Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The best made by far was the Ricoll and given a set of decently engraved keytops this would rate very highly as a direct replacement system and is also quite attractively priced .
2 Mr Koc said he was taken to the airport by Mr Ata Nur Kuntar and given a packet containing £2,500 , plus an envelope with three £50 notes in it as pocket money .
3 Mr Koc said he was taken to the airport by Mr Ata Nur Kuntar and given a packet containing £2,500 , plus an envelope with three £50 notes in it as pocket money .
4 A quarter of an hour later Taylor 's role changed from hero to villain when he was involved in a total misunderstanding with Hammond and headed a Steve Welsh centre into his own net .
5 A quarter of an hour later , though , Taylor 's role changed from hero to villain when he was involved in a total misunderstanding with Hammond and headed a Steve Welsh centre into his own net .
6 He gave evidence as to how he and other officers had approached Drew on 22 July and taken a statement .
7 Armed police later surrounded a house in High Street , Pershore and arrested a man in his 30's .
8 One day Leonie 's employer had got wind of what was going on , sacked Leonie and placed a telephone call to Victor Nicholson , the ignorant , ill-tempered manufacturer Hugo was contracted to at the time .
9 He attended St Andrews University , and took his MA by 1606 , when he was incorporated at Cambridge and elected a fellow of Sidney Sussex College .
10 I 'd gone into Woolworth 's in Reading and stolen a couple of things from there , and I was hanging around the car park .
11 Three North Koreans were killed and two South Korean soldiers wounded after a heavily armed North Korean patrol was said to have infiltrated the DMZ and encountered a South Korean unit .
12 ‘ Just a minute , ’ Laura , partially recovered , went to April and placed a hand on her mother .
13 Chris and Patrick had caught a train to London and taken a taxi straight to Richie 's flat .
14 My wife and I once went into a pharmacie in Montauban and requested a packet of bandages .
15 A GROWING demand for slate roofs has breathed new life into traditional slate quarrying in north Wales and given a fillip to villages that for centuries have relied on the industry for jobs .
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