Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] [coord] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 The company needed to reach mothers when the baby was born and again when baby was nine months to reinforce the importance of correct fitting shoes and to push her into a Better Shoe stockist .
2 In clashes later on May 27 and during May 28 , according to the Soviet news agency Tass , another 16 Armenian militants , a woman bystander and a serviceman were killed and more than 50 people were injured .
3 One man was killed and more than 40 people were injured when a bomb exploded at 7.46 a.m. on Feb. 18 at Victoria Station , London , just before the start of the morning rush-hour .
4 This was especially so at Birmingham , where at 6.00 a.m. on Friday an ‘ End of Stage 2 ’ banner was erected and more than twenty insomniacs gave us a great breakfast and a marvellous reception that we will not forget , thanks to everyone who turned up , you certainly made us feel very welcome .
5 The road was deserted and even if a motorist came by and drew up , could she be certain that he was n't a kidnapper , a rapist , even the Whistler ?
6 For example , in The New Unhappy Lords , written by A.K. Chesterton , the first chairman of the National Front , a complex web of deception and intrigue is described and only when Chapter 25 is reached does he suggest , almost as an afterthought , that the ‘ master-manipulators and master-conspirators ’ were Jewish , with the proviso that not all Jews were implicated in the conspiracy .
7 Ian Murdoch of the receivers , KPMG Peat Marwick , said : ‘ It is always satisfying when a quality company is saved and particularly when it is sold to the management who built it up . ’
8 The real issue with the voters was de Gaulle himself , and the General reinforced that perception by warning that he would resign if the proposed change was rejected or even if it passed by a slim majority .
9 If you 're moving also through Banbury , of course we have our usual restrictions ; the high street is affected and also if you 're moving through finally on to the A422 , I would mention , in Warwickshire , the Stratford to Alcester road , that has some temporary traffic lights at Taylor 's wood .
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