Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] were [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such likely opponents of the economic strategy as Lord Carrington and Sir Ian Gilmour were banished to the Foreign Office while Francis Pym went to Defence . |
| 2 | Prior to the World Cup , Ofahengaue and the Manly Rugby Club president Ian Macdonald were invited to Italy to discuss the possibility of Willie playing with Rovigo . |
| 3 | Four months ago , Michelle and Lisa Taylor were cleared on appeal of the murder of Alison . |
| 4 | Last night Oftel and its chief Ian Byatt were accused of failing to act in the public 's interests . |
| 5 | Andy Gardner and Ian Dally were released from their normal duties in the Collections Section to assist with the installation of a Powerdialler unit — new technology — which will automate many of the collection routines . |
| 6 | Puddephat and Melanie Gandell were mentioned in the first paragraph , but did not appear in the rest of the piece . |
| 7 | Thomas Cranmer and Aleister Crowley were held in uneasy balance in his sympathies . |
| 8 | In Bismarck , on 16th November , the ragged Nez Perce were received as heroes , reflecting the growing public sympathy for their plight . |
| 9 | Only three Nez Perce were wounded in the encounter , and Joseph accurately recalled : |
| 10 | When the report of Miles ' Hotchkiss gun heralded morning , the Nez Perce were entrenched in a remarkable network of tunnels . |
| 11 | The Nez Perce were restrained from joining the conflict by Lawyer and Old Joseph , though frequent outrages perpetrated by troops made up of Oregon volunteers increased support for the war faction under Old Looking Glass . |
| 12 | The likes of Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista were clad from head to toe in leather , rubber , latex and PVC . |
| 13 | Internationals Paul Moriarty , who was carried off with a knee problem , and Bobby Goulding were injured in Sunday 's 48-16 defeat at Headingley and forwards Steve McCurrie and Harvey Howard both appear before the disciplinary commission on Thursday after being sent off . |
| 14 | The emergence of brilliant teenagers like Nicky Barmby , Andy Turner , Stuart Nethercott and Andy Hill were introduced into first-team action and Venables predicted a bright future for the club . |
| 15 | The leg irons used on Orton Chirwa were made by the Birmingham company , Hiatts ( see p4 ) . |
| 16 | The Commissar , 22 year old Peter Jacobs and 21 year old Nicklo Pedro were sentenced to 14 years . |
| 17 | Reports over the previous four months that unity negotiations were under way among the various political heirs of Kwame Nkrumah were confirmed by an announcement on Sept. 10 that three Nkrumahist parties , the National Independence Party ( NIP ) , the People 's Heritage Party ( PHP ) , and the unregistered Popular Party for Democracy and Development ( PPDD ) , had agreed to an electoral alliance , pledging themselves to support a single presidential candidate and one parliamentary candidate in each of the country 's 200 constituencies . |
| 18 | The Macedonian Assembly elected on March 20 a new government led by Nikola Kljusev , while Blaze Ristovski , Jovan Andonov and Bekir Zuta were elected as Deputy Premiers , Risto Damjanovski became Minister of Defence , and Jordan Mjalkov took over the Interior Ministry . |
| 19 | Captain Richard Williams , Welsh Guards , Lieutenant Colonel Mark Walton , Royal Artillery , and Royal Navy Lieutenant Scott Verney were seized by a local terrorist commander . |
| 20 | Holborn picked up the 1992 Best Overall Branch prize , Threadneedle Street were presented with a plaque for being top Branch in the Customer Satisfaction Index for 1992–93 , and Pall Mall received the Cost/Income Award for 1991–92/ The top student award went to Julian Gouge who , in 1992 , achieved the highest aggregate marks among all Royal Bank candidates in the Associateship examinations . |
| 21 | The United States Virgin Islands were purchased from Denmark in 1917 . |
| 22 | Late one evening , a party of thirteen unemployed men from Newport Pagnell were admitted as casuals . |
| 23 | Spalding and Miss Robinson were sent to the lift , told to get out at the second floor , turn right , and go to the rooms numbered 207 and 208 . |
| 24 | Two retired Chilean army officers , Gen. Manuel Contreras , the head of Pinochet 's secret police , and Col. Pedro Espinoza were wanted in the USA in connection with the crime . |
| 25 | The management and staff of LASMO Colombia were honoured by the visit , which reinforces the widely held belief within head office and in Bogota that Colombia could well become LASMO 's third core area in the near future . ’ |
| 26 | This has been obscured by its weakness in the South-east , where leaders such as Ken Livingstone were reduced to trying cobble together the rainbow coalition . |
| 27 | John F. Calvert and Capt. Lawrence G. Elberfeld were removed from the programme and formally censured . |
| 28 | The bodies of Roy and Sue Prescott were found by their son at their Oxfordshire home last night . |
| 29 | The bodies of Roy and Sue Prescott were found by their son at home in January . |
| 30 | Peter and Ann MacPherson were devastated by the news of their son 's involvement in the killings . |