of those people who could be beneficial to UNACO , then use them as a form of blackmail to get what he wanted . |
| 6 | Dubbed ‘ The Beast of Shepherds Bush ’ for a string of sex attacks on blonde women in 1969 , Lashley expressed no emotion when the guilty verdict was read out . |
| 7 | One is that the not guilty verdict was brought on the understanding that she sought medical help in a psychiatric hospital , and that poor Jane finished her days in Broadmoor . |
| 8 | The latest offer by the Parish Council to convert one of the existing swings for toddler use as an interim measure was turned down because ‘ the existing equipment would not allow a conversion that would meet British Standard requirement . ’ |
| 9 | Thanks to this initiative , the attempted rising was put down in Madrid and Barcelona , though not without excesses and vandalism which did considerable harm to the Republican cause . |
| 10 | Nevertheless in theory and to some extent in practice a programme of very far-reaching change was carried out ; and this was achieved in one of the most intellectually backward and undeveloped areas in Western Europe . |
| 11 | It seemed the future was not without promise , and a European base was set up with the amiable Andrew Ferguson as team-manager . |
| 12 | Dara was dressed in ‘ dirty cloth of the coarsest texture , and his sorry turban was wrapped around with a muffler like that worn by the meanest of people . ’ |
| 13 | The beginning of this century produced phenomena which equally emphatically showed that light was made up of tiny particles . |
| 14 | That figure was made up as to sixteen thousand three hundred and seventy eight pounds being two third of Mr salary plus an addition of about four thousand pounds to cover Mrs additional help . |
| 15 | Each tape was made up in a random order with the constraint that no two junctions of the same type should appear in consecutive positions within any block . |
| 16 | SIX members of the Parachute Regiment face charges in connection with the death of two teenagers who were killed when a stolen car was fired on , on Upper Glen Road , Belfast , on September 30 , 1990 . |
| 17 | The band containing each protein was cut out and the gel was emulsified in Freund complete adjuvant for injection . |
| 18 | That defeat was followed up on Monday evening with another , this time by Lurgan , which leaves the Seasiders firmly rooted to the bottom of the table . |
| 19 | The teams were involved in a goalmouth scrap and a player from each side was sent off . |
| 20 | We believe a professional killer was flown in . ’ |
| 21 | I shall want to know how he knew when and from where that bomber was taking off . |
| 22 | Her light brown hair was drawn back into rather too severe a knot for the broad serious forehead , but the features were dainty and she had lovely grey eyes . |
| 23 | A chap with short brown hair was smiling down at me . |
| 24 | In the event , only £575,000 of this grant was taken up . |
| 25 | All of this change was brought about by pressure from the integrated education movement discussed in the next section . |
| 26 | Everything about her past sexual experience was brought out . |
| 27 | P.J.A. Thompson of 261 Squadron was shot down and killed in V7115 . |
| 28 | 261 Squadron was taken over by Sqn.Ldr . |
| 29 | Another favourite pastime was to chat up the girls from Directory Enquiries while they were getting phone numbers . |
| 30 | Women , who predominated in the junior schools , did not get equal pay in principle until 1955 ( or in reality until 1962 ) , despite a vigorous campaign throughout the 1940s , so yet further inequality was built in between groups of teachers . |