Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Easily Accessible : Buxton was discovered by the Romans who named it rather poetically ‘ the spa of the Blue Waters ’ . |
| 2 | While he was out , Buxton was let into the house by Hendley and lay in wait at the top of the stairs . |
| 3 | A military member of the National Salvation Front also disclosed yesterday that ex-President Ceaucescu was captured at a roadblock north of Bucharest while trying to flee . |
| 4 | Fasting was maintained for a further 2 hours , after which a normal diet was permitted . |
| 5 | Fasting was maintained for a minimum of six hours . |
| 6 | It was Sunday and Nellie was visiting with the twins . |
| 7 | Nellie was sitting at the bedside . |
| 8 | Nellie was chuckling at the story . |
| 9 | Mrs Spencer was seated at a table spread with drawings , paint and brushes . |
| 10 | Tensions between the MFGB and the NMA grew , and by mid-November Spencer was negotiating with the Nottinghamshire owners for a separate settlement ; this was concluded on 20 November . |
| 11 | Spencers became Knights of the Garter , Privy Councillors , ambassadors and a First Lord of the Admiralty while the third Earl Spencer was considered as a possible Prime Minister . |
| 12 | Again Shiona was filled with the urge to say it , to hurt him as he had so often hurt her . |
| 13 | For an instant Shiona was overcome by a sense of total confusion . |
| 14 | There was surprise expressed when Downey was included in the semi-final line-up but he made an invaluable contribution in the second half through his positional sense and slick distribution . |
| 15 | Cunningham was leafing through a copy of the Financial Times at his desk amidst a cloud of cigar-smoke , beaming like some genial movie mogul , altogether unaffected , it seemed , by the events of the previous night . |
| 16 | Dr Cunningham was fixated on the potent effect of sex and socialism on Patricia Hewitt 's homophobic pensioners , who were yet still ignorant of their imminent deliverance by Glenys Thornton 's ‘ Plan To Win ’ : Mr Roberts , though extremely mindful of Labour 's Duty To Win , had had close working experience with the Labour Campaign for Lesbian and Gay Rights . |
| 17 | Joel Gascoyne was apprenticed for a period of seven years from 21 October 1668 to John Thornton . |
| 18 | A dishevelled Michael Stein was leaning against a faded sign scribbled on the peeling wall . |
| 19 | It was claimed that Kylie was placed on a special 1500 calorie a day diet to try to replace the lost weight . |
| 20 | Not only proud to display her naked breasts — which attracted some criticism from some quarters for their shape and size — Kylie was revelling in the debate about her body . |
| 21 | By his second marriage , to Marie de St Pol , at Paris in July 1321 , Aymer was related to a family which held lordships in Artois and the Pas-de-Calais very close to the Channel ports at Boulogne and Wissant . |
| 22 | A marquis , Ridolfi was related to the Medici family through the marriage of one of his ancestors to a daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent ; another member of the family , Cosimo Rodolfi , was a leading figure of the 19th century Risorgimento and the founder of Florence 's first savings bank . |
| 23 | In 1963 Earp returned to England , Lawrie was transferred to the North Lowlands Unit and Johnstone became the District Geologist for the Highlands and Islands . |
| 24 | Six weeks later Falconer was discovered at the base of the tower . ’ |
| 25 | On Tuesday morning , Falconer was found at the base of the tower , his neck broke , his head shattered . ’ |
| 26 | However , after the NL was disbanded at the outbreak of war , ex-members of this organization were to join the move towards a closer collaboration of anti-semitic , pro-nazi and peace movements . |
| 27 | Arab League Foreign Ministers , at the conclusion of a summit meeting in Tunis on March 10-11 , agreed unanimously to move the League 's general secretariat back to Cairo , almost 11 years after Tunis was chosen as the League 's " temporary " headquarters in reaction to Egypt 's signing of the 1979 Camp David peace accord with Israel . |
| 28 | Portugal was ruled by an authoritarian dictatorship , and so was at odds with the principles of liberal democracy that were deeply embedded in the life of the other six . |
| 29 | Part of the track which went over the river Wey was supported by a ferro-concrete bridge — revolutionary in its day . |
| 30 | O ’ Neil was sent to a Young Offenders ' Institute for four years after admitting aggravated burglary and grievous bodily harm . |