Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously Devlin Parnham had been prepared to agree to any sort of conditions to get the count to accept this mission . |
| 2 | Captain Bernard Davidson had been one of Otto Schiff 's adjutants on the Refugee Committee before his appointment by the War Office as recruiting officer for the aliens and refugees . |
| 3 | Donald and Sheila Baughan had been married for 20 years . |
| 4 | Puddephat had given evidence , saying Melanie Gandell had been one of his brightest students , and he had gone out of his way to encourage her academically as a result . |
| 5 | ‘ It is declared that a good wife is a crown to her husband , but Mrs. Crawley had been much more than a crown to him … she had been crown , throne and sceptre all in one ’ . |
| 6 | It bucked wildly in the night sky , as if deciding whether or not Richard Branson had been lucky enough already , then righted itself and plied on through the night sky , swift and inviolate . |
| 7 | Emilia Frere had been right after all . |
| 8 | DARLINGTON striker David Cork has been transfer-listed at his own request . |
| 9 | Mother Jacobsen had been right ! |
| 10 | He had spent his time in a lodging house on the Strand , eking out the small amount of money Edward Morris had been able to lend him . |
| 11 | Edward G. Robinson had been good in the previous year 's Little Caesar and there was to be great acclaim for the explicitness of the following year 's Scarface but it was Cagney 's 1931 performance in The Public Enemy that occasioned the most significant debate . |
| 12 | The reaction from Ulster Unionists has been an almost automatic rejection , but Downing Street has been keen to point out that Foley has been vocal in his criticism of the IRA and his appointment might not be such a bad move . |
| 13 | Nick was so thrilled with my caddying that he told everyone on television in an interview that ‘ Andy Prodger has been great . |
| 14 | David Dale had been worried by the anarchistic stirrings in France and Europe and was anxious to provide a working environment that would satisfy and care for his work force , as well as increase production . |
| 15 | Safely there , she lit the gas , with one of the solid and reliable wooden matches Signor Fixit had been able to find for her , and put on the kettle . |
| 16 | He did not know how long Miss Hepburn had been ill . |
| 17 | Glenys and Neil Kinnock have been regular customers for several years and it was Glenys who had the honour of cutting the ribbon . |
| 18 | I say this in the light of a number of considerations , the effect of which is cumulative : ( a ) Miss T. had been involved in a road traffic accident four days earlier with effects which were not fully known . |
| 19 | Operations geophysicist Erik Havarstein has been responsible for mobilising the seismic vessel for the survey and has spent time in Lagos ensuring the technical specification and safety standards are in place for the survey . |
| 20 | David Mairowitz had been active in Berkeley 's Free Speech Movement ; the one-time editor of the Insect Trust Gazette Bill Levy 's interest was Ezra Pound . |
| 21 | Baghdad radio reported on May 15 , 1989 , that Hashim Hissan had been relieved of his post as Minister of State due to illness and to " the inability to carry out his duties " . |
| 22 | Eleanor Thorne had been proud , blue-eyed , a widow in her late fifties , energetic and generous . |
| 23 | Eleanor Thorne had been thin , even then , but an upright woman , straight as a twig , straight in the old way they were all taught , books on heads , stiff-corseted . |
| 24 | The sight of Eleanor Thorne had been disturbing , unreal , something that should not have been allowed to happen . |
| 25 | Both Simon Draper and Ken Berry had been vehement in their opposition to Branson even contemplating rehiring Wilson , and advised him to now tear up the contract and be done with it . |
| 26 | Of the 150 death row cases Mr Stafford Smith has been involved with during his nine-year career , only three have ended in execution . |
| 27 | Daniel asked , for politeness really , why Van Gogh had been mad , was it just that he was driven ? |
| 28 | But after we 'd pulled over and Jeffrey Bernard had been unwell on the pavement , after the police car had been persuaded to leave us alone , and after we 'd finally got that hefty brute of a Bill Ellis Trophy fully upright again — in its carrying case and everything — I was at least able to start thinking partially straight again . |
| 29 | Hammond Wilde had been adamant that if a tie for first place forced a ‘ sudden death ’ play-off he would not allow the leaders to disappear out on the course . |
| 30 | UNTIL now actress Tara Fitzgerald has been famous for what she does n't wear . |