Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh pn] was [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ He was a kenspeckle figure who was regarded with special affection and respect by all sides on the regional council . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ He was a kenspeckle figure who was regarded with special affection and respect by all sides on the regional council . |
| 3 | A coloured South African who was subjected to racial abuse by his neighbours went berserk with a machete and killed his next-door neighbour 's wife , Birmingham Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 4 | One woman who was kept in solitary confinement for three days said : ‘ The whole idea is to worry people . ’ |
| 5 | A woman who was left with severe brain damage in a road accident has been awarded three hundred thousand pounds compensation from her husband 's former employer . |
| 6 | Police broke news of the tragedy to their father who was taken to nearby Newhaven to give a statement to detectives . |
| 7 | She was married to Dr Neil 's captain who was killed in nasty Africa , as poor Dr Neil nearly was . ’ |
| 8 | He was a thalidomide baby who was born with deformed legs — the right one was later amputated when Geoff was 12 . |
| 9 | At the end of May 1989 committal proceedings began in respect of PC Cherry who was charged with unlawful wounding . |
| 10 | One gang , which consisted of four coachmakers and two labourers , prepared and placed all timber , panels and other materials on the spot where it was required , and no man who was engaged on actual repairs was required to leave the job to look up any material . |
| 11 | But then they bring up the story of a great uncle who was infected with French ideas and took to drink , and so they insinuate I shall do the same . ’ |
| 12 | A MEMBER of the Irish Republican Army who was caught with bomb-making equipment in his home was jailed for 20 years at Belfast Crown Court yesterday . |
| 13 | A farmer who was convicted of starving and neglecting farm animals has lost his appeal against a six month prison sentence . |
| 14 | A social worker who was sacked for smoking cannabis while in charge of a group of youngsters , has won his appeal against dismissal . |
| 15 | The publisher who was removed from Random House in a boardroom coup . |
| 16 | Two of these were from one patient with newly diagnosed and radiologically active terminal ileal Crohn 's disease who was treated with elemental diet for four weeks . |
| 17 | , Samuel ( 1892–1950 ) , chemist , was born 21 February 1892 at 2 Arthington View , Hunslet , Leeds , the eldest son of Samuel Sugden , a master draper of Leeds who was connected with wool-trade journals , and his wife Eliza Jane Broadbent . |