Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] another [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The youth was approached by another man as he walked along High Row and then beaten to the ground . |
| 2 | Travis was transferred to another area and the life of the signal box returned to normal . |
| 3 | As will all reminders of the penalties of war , the true cost of this memorial was met in another time and place , but the financial charge was paid in Canada by ex-members of 431 ( Iroquois ) and 434 ( Bluenose ) Squadrons RCAF , who flew from the airfield from December 1943 until June 1945 . |
| 4 | This is the one who 's was living with another woman and his |
| 5 | That was it , because Edith was going on another holiday and she was er , she wanted someone to go and visit er Lilly , and I said well I 'll go . |
| 6 | I was waiting for another piglet and whoops , there it was . |
| 7 | The Encomiast 's tale that he was born to another woman and smuggled into Ælfgifu of Northampton 's bed at least implies that he was generally recognised as son of Cnut and Ælfgifu , and Adam calls Gorm the Old Hardecnudth Vurm , which if correct makes it feasible to believe that Cnut named Swegen and Harold from his father and grandfather , and Harthacnut , evidently the third-born , after his great-grandfather . |
| 8 | The question of the taxation of merchant seamen in respect of travel concessions to their families on their employers ' ships was raised by another speaker and an amendment ( No. 299 ) was tabled to meet their position . |
| 9 | On April 18 , 1943 at 0700hrs Yamamoto climbed aboard a Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber and set off for Bougainville , his formation was accompanied by another Betty and six Zeros . |
| 10 | He was handcuffed to another prisoner and placed in an army , armoured personnel carrier . |
| 11 | an accident occurred whereby injury was caused to another person ( or damage was caused to another vehicle or to an animal or to property ) |
| 12 | ‘ an accident occurred whereby injury was caused to another person ( or damage was caused to another vehicle or to an animal or to property ) ’ |
| 13 | ‘ an accident occurred whereby injury was caused to another person ( or damage was caused to another vehicle or to an animal or to property ) ’ . |
| 14 | He was hiding behind another tree but stepped out to meet me . |
| 15 | He was taken to another hospital where a diagnosis of vertigo due to otitis media was made , and he was discharged on oral antibiotics . |
| 16 | He was warned by another constable that he was liable to be arrested for obstruction if he persisted , which he did . |
| 17 | I do n't know if I was thinking about Another Woman but if George was being blackmailed about something like … and he 'd taken you along because you were tough and … you see the silly fantasies I get into when I 'm alone ? ’ |
| 18 | In those days they did n't use mileometers , what they did was they took any particular route number and the number of journeys they did , because in those days a bus kept on a route which applied , say between Witton and Rushmere Heath all day , did n't run around like they do nowadays and erm when the schedules were prepared , each bus had got a route number or was placed on a route number , say one Witton , two Witton , three Witton and a copy of its schedule was recorded on another sheet and the mileage , having known what the mileage was and we 'd used to obtain that from the Borough Surveyor 's Department , er I think it was about nine point one four miles a return trip Witton and Rushmere Heath , er you 'd work out how many journeys they did there and say well that bus was due to run a hundred and twenty six miles during the day . |