Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Donna was born at Thorn House , was n't she ? ’ prompted Juliet . |
| 3 | Picasso was working at night and sleeping during the day , whilst Max earned the rent by taking a job in a department store . |
| 4 | It is not unlikely that he was the same man as Barates the Palmyrene whose wife Regina was buried at South Shields ; a Catuvellaunian by birth , she was at first his slave before he freed and married her . |
| 5 | Praetextatus of Rouen was tried at Paris in 577 , and Gregory himself at a gathering of bishops at the royal palace of Berny-Rivière in 580 : both these last trials were held under the aegis of Chilperic I. A year later the flight of Mummolus was discussed at Lyons . |
| 6 | Grandson Richard was looking at Masklin down the length of his nose . |
| 7 | Sales manager Richard Stallworthy was working at PNR AudioVision in Tottenham Court Road when the area was evacuated . |
| 8 | Scott was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College , Dublin , where he was classical scholar ( 1853 ) , graduating senior moderator in experimental physics ( 1855 ) , MA ( 1859 ) , and honorary D.Sc . |
| 9 | On St Andrew 's Day 1292 Balliol was crowned at Scone according to the ancient ritual . |
| 10 | The illegitimate son of a maidservant , Frank Roberts was born at Edinburgh in 1915 . |
| 11 | Dr. Lewis Brough M.D. was appointed at St. Peter 's on a temporary basis . |
| 12 | Erle was educated at Queen 's College , Oxford , and the Middle Temple . |
| 13 | Bevin rang London from the hotel room , and Edward was rung at home half an hour later . |
| 14 | King Edward was buried at Wareham , Dorset , after his death on March 18 , 978 . |
| 15 | Edward was staring at Paula and Sally did not like the expression on his face . |
| 16 | Once when Denis Wirth-Miller was staying at Allen Street he set out for Soho in a cab with Minton who had four sailors in tow . |
| 17 | In the following year , indeed , Joan of Arc was captured at Compiègne and in May 1431 , after what was a political trial carried out under ecclesiastical rules , she was condemned and burned at Rouen . |
| 18 | Praetextatus of Rouen was tried at Paris in 577 , and Gregory himself at a gathering of bishops at the royal palace of Berny-Rivière in 580 : both these last trials were held under the aegis of Chilperic I. A year later the flight of Mummolus was discussed at Lyons . |
| 19 | Ken was educated at Winchester School and then at New College , Oxford , where , together with senior and junior members of the university , he worshipped according to the liturgy of the Church of England in defiance of the laws of the Cromwellian regime . |
| 20 | Rocky was interviewed at half-time , he gave the impression that he was unhappy about not being in the team , but there was no rift with Wilko . |
| 21 | The son of an educationist , Daniele Bovet was born at Neuchatel , Switzerland , on March 23 1907 , and was instantly treated as a subject of research . |
| 22 | One month later , however , Sonja was working at Amersham Repertory Theatre as a student trainee — receiving no wages , but getting her maintenance paid by her ex-employer . |
| 23 | Endonuclease assay : Digestion of the unmodified pBR322 DNA with wild type and temperature-sensitive Eco K was performed at 30°C and 42°C in a buffer containing 0.1M HEPES pH 8.0 , 0.25mM EDTA , 12mM mercaptoethanol and 6.5mM MgCl 2 . |
| 24 | The son of a miner , Ronald Eyre was born at Mapplewell , Yorks , on April 13 1929 and educated at Queen Elizabeth 's Grammar School , Wakefield , and University College , Oxford , where he became the secretary of OUDS . |
| 25 | Charles Eyre was educated at Ushaw College in Durham , of which his great-uncle , Thomas Eyre [ q.v. ] , had been first president . |
| 26 | Eva was educated at home by a governess , Miss Noel , who grounded her in Latin , Greek , and Italian . |
| 27 | Moody was entertained at Dunrobin Castle near Golspie , and the Duke , who owned more acres than anyone in Europe , wrote to him , ‘ I shall never forget what I have heard from you . |
| 28 | Geoffrey Reginald Giles was born at Coventry on Dec 17 1936 and educated at Bablake School , Coventry , and Manchester University , where he qualified as a doctor in 1960 . |
| 29 | ‘ Jock ’ Swire was educated at Eton and University College , Oxford , where he obtained a third class in jurisprudence in 1913 . |
| 30 | One of Mr Stafford Smith 's clients in Mississippi was represented at trial by a third-year law student . |