Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [adv] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A RAPE trial was halted yesterday after a female juror complained there were not enough women on the panel . |
| 2 | In this situation the circulation was altered so that a cold polar vortex remained until the end of the simulation , thereby maintaining the presence of PSCs for a much longer period . |
| 3 | SCOTLAND 's preparations for the crucial World Cup qualifying tie against Malta at Ibrox on Wednesday bordered on the farcical yesterday when Rangers ' Richard Gough and Stuart McCall were forced to withdraw from Andy Roxburgh 's squad and Ally McCoist was given less than a 50-50 chance of playing . |
| 4 | The legend was embellished further when a visiting American academic suggested Molly could have died from typhoid contracted from eating infected cockles and mussels from Dublin Bay . |
| 5 | A CHARGE of rape on a mentally handicapped girl was dropped yesterday after a judge ruled she could not give evidence against her alleged attacker . |
| 6 | The devaluation or revaluation of a currency against the dollar was permitted only when a country faced a severe economic crisis . |
| 7 | It was n't really surprising therefore that she was wound tighter than a spring with suppressed energy as she waited for Ace to return . |
| 8 | That , and the fact that Rick 's Cafe , in the Hyatt Regency Hotel , was built more than a dozen years after Bogart 's death , does not prevent taxi drivers from pointing out the building ‘ where the movie was made ’ and indicating the top floor suite ‘ where he wooed Ingrid Bergman ’ . |
| 9 | THE mother who was stabbed shortly after a double killing in Carrick was told by fortune tellers that an attempt would be made on her life before the New Year . |
| 10 | A ROBBER aged 74 was freed yesterday after a judge heard how he carried out an armed raid for the love of his wheelchair-bound mistress . |
| 11 | Irwin 's poem , it should be noted , was written more than a decade before Gray 's ‘ Elegy ’ . |
| 12 | The importance of immune reactions in preventing successful organ grafting was shown conclusively when a kidney was transplanted from one identical twin to another and was not rejected . |
| 13 | ‘ I was told once that a good vintage should be like a woman — full-bodied and generous . |
| 14 | COOKSTOWN Magistrates Court was told yesterday that a farmer forged his deceased mother-in-laws name on a cheque to pay his electricity bill . |
| 15 | The two tier system mentioned some time ago was needed now and a greater standard of excellence was essential in practical embalming . |
| 16 | It was closed now but a dry leaf marked a place . |
| 17 | ‘ Charles the Fifth , who was born less than a thousand years ago ? … |
| 18 | The vet was called again and a cataract was diagnosed on his near side , which explained everything . |
| 19 | He summoned over the waiter , who was chastened now that a man had arrived , and ordered wine to supplement Blanche 's mineral water . |
| 20 | He was weighed daily and a fluid balance chart was completed to check his fluid balance status . |
| 21 | Gold was found there and a full scale conservation row broke out as mining exploration started . |
| 22 | The partially clothed body of Carol Clark was found more than a week ago . |
| 23 | North has also found that a similar escapement was known more than a century and a half later to Leonardo da Vinci . |
| 24 | Here Robert Emmet was executed more than a hundred years ago . |
| 25 | The close proximity of this junction to that between A71 and the link to Hermiston Village and Gogar Station Road created a ‘ staggered T ’ effect and due to the relatively high speed of traffic on the re-aligned A71 compared with the original flows through Hermiston Village , a section of this new A71 was widened locally and a central reserve created to form a short stretch of dual carriageway thus providing for safer turning movements within the junctions . |
| 26 | Cash of nearly £7m was generated internally and a rights issue raised £3.2m last June . |
| 27 | The brewery used horse-drawn drays for beer deliveries in and around the East End , and during the Second World War it was hit hard when a German land mine damaged the brewery stables , killing and injuring many of the horses . |
| 28 | Willie Falconer headed into the net from a Slaven cross but his jubilation was cut short when a linesman flagged for offside . |
| 29 | Carfax was , compared to RDS , a low-technology system based on a dedicated network of synchronised , time-multiplexed , low-power ( 0.5kW ) transmitters to which the car radio ( or player ) was switched automatically when a local traffic announcement was made . |
| 30 | Gateshead Family Health Service 's Authority admitted it had known what was going on for more than a year , but action was taken only after a patient contacted them . |