Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [vb pp] [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 Mrs Spencer was seated at a table spread with drawings , paint and brushes .
7 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 .
8 Again Shiona was filled with the urge to say it , to hurt him as he had so often hurt her .
9 For an instant Shiona was overcome by a sense of total confusion .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 Joel Gascoyne was apprenticed for a period of seven years from 21 October 1668 to John Thornton .
13 It was claimed that Kylie was placed on a special 1500 calorie a day diet to try to replace the lost weight .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 Six weeks later Falconer was discovered at the base of the tower . ’
18 On Tuesday morning , Falconer was found at the base of the tower , his neck broke , his head shattered . ’
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 Part of the track which went over the river Wey was supported by a ferro-concrete bridge — revolutionary in its day .
23 O ’ Neil was sent to a Young Offenders ' Institute for four years after admitting aggravated burglary and grievous bodily harm .
24 Eventually Neil was interviewed by a customs officer who , he says , ‘ Looked like Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks , but unlike him was as straight on the inside as he appeared on the outside . ’
25 Vladimir Felzmann , youth officer in the diocese of Westminster , and Gordon Wilson , remembered for his words spoken after his daughter Marie was killed by a bomb blast at Enniskillen in 1987 .
26 George Burt was born in the cottage , demolished in 1908 , between Hixon 's and Brown 's fish shop .
27 Callaghan 's in Maghull was devastated by an explosion in the early hours of this morning .
28 The state of Jammu and Kashmir was excluded from the May national elections by a presidential order signed on April 18 .
29 It was here that the wife of Prince Windischgrätz was killed by a stray bullet and this caused the prince to react with unnecessary violence against the protesters .
30 King Abdallah was assassinated by a Palestinian in Jerusalem in July 1951 .
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