Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Honourable Diana Spencer was born late on the afternoon of July 1,1961 , the third daughter of Viscount Althorp , then aged 37 , and Viscountess Althorp , 12 years his junior . |
| 2 | Cossins also filmed a sequence with Crawford on Wimbledon Common , shown behind the end titles , in which Frank Spencer was running away from the grounds where the course was being held , with the organizer chasing him . |
| 3 | In 1918 Lymn & Rambush was taken over by the Power-Gas Corporation of Stockton-on-Tees . |
| 4 | Well , United started in fine style as early as the twentieth second ; Martin Foyle was brought down on the edge of the penalty area and Paul Simpson 's free kick was headed away for a corner . |
| 5 | Marie was wading up to the path through waist-high reeds : ‘ Look at the state of my clothes ! ’ |
| 6 | On Dec. 1 President Ramaswamy Venkataraman received assurances of " outside " support for a minority National Front government from the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left Front parties ; the next day V. P. Singh was sworn in as the Prime Minister , in place of Rajiv Gandhi . |
| 7 | Kalyan Singh was sworn in as the new Chief Minister [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 8 | The deceptively demure Meredith was led outside by the masked Lucenzo . |
| 9 | Meredith was drinking alone in the Oyster Bar , thinking of Hilary , when a small man with sideburns and an anxious expression approached him . |
| 10 | Ringo Starr was rolled out for the encores and thrashed about enthusiastically enough . |
| 11 | Gorbachev was sworn in by the Congress immediately after the result of the vote was announced . |
| 12 | Ari was taken aback by the vehemence of his last remark . |
| 13 | Many medieval millers paid their rent to the lord of the manor in eels ; and when the water-mill in the centre of Stafford was pulled down after the last war , the laconic miller expressed as his only regret : ‘ I shall miss the eels . ’ |
| 14 | The following morning Richard was taken down to the treatment room and given his first induction of air . |
| 15 | Back at Club Eleusis , Jahsaxa Penumbra was tripping out like the bad queen in a fairy-tale cartoon , the only omission being the thunderclouds and lightning round her head . |
| 16 | There is a third sister in this euphonious family : Marina , the baptised name of Malinche , mistress of Cortèz , through whose good offices and linguistic skills Mexico was conquered both for the Virgin Maria , and for Marina 's royal ancestors . |
| 17 | Mrs Wright was coming slowly along the ride towards them . |
| 18 | Mrs Wright was sitting down on the bank , the gun across her knees . |
| 19 | Hennessy was waiting outside by the railings . |
| 20 | And at the same time , Lilian was coming up to the second stage . |
| 21 | The simplest explanation was that Maxham was getting nowhere with the Newley case ; and he 'd sent Viol along on the off chance , to put a little pressure on Lorton and see what happened . |
| 22 | The lights went down further , and I guessed Kruger was working up to the big climax , whatever that was . |
| 23 | Ellen was hurrying out of the solar . |
| 24 | ‘ Both countries are really poverty stricken but Ken was knocked out by the generosity of the Nepalese people . |
| 25 | Substitute Warzycha was forced on to the field after only ten minutes after Ward was stretchered off . |
| 26 | John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret . |
| 27 | John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret . |
| 28 | His telephone call had come shortly before lunch , while Georgina was closeted again with the elegant young man from Gasset and Lode . |
| 29 | Mrs Parvis was standing out on the front doorstep , pretending to watch out for something in the sky . |
| 30 | Kallicharran took nearly two and a half hours over 34 , while Fredericks was grafting away at the other end . |