Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [prep] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Thomas Brereton lived at The Grange , Dr Samuel Rooth at Grange House , Samuel Lucas , iron founder , resided at the Hall , the Manor House was divided between a farmer/cattle dealer and a farmer/coal owner , and at The Rookery Mr W. H. Rangeley was looked after by his ‘ devoted begum ’ who was born in Tobago . |
| 2 | His attempts to turn RIC men from soldiers into policemen may have been appropriate in the largely peaceful Ireland of the 1890s , but when the RIC was called upon in 1919 to resume its military character in order to defeat the IRA it was to prove unequal to the task . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the pilot of Beyond Our Ken was listened to by the BBC mandarins , who decided they liked a great deal about it and decreed it would definitely become a radio series . |
| 4 | The Gothic style of architecture in England was employed from about 1170–1560 ; a long period , possibly longer than that in any other country . |
| 5 | Administratively Korea was dealt with by the Colonial Ministry until 1942 when the Home Ministry assumed responsibility . |
| 6 | As the discussion followed between the now cosseted intruder and the male members of the small walking party which had found its grail at the lakeside Hotel , Miss Skelton was deferred to by her father , complimented by her mother , patted and plumped by her friends and avoided only by the chaplain , the Reverend Nicholson , who , Hope judged , was in love with her but too poor to press , too honourable to hotly pursue any claim . |
| 7 | For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time . |
| 8 | ITV was paid for by advertisements , carefully regulated by the Independent Broadcasting Authority . |
| 9 | In Wales , Caerphilly was referred to as ‘ new cheese ’ , as it could be ready for sale within ten days of making . |
| 10 | It may be significant that Clovis was murdered at about this time , apparently at Fredegund 's instigation . |
| 11 | The superintendent said she wanted some men to investigate the stories that Nicola was looking into before her death — child porn and drugs . |
| 12 | The other teenage boys in the room were obviously heated with drugs and talk of women , for Amal was pounced upon by several boys at once and found herself pinned to the floor . |
| 13 | But it was a time of several kingdoms and Princess Thanew was proposed to by a neighbouring king . |
| 14 | They are is the qualities which Robert Reid , Chief Executive of Shell UK was looking for in new recruits , as he told the North of England Education Conference in the Isle of Man in 1989 . |
| 15 | Fazila and Salima attended English classes but Ruksana was forbidden to by her father-in-law who thought she had too much to do in the house . |
| 16 | And Jesus was going across to the other side to look for this man . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The Sex Disqualification ( Removal ) Act 1919 , designed to facilitate the admission of women to the House of Commons but worded in such a way as to be apt to give them access also to the House of Lords was seized upon by Viscountess Rhondda as having this effect but the Committee of Privileges refused to endorse her claim and the House rejected it . |
| 19 | Anyway , Benguiat made up to him and gave him a big kiss and then the next day things got bad again because Parkinson was going to in room number two above this floor to sort out his slides and Benguiat had been in there and evidently he had just decided to tuck his shirt in and loosen his trousers and while he was tucking his shirt in Parkinson came in and says aha , caught you with your pants down , and Benguiat storms out of the room . |
| 20 | On 27 June the Attorney-General sent to Buckingham warrants for the sale of Neroche , Selwood and Feckenham Forests , and the disafforestment of Braydon was begun at about the same time . |
| 21 | On August 2nd , 1951 , 48-year old Mrs Mabel Tattershaw was spoken to by the man next to her in the Roxy Cinema , Nottingham . |
| 22 | Although it was generally believed in Thrush Green that ‘ poor Dimity was put upon by Ella ’ , it was not the case . |
| 23 | The neighbours would be interested in whom that nice Major Maxim was talking to on the doorstep , too . |
| 24 | Eventually the day consecrated by the Romans to the sun was identified with the Jewish first day , and given a Christian interpretation where Christ was referred to as the ‘ Sun of Righteousness ’ . |
| 25 | Four points from four games is not the start Souness was hoping for in Liverpool 's centenary season . |
| 26 | What Americans came to call ‘ the movies ’ and what in Britain was referred to as ‘ the pictures ’ had emerged out of a complex and distinctive metropolitan and urban culture which was very much achieving its quiddity as the nineteenth century came to a close . |
| 27 | The population of Britain was to rise from between seven and eight million in 1760 to 15 million in 1820 — in other words , it doubled in a period of 60 years . |
| 28 | It was revealed that Newall was staying with with friends in Fulham when Rachel was killed . |
| 29 | When poor Col. Griffin was laughed at for suggesting that Baptists establish a University in England , the laughter did not come from the descendants of Matthew Arnold who saw them as psalm-singing greengrocers , but from his fellow Baptists . |
| 30 | The direct cost of the Gulf war to France was estimated at between F8,000 million and F9,000 million , which would be partially covered by contributions from Kuwait ( US$1,000 million ) , Germany ( DM300 million ) , Belgium and Japan . |