Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] were [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | They had reached the beginning of Western Road and were passing the Cork & Muskerry Railway station . |
2 | The deputy Labour leader , Margaret Beckett , told Tony Newton , the leader of the Commons , who was standing in for Mr Major at Question Time : ‘ How would you feel if you were serving in the British Army under fire in Bosnia and were handed a P45 ? ’ |
3 | The visitors were engineers from the in Japan and were making a fleeting tour of maltings around the UK . |
4 | When his sons returned to Tahiti and were asked the fate of their father they said : |
5 | His parents then called from the USA and were given the false impression that British Consul staff were co-ordinating the search , when they actually had no regular contact with the Spanish authorities involved . |
6 | Both Willibrord , English apostle to the Frisians , and Wynfrith , were consecrated bishop by the pope in Rome and were given the names of Roman martyrs whose feasts fell around the time of their consecration : Willibrord Clement and Wynfrith Boniface . |
7 | The Turks had invaded the Aden Protectorate from the Yemen and were fighting the British forces not far away at Lahej . |
8 | The chosen premises were at Rawdon near Leeds and were named the " Ernest Ayliffe Home " , in recognition of his service to the BDDA . |
9 | They were from Bolton and were delivering a prefabricated office to the UN in Split . |