Example sentences of "was [verb] [noun] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Science and technology still accounted for the largest group of students , though recruitment for technology was encountering difficulties in Britain generally . |
| 2 | He was given £100,000 in damages , more than a testimonial at Elland Road would ever have reaped . |
| 3 | Each vidane was given forms in triplicate on which to record information about crimes . |
| 4 | Ealdred 's kinswoman could have been Abbess Aethelburh , daughter of a local lord , Aelfred , who was given Withington in Gloucestershire in the 770s ( CS 217 : S 1255 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ I was given sanctuary in England in return for information about the Luciferi . ’ |
| 6 | Robert Ratcliffe , who was given office in Sheen ( Surrey ) by the queen , can be identified with the Woodville interest . |
| 7 | Robert Ratcliffe , who was given office in Sheen ( Surrey ) by the queen , can be identified with the Woodville interest . |
| 8 | Thorpe who was to have headed the bill said that he had been in touch with the promoters earlier in the year and had agreed to come over provided he was given details in writing . |
| 9 | French was given priority in administration , education and broadcasting , little or no education being carried out in local languages . |
| 10 | The beginning of the fifteenth century , however , was to see changes in attitudes and practices . |
| 11 | American official policy was to promote self-government in south Korea as a prelude to unification but de la Mare observed that the long delay in accomplishing unification made this unlikely . |
| 12 | The boy was deliverying papers in Kingham village just before seven this morning when a man tried to drag him into a waiting estate car . |
| 13 | A handful of scraps provided enough encouragement , and soon I was catching starlings in batches of up to a dozen . |
| 14 | As we have already noted , Stephen was stoned to death within a short time of the Crucifixion , and Saul of Tarsus was pursuing Nazareans in Damascus . |
| 15 | Clément Oumarou Ouedraogo retained his position as the Front 's secretary in charge of political affairs , while Capt. Gilbert Diendere was reappointed secretary in charge of defence and security . |
| 16 | The next step was to obtain finance in order to start manufacturing and selling full-sized engines . |
| 17 | They came to blows in Jersey last weekend and Speedie was fined £50 in court . |
| 18 | AN apprentice painter who shouted ‘ Brit bastards , up the Provos ’ at a joint police-military patrol was fined £25 in Armagh Magistrate 's Court yesterday . |
| 19 | The firm was fined £800 in addition to compensation and costs . |
| 20 | But the former Director of Public Prosecutions — who quit after he was caught kerb-crawling in King 's Cross , London — is talking about acting on stage . |
| 21 | Le Monde of July 10 reported that Renaud Van Ruymbeke , an examining magistrate in Rennes , was to indict Emmanuelli in connection with his investigations into alleged illegal funding of the 1988 PS election campaign through the " Urba " concern [ see pp. 38591 ; 38197 ] . |
| 22 | Yet in the very last minute Thompson was permitted space in Southend 's penalty area , and , for a left-back , his right foot proved potent indeed . |
| 23 | The government 's manifesto commitment was to increase benefit in line with prices but this does not guarantee its future after the next election , and presumably any proposals on child benefit would have a long lead-in time . |
| 24 | It was sucked flat in moments , and incorporated into the expanding blob . |
| 25 | The main value of the conference was to pinpoint gaps in research into Archaic kouroi : incomplete photographic resources ; a lack of methodology to determine authenticity ; the absence of databases to store and compare information on the changes in composition of ancient stone . |
| 26 | In contrast , the nearest most deaf people got to the War was to receive training in rifle practice and to learn how to dig trenches in case the Germans managed to invade . |
| 27 | Soon he was seeking analogies in nature for the human beauty he wanted to unearth . |
| 28 | At his death he was owed £5 in salary from the Goldsmiths ( which was paid through the Mayor , then Alexander Lowe ) and £14 in " Schole wages " , the local subsidy . |
| 29 | King George VI had lost the title of ‘ Emperor of India ’ when that continent was granted independence in August 1947 , but was delighted at the birth of a grandson , in 1948 , by Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip , and named Charles — destined to become Prince of Wales . |
| 30 | Geoffrey of Monmouth began the Hengist in Lincolnshire legend by stating that Hengist was granted land in Lindsey , in Lincolnshire , where he built a fortress called Thranceastre which was later associated with Castor . |