Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CD saw the tower of the Papal Palace at Avignon where Rienzi was imprisoned by Pope Clement VI in 1352 , when he was tried by the Inquisition . |
| 2 | In order to store the increased amount of scenery and wardrobe , he bought new premises at Heald Grove , Rusholme , and his daughter Nellie was put in charge . |
| 3 | Suddenly Shiona was trembling with outrage , but her tone was as cool as tempered steel as she told him , ‘ The only ambition I have regarding Kirsty is to be appointed as her legal guardian ! ’ |
| 4 | Suddenly Shiona was trembling with anger . |
| 5 | Narayan Raghavan Pillai was born of Nair ( warrior ) stock on July 24 1898 at Trivandrum , in the state of Travancore and Cochin . |
| 6 | Luhti was arrested in August and is now in investigative custody on suspicion of embezzlement through his Swiss Adiuva Finanz AG investment company , declared bankrupt a week ago . |
| 7 | Fr Cunningham was born in India and went to school in the North-East , where a priest suggested he consider going into the ministry . |
| 8 | While he was still at headquarters , the unfortunate Cunningham was sacked by Auchinleck and replaced by General Ritchie . |
| 9 | IFN was started in February , 1993 , for chronic viral hepatitis C. ALT was 180 IU/L , CD4 cells 600/L , and serum p24 antigen was negative . |
| 10 | Born in Gorebridge , Midlothian , in 1932 , Deirdre was educated at Loretto Junior Secondary School in Musselburgh and St Catharine 's Convent School in Edinburgh , taking her MA ( Hons ) in English at Edinburgh University with teaching and education diplomas from Craiglockhart College and Edinburgh University . |
| 11 | Within four weeks of filming her final episode and saying goodbye to her friends at Grundy , Kylie was based in London where she was now enjoying the sort of stardom attention reserved for Madonna and Michael Jackson . |
| 12 | A session with Bakha was said to have taken place while Kylie was working on Neighbours . |
| 13 | Bert was told by Arthur , who was known in the firm as a practical joker , that wearing goggles could result in loss of libido . |
| 14 | In 1911 , following six months ' military service with the Danish infantry , Rambush was invited to England by Arthur H. Lymn , who had formed a business in London to further develop and exploit commercially existing processes of gas production for industrial purposes . |
| 15 | In the following months Kelantan was swept by Gulf war fervour , of the anti-American variety . |
| 16 | J. G. C. Anderson was recruited in 1937 and T. R. M. Lawrie was transferred from England in 1939 . |
| 17 | Bell Lawrie was acquired by Hill Samuel , the merchant banking arm of the TSB banking group , in 1989 and merged with another broker , Robert White , the following year . |
| 18 | In 1957 Lawrie was promoted to District Geologist of the Highlands and Islands district . |
| 19 | ‘ Now , I believe Falconer was murdered on Easter Monday ? ’ |
| 20 | When the vastly popular Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis was appointed to Canada in 1946 , Letson — as a soldier with wide connections in business and society — proved an admirable choice as Secretary to the Governor-General . |
| 21 | BCCI SA was registered in Luxembourg , but ran its international operations from London , which accounted for nearly half of its assets . |
| 22 | The World Bank granted Algeria a total of dollars 341,000,000 in loans during its fiscal year ending June 30 , 1989 , including a dollars 63,000,000 loan for improvements to the ports of Algiers , Oran and Annaba was approved on June 29 ( see also pp. 36749 ; 36905 ) . |
| 23 | Erik Pedersen , Brann. regular starter in our first team — previously played in IFK Gothenburg and was swapped with Joachim Bjorcklund this season ( Bjorcklund and team-mate Karlson was linked with Leeds last season , Bjorcklund stayed and Karslon went to Blackburn ) . |
| 24 | In the days before glasnost — which his fictions may be thought to have rehearsed and predicted , but which could well mean that his fictions will no longer be for the West what they have been so far , when the thing that they deplore was still there in its entirety to be deplored — Kundera was forced into exile in the ‘ free world ’ of the time . |
| 25 | The formation of an Economic Council under the supervision of President Rabbani was announced on July 6 . |
| 26 | Widespread flooding in Kashmir was reported on Sept. 12 to have killed 220 people [ see p. 39098 for Pakistan flood disaster ] . |
| 27 | The Anglo-Italian — also blighted by low gates — saw four players sent off in Birmingham 's match with Bari two weeks ago , while West Ham 's Trevor Morley was dismissed on Tuesday against Reggiana at Upton Park and Cremonese 's Luigo Gualco was shown the red card at Tranmere . |
| 28 | BELOW : Millend was gutted by fire when it was a maltings . |
| 29 | Between then and 1872 Millend was advertised for sale by auction on several occasions . |
| 30 | Eva Braun was dressed for action : zipped PVC jackboots and Chanel no. 5 . |