Example sentences of "was [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The star lot , Holbein 's Lady with a Squirrel , was withdrawn two weeks ago by Lord Cholmondeley , when he sold it to the National Gallery for £10 million . |
| 2 | The division was formed two years ago from a number of subsidiaries . |
| 3 | When the Quoc Dan Dang was formed two years ago we joined secretly and agreed to continue spying on Devraux . |
| 4 | He opened a book the wrong way and was given two lengths . |
| 5 | He saw the possibilities , contacted the manufacturers with the help of the BBC , and as a result was given two sets of the equipment . |
| 6 | She had very high blood pressure , and was given two epidurals that did n't work . |
| 7 | I was given two year option in the first place , so so |
| 8 | A ROBBER who made Nazi salutes after shooting an Asian boy and his uncle was given two life sentences yesterday . |
| 9 | A ROBBER who made Nazi salutes after shooting dead a 15-year-old Asian schoolboy and attempting to murder his uncle was given two life sentences yesterday . |
| 10 | He was given two telephone numbers to contact MI5 , 01–222 5471 and 01–637 7319 . |
| 11 | In their places came a unified Ministry under the Secretary of State for Defence , who was given two Ministers of State with functional responsibilities to assist him . |
| 12 | The singer , who was not in court , was given two years ' probation and ordered to donate £30,000 to five local community projects by St Louis County Circuit Judge Ellis Gregory . |
| 13 | My charge was supplying cocaine and I was given two years for that and one year each concurrent for possession of small amounts of cannabis , cannabis resin , amphetamines and LSD . |
| 14 | Pleading guilty to arson , he was given two years ' probation . |
| 15 | Before leaving , Sammy was given two presentations , one by the managers , superintendents and his colleagues , and the other by the directors . |
| 16 | The winning department was given two tea sets and the names of the employees were picked out of a hat to find the winners . |
| 17 | Soon after Coleman was appointed Professor , he was given two assistants : Sewell , who was later to succeed him as Principal , and Stockley . |
| 18 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 19 | Across the room , amid a throng of guests , Jack Butler was given two drinks by a nun . |
| 20 | His last novel , Forward the Foundation , was completed two months ago . |
| 21 | The Nigerian head of state at that time was assassinated two days before Arthur was due to start playing in black Africa 's first professional tournament in Lagos . |
| 22 | General Sawaeng was sacked two hours later for ‘ ineptness ’ . |
| 23 | When she was asked to work on Sunday 5 July , she refused and was sacked two days later . |
| 24 | No , even Ebert had n't known he was bringing two experts with him . |
| 25 | During the 1960 campaign , the Kennedy entourage dodged the opposition 's charges about the disease , which was diagnosed two decades earlier by a London doctor who commented , ‘ He has n't got a year to live . ’ |
| 26 | This was a truly remarkable achievement for Chris , who was diagnosed two years ago as having medically untreatable tumours in his lungs . |
| 27 | For example , it was found that the most effective way of comparing aircraft was to compare two aircraft at a time ( C.H. Gibbs-Smith , 1942 , Aircraft Recognition , 1(2) ) . |
| 28 | In effect , the English government was pursuing two policies at once . |
| 29 | ‘ I was pursuing two Germans who were attempting to escape . ’ |
| 30 | And to solve Dr Tariq 's problems all he had to do was to find two traitors . |