Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] of a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thinks his team were robbed of a penalty which could have meant a replay . |
| 2 | ODDBALL mum Doreen Reilly and her son Michael were robbed of a £29,000 nest-egg stashed in their CAR — after saving 40p on a parking fee . |
| 3 | Yet others , like the pumpkin , were made of a size to be shared amongst the whole neighbourhood , and many of these larger fruits were marked on their outer rind with vertical divisions , so as to make apportionment the easier . |
| 4 | Earlier , deputies were told of a breakthrough in the Black Sea Fleet conflict which had escalated tensions between Moscow and Kiev to dangerous levels . |
| 5 | Members of the housing committee of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities were told of a complaint by Tweeddale District Council over a request by a tenant , who was exercising his right-to-buy for the first time , that his fiancee be included as a joint purchaser . |
| 6 | Magistrates at Aylesbury were told of an incident last year involving horse called Max which was owned by Mr Hill and ridden by his wife Trelawny . |
| 7 | Forest dwellers were not to be compelled to attend the swanimotes , nor those who lived outside the forest to attend the Forest Eyre , unless they were accused of an offence , or were sureties for someone else . |
| 8 | Verhoeven 's demons were born of a harrowing , uniquely European childhood . |
| 9 | And today , details were announced of a charity ball to pave the way for a ChildLine service dedicated to Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | Such an interpretation would create procedural difficulties , particularly if , for example , a long adjournment were allowed of an application for renewal under the powers given by subs . |
| 11 | England were assured of a place in the final when Lisa Opie , the holder , beat the second-seeded Australian , Robyn Lambourne in four games . |
| 12 | ‘ We were thinking of a Fiat Panda , ’ said an executive of a British-based supply firm . |
| 13 | of defendants granted bail were convicted of an offence committed whilst on bail , this means that some 83 to 90 per cent . |
| 14 | NILTs were composed of a chairman and two members . |
| 15 | While the single-centre institutions found it somewhat easier to adopt the mantle of RMC , inevitably some of the multi-centre RMCs found their development delayed by management problems , especially where they were composed of a number of colleges which had to negotiate a series of complex mergers before they could start . |
| 16 | For long chains , co-operative motion can not be expected to extend along the entire length , and the polymer tends to act as if it were composed of a series of interconnected , but independent , kinetic units . |
| 17 | Because good works were required of a puritan as a duty of thanksgiving , the appeal of Bacon 's arguments to the intellectual leaders of the English Revolution can be readily understood . |
| 18 | In places the platform loggia was formed of a row of Doric columns , as at Negombo . |
| 19 | She wrote that she was dying of a fever , and asked him to visit her for the first and last time . |
| 20 | Skin tones varied , and scars like scarlet ropes ran about the anatomy , so that one was reminded of a butcher 's diagram . |
| 21 | His smile was so elfin I was reminded of a troll and a performance of Peer Gynt I had seen at the Maddermarket in Norwich . |
| 22 | Felix was reminded of a man in the grip of a terminal fever . |
| 23 | Wexford was reminded of a butterfly , fresh and lusty , that has escaped from a dried chrysalis . |
| 24 | She coughed and nodded towards a section that was cordoned off , where the tables were laid with cloths and Dexter was reminded of a holiday hotel on the Costa Brava . |
| 25 | Wycliffe was reminded of a busman 's holiday he had spent , not so long ago , across at St Mawes . |
| 26 | Watching , Jess was reminded of a pack of alley cats she 'd seen at the rear of Samson 's smithy one night . |
| 27 | Zambia was reminded of a line from a childhood poem : the smile on the face of the tiger . |
| 28 | He watched me , smiling but sharp , and for some reason — for no reason — I was reminded of a time at school when I had tried to make one friend betray another , and failed . |
| 29 | She was reminded of a remark in Tristram 's last letter to Beatrix — ‘ Such a foolish conceit , in both senses , eh ? ’ — and she wondered if she was about to succumb to a similar temptation . |
| 30 | His wavy black hair curled behind his ears so thickly that she was reminded of an Ingres portrait of a nobleman she had seen in one of Miss Hatherby 's books . |