Example sentences of "[conj] he was [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Griffin ran into problems quite early , against MCC in fact , at Lord 's , where he was called three times fro throwing and once , simultaneously , for dragging . |
| 2 | He later admitted he had provided an affidavit for Clarke , who escaped from the Maze prison where he was serving 18 years for the attempted murder of a member of the Ulster Defence Regiment . |
| 3 | Nick Moore first wrote to me from Ashwell prison , Leics , in January , where he was serving seven years — for building society robberies in Derby . |
| 4 | Over in Ireland Jim Dreaper gave Carvill 's Hill his seasonal debut in the Durkan Brothers International Punchestown Chase , where he was beaten three lengths by last season 's Irish Grand National winner Maid Of Money , who was receiving 5lb and started favourite . |
| 5 | Civil war has broken out among the poets of Ireland , which is why Patrick Kavanagh , bohemian and rural bard , now has two graves in Inniskeen , the County Monaghan village where he was born 85 years ago . |
| 6 | He was also closely associated with the work of George Devine and Tony Richardson at the Royal Court Theatre where he was to design 17 productions , starting with Look Back in Anger in 1956 . |
| 7 | Where he 'd come from and where he was ensured one thing : like Garnett , Mercer , and Loach , Goodwin was a socialist . |
| 8 | He possessed a house in Twickenham in addition to his official residence in the palace of Westminster , but his principal seat was in Eydon , Northamptonshire , where he was buried 8 June 1691 . |
| 9 | He lived on quietly at Fen Ditton , where he was buried 9 December 1690 . |
| 10 | He also plans to return to Milan 's La Scala opera house where he was jeered last December for missing a note during a performance of Verdi 's ‘ Don Carlos . ’ |
| 11 | In 1887 he was invited to Kensington chapel , where he was ordained 17 October 1889 : determined that Horne should be its minister , Kensington waited eighteen months for him to complete his course . |
| 12 | I think that he 'd reached a stage in his life where he was to become less community minded and more geared toward the fulfilment of his own career . ’ |
| 13 | , Matthew ( 1753–1781 ) , engineer and inventor , was born at 3 Narrow Wine Street , Bristol , where he was baptized 18 November 1753 , the son of Mary and William Wasbrough , originally a barber-surgeon and peruke maker , who was in partnership with Roger Rice in a brass-founding and clock-making business in Narrow Wine Street . |
| 14 | Barry had entered a Florida alcohol abuse centre on Jan. 22 , four days after being arrested in the Vista International Hotel , Washington , where he was filmed smoking crack cocaine in the room of a former girlfriend , Hazel " Rasheeda " Moore [ see p. 37180 ] . |
| 15 | Although he was born seventy-one years ago in New York , not Greece , Theodoros Stamos feels the pull of his Greek heritage with the force of the tides in the wine-dark sea . |
| 16 | ( There is a record of a complaint by an inmate of a workhouse elsewhere , that although he was paying six shillings a week for his maintenance , he had to do work such as window-cleaning and blacking grates . |
| 17 | Seeing Harry coming down the wet , narrow street , she knew straight away that he was bringing bad news . |
| 18 | But the point was that he was holding this place in trust , on my behalf . ’ |
| 19 | On three occasions he was referred by the court for a psychiatric report on account of his oddness , lack of sociability , occasional outbursts of violence and a suspicion that he was taking illegal drugs . |
| 20 | A taxation of the bills would not prejudice the debtor 's claims that he was given negligent advice . |
| 21 | I think in fact it 's a bit of a cheek for the Chief Constable to go to the Home Secretary here ev , Home Secretary again this year , asking for more officers , when he has n't recruited all the ones that he was given last year . |
| 22 | But it was serious in the sense that he was given wrong advice . |
| 23 | He was willing to submit these terms to arbitrators to vary as they thought fit , but only on condition that he was to retain full power and jurisdiction . |
| 24 | Opponents of the USC claimed that he was seeking international recognition for his government . |
| 25 | utterance was taken out of context , and that he was advocating greater involvement by the national parliaments ? |
| 26 | utterance was taken out of context , and that he was advocating greater involvement by the national parliaments ? |
| 27 | A rumour that he was casting 100 children went round St James 's School in Church Street , so instead of going straight home the girl pupils nipped off to the audition . |
| 28 | A spokesman said Mr Wood had opened negotiations with Standard Chartered , a London-based overseas bank , as far back as January , but only told Mr Buxton that he was leaving last Monday . |
| 29 | Erica and Edward had their usual disagreement , and Edward announced that he was leaving next day on more unspecified scientific business . |
| 30 | The same year that he was dubbed biggest flirt , Debbie Kauffman was voted her year 's best looking girl . |