Example sentences of "was [verb] [noun] on [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former King Michael , who had tried to re-enter Romania on Dec. 25 , 1990 , only to be expelled after 12 hours at the airport , was given leave on Jan. 6 to have his Romanian citizenship restored . |
| 2 | Caesars Hotel Casino in Atlantic City was fined $250,000 on Wednesday for removing black women from a dice table for a high-stakes gambler who wanted to gamble only with white , male dealers . |
| 3 | Caesars Hotel Casino in Atlantic City was fined $250,000 on Wednesday for removing black women from a dice table for a high-stakes gambler who wanted to gamble only with white , male dealers . |
| 4 | Tam David-West , Petroleum Resources Minister in 1984-86 and subsequently Mines , Power and Steel Minister until 1988 , was granted bail on Sept. 17 after being charged with " corruptly enriching " in 1986 a United States-based oil company . |
| 5 | An internal document containing the European Commission 's official proposals for economic and monetary union ( EMU ) , prepared in anticipation of the intergovernmental conference scheduled for December in Rome , was made public on Aug. 21 by the Commission 's President , Jacques Delors . |
| 6 | A list of goods on which the USA might impose punitive tariffs , covering about one-fifth of Chinese exports to the USA , was made public on Aug. 21 for discussion . |
| 7 | US President Bush , in a letter to the US Congress which was made public on Oct. 26 , stated his intention to provide renewed military aid for Jordan ( cut off because of Jordan 's stance in the Gulf war — see pp. 38024 ; 38119 , 38311 ) . |
| 8 | A new State Administrative Council ( Cabinet ) was made public on May 24 . |
| 9 | A new State Administrative Council was made public on May 1990 [ see pp. 37455-56 ] . |
| 10 | A video recording of a visit made to North Korea in mid-May by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , Hans Blix , and a team of inspectors , was made public on June 3 . |
| 11 | The scandal , dubbed " Danubegate " because of its similarities to the notorious US " Watergate " affair of 1972-74 , was made public on Jan. 5 at a press conference by members of the opposition Alliance of Free Democrats ( SzDSz ) and League of Young Democrats ( FIDESZ ) . |
| 12 | Then , in May 1952 , the Bonn Treaty was made conditional on Germany drafting troops for service in a European Army . |
| 13 | Prime Minister Aleksander Meksi visited Italy on Oct. 2 , meeting Foreign Affairs Minister Emilio Colombo and President Oscar Scalfaro who was to visit Albania on Oct. 26 . |
| 14 | On Aug. 28 it was reported that Patten was to visit China on Oct. 12-14 , when it was expected that he would have talks with Premier Li Peng and other officials . |
| 15 | thank you , Now I go back to the table , let's try and er get down to some specific example , when would er , when was priced Westcliff on Sea ? , when , when was that begun to develop er Mr |
| 16 | On the following Monday some of them pursued him to a review that was taking place on Wimbledon Common , while others went to the City , occupied the Royal Exchange and picketed the coffee houses , carrying placards reading More Wages . |
| 17 | Marham was to provide all of the Washington aircraft for the review which was taking place on July 15 , 1953 ; a 12-ship formation and four a static display . |
| 18 | One of the last actions of the outgoing Congress ( I ) government was to release Mann on Dec. 2 and to drop all conspiracy charges against him . |
| 19 | Fuck her I was drinking stout on Saturday night and normally do n't do it because we 've simply no money ! on the vodka and say it was n't even enough to buy a carry out but do n't say it unless she says she was here ! |
| 20 | In Goa a former union minister , B. P. Singh , was appointed Governor on March 15 . |
| 21 | Lillie , Lillie , we was playing darts on Monday , came out from the ladies toilets ' and said You ought to see that skirting board , it 's all coming away and rotting . |
| 22 | The first count of the declaration stated that the plaintiff had commenced action against the defendant in the Court of Exchequer to recover two sums of £700 and £1,300 , respectively , issue had been joined and the hearing was to take place on December 7 , 1844 ; that the defendant , on December 6 , 1844 , promised the plaintiff that , if he ( plaintiff ) would forbear prosecuting the proceedings until December 14 , the defendant would on that day pay the money with interest and costs ; that the plaintiff , relying on this promise , forbore prosecuting the action until the day named but that the defendant did not pay the money or costs . |
| 23 | Voting was to take place on Aug. 23 ( constituencies in the governorates of North Lebanon and the Bekaa ) , Aug. 30 ( governorates of Beirut and Mount Lebanon ) , and Sept. 6 ( governorates of the South and Nabatiyah ) . |
| 24 | She had entered the world in the January of what would prove to be a notorious year down in Stepney : a series of brutal murders was to take place on Ratcliff Highway , a major road which ran to the south of Well Close Square and right past St George 's church itself . |
| 25 | Nujoma , whose SWAPO liberation movement had spearheaded the independence struggle since 1960 , was elected President on Feb. 16 , 1990 , by a unanimous vote of the Assembly . |
| 26 | Ronald Venetiaan , the candidate of the coalition New Front for Democracy and Development ( NF ) , was elected President on Sept. 7 , ending four months of uncertainty over the future government of the country . |
| 27 | Rodríguez , who overthrew the former military dictator Gen. Alfredo Stroessner in Feb. 1989 [ see p. 35887 ] , was elected President on May 1 , 1989 , with 74 per cent of the vote ; on the same day in congressional elections the Colorado Party received 73 per cent of votes [ see p. 36652 ] . |
| 28 | Miguel Trovoada , an independent opposition leader who had returned from exile to the islands in May 1990 [ see p. 37674 ] , was elected President on March 3 , 1991 . |
| 29 | Ishaq Khan was elected President on Dec. 12 , winning a large majority of votes in an electoral college comprising the National Assembly , the Senate and the four Provincial Assemblies ( see p. 37150 ) . |
| 30 | Amid allegations of fraud and electoral malpractice , Roh Tae Woo , a candidate of the ruling Democratic Justice Party ( DJP ) , was elected President on Dec. 16 , 1987 , and was formally inaugurated on Feb. 25 , 1988 [ see pp. 35768-71 ] . |