Example sentences of "and was [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legislative and presidential elections were held simultaneously in April 1988 , when President Paul Biya , who first came to office in November 1982 and was confirmed in office in the presidential elections of January 1984 , obtained 98.75 per cent of the vote ; 153 new deputies were elected to the National Assembly . |
| 2 | The award was collected on behalf of the company by Chris Elsmore , who created the design at the studios in Elderslie , Chris has worked for the company for four years and was trained in embroidery at Loughborough College of Art and Design . |
| 3 | He was elected chairman of backbench smaller businesses committee , and was appointed as delegate to NATO , specialising in human rights . |
| 4 | He succeeded his brother James as second baronet in 1761 , gained election as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries , and was appointed as chirographer to the Court of Common Pleas in 1766 . |
| 5 | While studying Fine Art at Trent Polytechnic , Jan suffered a nervous breakdown and was treated for depression . |
| 6 | His wife escaped with her life and was treated for shock . |
| 7 | She has only recently returned to full duties , and was treated for shock and minor cuts . |
| 8 | As her knowledge of European art history increased and now that she had found the Musée des Beaux Arts in Paris where she felt comfortable and was treated with respect , her talent for recognizing saleable patterns , ripe for rediscovery , flourished . |
| 9 | He was later released through Romero 's efforts , at which point he joined a guerrilla movement and was killed in combat . |
| 10 | Rowley Mill , next downstream , like Clanna and Rodmore , was originally an iron forge and was advertised for sale in 1797 . |
| 11 | A synthetic dodecapeptide of A-gliadin ( residues 206–217 ) was kindly provided by Dr D Jewell , Radcliffe Infirmary , Oxford , and was conjugated to tuberculin purified protein derivative ( PPD ) to act as a carrier using 0.05% gluteraldehyde . |
| 12 | He was committed to middle-of-the-road filmmaking , which he defined as ‘ escape entertainment of pleasant people in pleasant surroundings doing pleasant things ’ , had an eye for a subject that could be exploited , and was fascinated by stardom . |
| 13 | And was sent to hell-–re . |
| 14 | He landed on the person 's head who had given the ring to Tim in front of him and was sent to court at Newgate . |
| 15 | Finally James Paine committed an assault on the master , and was sent to gaol for two months whereupon his wife Sarah , who had by then been herself admitted , ‘ maliciously broke a square of glass in the dining hall window and was very violent ’ . |
| 16 | Watkinson was struck during his innings of 27 and was sent to hospital for a precautionary X-ray Lancashire taking no chances ahead of next month 's Benson and Hedges final . |
| 17 | The race took place in the Greyhound Hotel and was organized by landlord Dave Mason . |
| 18 | I went to court and was remanded into custody . |
| 19 | The boy admitted assaulting the girl and was remanded on bail for reports . |
| 20 | Fowers , 26 , of Windermere Avenue , Warrington , pleaded guilty to two offences of theft and was remanded on bail until July 16 for reports . |
| 21 | He was cleared of wounding two other youths , but convicted of affray and was remanded in custody to be sentenced today . |
| 22 | Yesterday Colin Griffiths from London was charged with his murder and was remanded in custody for a month . |
| 23 | Man charged : Steven Leach , 35 , of The Close , Walton , appeared at Liverpool today charged with abducting and indecently assaulting a boy of four , and was remanded in custody until Friday , after a massive police search . |
| 24 | LABOURER Michael McNeil , 48 , of Glebeland Road , Culcheth , Warrington , appeared before the town 's magistrates yesterday charged with murdering landscape gardener Graham Oultram , 57 , and was remanded in custody until June 29 after no application for bail was made . |
| 25 | The man had appeared before Darlington magistrates on a drink-driving charge and was remanded in custody . |
| 26 | Kevin Brown , 23 , of James Hogg Crescent , Oakley , made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody . |
| 27 | James Nicholas , 27 , of Parkville Drive , Blantyre , made no plea and was remanded in custody . |
| 28 | Patricia Marsh , 23 , of Ivyleigh , Liverpool , faces six charges and was remanded in custody until tomorrow . |
| 29 | He made no plea and was remanded in custody . |
| 30 | Andrew Deacons , of Granby Avenue , Livingston , made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody . |