Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He was shot five times in a taxi cab in June , two months after being beaten by thugs with baseball bats .
2 He was shot last night when he was taking the dog for a walk . ’
3 The child was born on 10 May 1977 and he was adopted two years later .
4 In his Mercedes he was stopped four times in the first few days .
5 The same year that he was dubbed biggest flirt , Debbie Kauffman was voted her year 's best looking girl .
6 He was killed five days later when his Hurricane .
7 Tragically he was killed five days later in a third attempt .
8 Where he 'd come from and where he was ensured one thing : like Garnett , Mercer , and Loach , Goodwin was a socialist .
9 Favour with the king was combined with papal favour , for he was styled papal chaplain by 1250 .
10 At the Sheffield Arena , he was magnified 10 times on a giant screen , the better for 8,000 party followers to see him .
11 He was joined last week by a handful of defeated Liberal Democrats including Nicol Stephen , who won Kincardine and Deesside the same night Dr Kumar won Langbaurgh November 7 .
12 He was hit several times and died shortly afterwards .
13 The shooting took place in the Highfield Estate off the Shankill Road and local people said he was hit several times in the head by gunmen who sped from the scene in a car .
14 I , I look at these science things where , you know , they 're sending these things , America 's sending them , it 's been going for two year thousands of miles an hour , you know , probably a minute er and the as the man came over who went to the moon , the top man , to lecture and he was asked innumerable questions and one was do you think there 's anything up there ?
15 He was asked this question abotu ten years after the book came out and he said he 'd never do a sequal .
16 He was stabbed 8 times in the lungs and intestines in a frenzied attack at the Plough pub in Bicester .
17 9 months ago , he was stabbed 6 times in a robbery at his clock shop in Witney .
18 Graham Townsend was alone in his shop at three fifteen this afternoon … details of what happened are sketchy … but he was stabbed several times in the chest by one of three youths who were trying to steal jewellery … they ran off … and Mr Townsend called an ambulance … a neighbour came to his aid .
19 A man is being treated for a partially-collapsed lung after he was stabbed several times in the arms and body .
20 That year he won an Eclipse Award as champion grass horse , though he was rated eight pounds below Spectacular Bid , the Horse Of The Year .
21 There were found footprint evidences that young Brown had crossed and recrossed Hunder Beck , that he had been at the top of the high moor , and he was traced half way back , with probably thirty-six sheep which were recovered on Sunday .
22 He was given two telephone numbers to contact MI5 , 01–222 5471 and 01–637 7319 .
23 Like other Vietnamese of his day he was given two names ; his first , ‘ sacred ’ name bestowed at birth was Nguyen Van Coong ( modification of Cung and meaning ‘ respectful ’ ) .
24 Pleading guilty to arson , he was given two years ' probation .
25 Soon after Coleman was appointed Professor , he was given two assistants : Sewell , who was later to succeed him as Principal , and Stockley .
26 He managed to escape from the car and struggle to nearby houses where he was given first aid .
27 He was given freezing water to wash with , and was beaten daily by Mr Bumble in front of all the other boys in the hall , as a warning to them .
28 He was given folic acid by mouth .
29 After his priestly ordination in 1965 he was given pastoral appointments in the Diocese of Westminster , including seven years with the Catholic Missionary Society which took him all over England and Wales conducting Parish Missions .
30 He was given six months ' hard labour after he refused on principle to pay the fine .
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