Example sentences of "[adj] and [be] [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The row behind leaned forward to ask what was so funny and were told the story . |
| 2 | The widow of Ferdinand Marcos , Imelda returned to the Philippines in November 1991 and was offered the nomination of the largely defunct New Society Movement ( KBL ) , the political party created by her late husband . |
| 3 | This condition , Q =0 , , would be equally stable and is called the Reset condition . |
| 4 | He married his second wife Kay in 1980 and was awarded the CBE two years later . |
| 5 | But in July last year he became quite ill and was told the tumour had become ‘ aggressive . ’ |
| 6 | Morgan was honorary Colonel of 50 and 80 Air Formation Signal Regiments from 1952 to 1960 and was awarded the ERD . |
| 7 | He had a meteoric rise winning the Military Cross for leading an attack at Armentieres before becoming a lieutenant colonel in 1916 and being awarded the VC at the Somme . |
| 8 | Johnstone shot to fame as a 16 year old when he scored the winning goal for Rangers in the 1970 Cup Final against Celtic and was voted the Scottish Player of the Year in 1978 , the year of the abortive World Cup campaign in Argentina . |
| 9 | He was posted to London on promotion in 1953 and was replaced the following year by R. B. Wilson on transfer from the field staff in England . |
| 10 | He fought in South Africa from March 1900 until October 1901 and was awarded the DSO . |
| 11 | The skeleton was originally thought to be female and was called the ‘ Red Lady of Paviland ’ because the bones had been dyed with the red ochre of a ritual burial . |
| 12 | Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ( The General Register Office in St Catherine 's House , London ) A central register of births , deaths and the solemnization and registration of marriages , was begun on 1 July 1837 and was called The General Register Office . |
| 13 | The Institute moved into its present premises at 105 Gower Street , London , in 1936 and was granted the prefix ‘ Royal ’ in its Jubilee Year in 1961 . |
| 14 | The new school was opened in 1927 and was called the Central School and the new road was named Staveley Road , which was lined with flowering cherry trees , a great attraction for visitors every year during blossom time — one of the more notable visitors each year was the late Queen Mary , consort to the King at that time , George V. |