Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] seat [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Billing retained his seat at the 1918 general election , ill health forced his retirement in 1921 . |
| 2 | Mrs Chalker , who lost her seat at the general election , faced giving up her job as Minister of the Overseas Development Administration and Britain 's leading representative at the European Bank , leaving a gap in the British team but will continue in her post from the House of Lords . |
| 3 | Anxiety is growing over the Government 's commitment to energy sources such as wind , wave and solar power since Colin Moynihan , the Energy Minister who championed the cause , lost his seat at the general election . |
| 4 | He was thus a particular target for the Tories , and according to his own account lost his seat at the 1702 election after a specific campaign against him inspired by the Tory leaders . |
| 5 | Mr R A Owens lost his seat as an Elected Member of Council and was replaced by Air Vice-Marshal D Whittaker . |
| 6 | As a result , he was dropped as secretary and member of the executive of the 1922 Committee and lost his seat on the Conservative Home Affairs Committee . |
| 7 | International : Hong Kong : If the hat fits This weekend , Chris Patten , Tory Party chairman who lost his seat in the general election , is taking a break in France to consider a new job offer — the Governorship of Hong Kong . |
| 8 | Khan lost his seat in the 1991 elections , when a Hindu revivalist wave swept his constituency . |
| 9 | Lubbock tried to insist that owners would lose ‘ nothing but the childish pleasure of destruction ’ , but his bill failed , that year and every year until he lost his seat in the 1880 general election . |
| 10 | He lost his seat in the Conservative landslide of 1895 . |
| 11 | Full of beans , I took my seat at the stalled dinner . |
| 12 | Smiling at the round of applause from his audience , he took his seat on the front chaise longue and the show began . |
| 13 | Ismail Mahomed became the first black judge in the country 's history when he took his seat in the Supreme Court on Aug. 12 . |
| 14 | It remained his seat for a few months short of thirty years . |