Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] [noun prp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is appropriate here that I quote from passages in the report of the headmaster Mr which was furnished to Norwich City College . |
| 2 | Mr Morris was joined by Cleveland County Council education chairman Keith Legg in calling for public help to catch the vandals . |
| 3 | The Town Clerk wrote the letter of acceptance on 8th June , and a Scheme of Administration drawn up by the Charity Commissioners , now involved because of the change in status of the School , was ratified at Stockport County Court on 20th January 1860 . |
| 4 | After his arrest , in 1989 , he was remanded to Brixton prison hospital wing . |
| 5 | He was remanded to Cardiff Prison . |
| 6 | The first power loom shed in the area was erected at Staffords Mill in 1831 . |
| 7 | The Duke 's gardener , Joseph Paxton designed the Crystal Palace which was erected in Hyde Park for Prince Albert 's 1851 Great Exhibition , and later transferred to Sydenham in southeast London . |
| 8 | Just two weeks before his sixty-seventh birthday , Hogarth died at Leicester Fields , but his conspicuous monument — by David Garrick — was erected in Chiswick churchyard . |
| 9 | A plaque to the memory of another William Paul ( 1844–1912 ) praising the Christian virtues of one who was ‘ beloved and trusted by all who knew him and who went about doing good ’ was erected in Edenderry Memorial Church ( now the Memorial Hall ) in 1913 , the Reverend George R Wedgewood , Superintendent of the Circuit and Vice-President of the Conference , presiding . |
| 10 | The first we hear about his steam engines is that one was erected near Dudley Castle in the Black Country area of the Midlands in 1712 . |
| 11 | Shipping , including Isle of Wight ferry and hydrofoil crossings , was halted on Southampton Water last night after inert gas leaked from the tanker Mobil Petrel as it discharged crude oil at the Fawley Esso oil refinery . |
| 12 | The name of Leith , Hull and Hamburg Steam Packet Co. was altered to Currie Line Ltd as business was concentrated on the Baltic Ports . |
| 13 | THE tragic death of a baby was recalled at Londonderry Crown Court yesterday . |
| 14 | Shortly afterwards , Harrison was recalled to Rochester Row and was appointed Adviser in VD to the War Office . |
| 15 | Unlike Diana who was christened in Sandringham church and had well-to-do commoners for godparents , baby brother Charles was christened in style at Westminster Abbey with the Queen as principal godparent . |
| 16 | In 1904 the first Pan-Presbyterian Council was held and in 1905 the Baptist World Alliance was formed at Exeter Hall . |
| 17 | E. Ray Lankester played a prominent role in the establishment of a similar laboratory at Plymouth in 1888 , and in the same year the Marine Biological Laboratory was formed at Woods Hole in the United States . |
| 18 | The factory itself was formed by Bill Freeman in 1967 , a former employee of Stoddard and now the Contract Director of Stoddard Mercia Contract . |
| 19 | When it was designated as Glamorgan Polytechnic in 1970 , it had about 800 full-time and sandwich students . |
| 20 | When the idea of a Premier League was floated at Lancaster Gate a year ago , many of us welcomed what we were led to believe was a plan to revitalise the game , at club and international levels , with the replacement of the First Division by an 18-member competition under the direct control of the FA . |
| 21 | Edward Bwanali , a veteran Minister hitherto seen as a possible successor to Banda , was dismissed from the Cabinet in the April reshuffle [ see p. 37558 ] , and in May was dismissed as MCP chairman for the populous southern region . |
| 22 | He was dismissed by Widnes referee David Campbell in the 36th minute for a high tackle on his ex-team-mate Andy Ruane . |
| 23 | Although Leapor was dismissed from Edgcote House , several members of the family subscribed to her poems . |
| 24 | In more recent times it was prescribed as Belladonnae herba ( BPC 1968 ) which was the dried leaves or aerial parts of the plant which contained 0.4–1 per cent of the drug . |
| 25 | But after 1902 , nothing more was heard of Henry Gaze . |
| 26 | This was highlighted by Essex County Council 's Design guide for residential areas ( 1973 ) , with a format that was followed , if not exactly copied , by a host of other authorities throughout the country . |
| 27 | He was treated at Leighton Hospital , in Crewe . |
| 28 | He was treated at Darlington Memorial but was said to be not badly hurt . |
| 29 | She was treated at Shotley Bridge hospital after the incident . |
| 30 | Within BP , a Chairman 's Award gold medal was given for BP Exploration 's community health programmes in Papua New Guinea . |