Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Beverley Allitt with baby Katie Phillips , who suffered permanent brain damage after being left alone with the nurse
2 MARY Reveley is making good progress in South Tees Hospital at Middlesbrough after being admitted last weekend with severe stomach pains .
3 He was only 15 when he hanged himself in the hospital wing of Swansea Prison hours after being found guilty in court .
4 Earlier former Wales international David Jones rolled back the years with a top score 61 , riding his luck after being dropped three times .
5 Two years later David Main was given a 9-month suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of using forged papers to sell Joan 's house .
6 He 'd served a year of an indefinite sentence after being found guilty of indecently assaulting a three year old girl in the city .
7 Graham Lloyd of Lancashire received an inscribed Gucci watch , worth £1000 , and a case of champagne after being named Young Player of the Month by City investment company Whittingdale , whose chairman Patrick Whittingdale hosted a celebrity lunch for umpire Dickie Bird before the Oval Test .
8 Four months after being made redundant , the erstwhile business development manager of AST Research Inc 's East Europe operation , Chris Swallow , has formally launched AST 's second authorised distributor in the region .
9 On Aug. 30 five of the remaining seven fishermen were sentenced to prison terms of up to 14 months after being found guilty of " violation of freedom " .
10 Despite the blow to Hewitt , McHale said the injury would give former Leeds United and Northern Ireland star Phil Hughes the chance to re-establish himself in the side after being axed last week .
11 THE flamboyant diamond dealer , Darius Guppy , best friend of the Princess of Wales 's brother , Earl Spencer , is facing a long prison term after being found guilty of swindling insurers out of £1.8 million .
12 The position is equivalent to that which would exist if the third defendant were claiming contribution by means of a separate action after being held liable to the plaintiffs .
13 None of the Republic players was more likely to come into conflict with Charlton 's tactics than Liam Brady , who announced his retirement from international football after being substituted 10 minutes from half-time in a recent friendly against West Germany .
14 An investigation was mounted after Raynsford and Kemp were taken to hospital on Saturday after being found unconscious , with head and body injuries , in their cell .
15 George Marshal Naykene , editor of the Christian Chronicle , was sentenced to 18 months ' imprisonment with hard labour after being found guilty of criminal libel .
16 On Nov. 10 Laith Shbeilat and Yaqoub Qarrash , both members of the House of Representatives , were sentenced to 20 years ' imprisonment with hard labour after being found guilty by the State Security Court of membership of the banned Shabab al-Nafeer al-Islami ( Islamic Vanguard Youth ) and of possessing illegal weapons [ see pp. 39118 ; 39166 ] .
17 And she was fined £1,500 after being found guilty of controlling prostitutes ' earnings .
18 The courage and dignity with which Arthur Ashe announced in New York that he has the AIDS virus , as a result of being given infected blood during one of the two major heart operations he underwent in the mid 1980's , was typical of one of the world 's most outstanding and gracious sportsmen .
19 The subject is the saint after his martyr 's death , the result of being flayed alive , with his skin over his shoulder like a cloak ; go around behind the statue to see the face , with hair , beard and eye holes .
20 There has been growing concern about patients who are compulsorily detained in hospital as a result of being found unfit to plead or legally insane .
21 I did not appreciate the irony of being knocked dead on my back with a bunch of flowers clasped to my chest .
22 ‘ When you telephone us for a quote , we will assign a member of staff to you , whom you can contact whenever you need to , without fear of being charged extra in costs , as some solicitors are wont to do every time you telephone them .
23 This , Emecheta explains , is a very strong goddess of the Ibos , so strong that Hausa soldiers dare not attack her for fear of being made impotent .
24 She employed the architect George Devey to build her ‘ Pavilion ’ , where she would spend her days , but for fear of being made ill by the river 's damp fumes she always dined and spent the night with her brother at Waddesdon .
25 New teachers on probation may be afraid to admit to difficulties , for fear of being branded inadequate , and even losing their job .
26 There is a fear of being found wanting , even found out , and thus the constant threat of a plummeting descent from heaven .
27 Their instinct is to try to hide this for fear of being thought weak or inadequate , and this , in part , contributes to the fact that although their overall experience of the distress of bereavement may be slightly less than that of widows , many men take longer to recover fully .
28 Born in a Preston slum , and upbraided as ‘ a worldly little devil ’ by his harridan mother because he longs for food and warmth , his acute fear of being thought worldly dominates his subsequent life , causing him to be misunderstood and exploited .
29 It helps the conversation become familiar , so that everyone feels at home in it , and feels able to contribute to it , without fear of being thought inadequate .
30 Tutors can give the pupils more individual attention , and encourage them to ask questions they might be reluctant to ask the teacher for fear of being thought stupid .
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