Example sentences of "was [vb pp] a [noun] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kriss Akabussi , World and Olympic finalist , when he was stationed in the Army in Germany brought a new car into Britain and was stopped a number of times on his way to Hampshire . |
| 2 | He was prescribed a course of multivitamins , essential fatty acids , and glutathione supplements . |
| 3 | So he was prescribed a course of antibiotics . |
| 4 | If distribution was limited a list of stockists could also be useful . |
| 5 | Sedgley was sent on for Walsh in order to protect the two-goal lead , and Hendry was given a couple of minutes at the end so that Lineker could take a well-earned breather . |
| 6 | I was given a couple of interviews straight off which , though unsuccessful , were useful practice and I felt confident that something would soon turn up . |
| 7 | We took Ben to the vet and he was given a course of antibiotics , which seemed to do the trick . |
| 8 | John Rhys tells of a fenoderee who was given a suit of clothes ; so disgusted was he with this ‘ bribe ’ that he placed a curse on the family for each item . |
| 9 | He was given a bundle of notes , but they exploded red security dye onto him as he escaped . |
| 10 | I was doing my four hours on and eight off , and as a supernumerary was given a variety of jobs . |
| 11 | I was given a set of exercises to do , and since then I 've been all right . ’ |
| 12 | After a champagne toast , more than 20 skiers from all over Europe taking part in a Klammer ski clinic were taken by coach to the golf course where Herr Klammer , still in ski boots , was given a set of clubs . |
| 13 | Each household was given a number of strips scattered between the desirable and less desirable fields . |
| 14 | I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood . |
| 15 | The application of another lady , a Mrs. Nan Lavell , who was very ill indeed , was delayed a matter of months for that same reason , without the Housing Executive giving any reason for the delay . |
| 16 | My bone marrow was harvested a couple of weeks ago and the whole thing was a piece of cake . |
| 17 | It was parked a couple of streets away . |
| 18 | By then it was expected a set of scripts for that show would be available in rehearsal form for the Director to peruse , assess and add his contribution . |
| 19 | In August 1767 he was granted a coat of arms with the motto ‘ Safely , quickly and pleasantly ’ and married Rachel , widow of William Westley of Shepton Mallet , Somerset , and daughter of Simon and Frances Warlock of Antigua and Westminster . |
| 20 | About this time Berthelet turned active supervision of his printing-house over to his nephew , Thomas Powell , probably by 1549 when he was granted a coat of arms . |
| 21 | Honours flowed : an honorary M.Sc in 1956 from the University of Wales ; the MBE in 1964 ; and highest accolade of all , he was made a member of Bards in 1975 . |
| 22 | I was offered a pair of shoes for about one third more than the market price , and I was so much in need of shoes that I fell into temptation . |
| 23 | As in the last elections , in 1985 [ see p. 33511 ] , the electorate was offered a choice of candidates , 230 names having been put forward in all , with up to six candidates in some constituencies in the capital , Lomé . |
| 24 | While in the transit camp at Lowestoft he was offered a choice of hostels in Belfast , Leeds or London . |
| 25 | Duncombe 's poem was reprinted a number of times and thus kept Leapor 's name before the reading public for several decades . |
| 26 | He was calling from the Lying-In Hospital ; the baby was born a couple of hours ago . |
| 27 | Instead was found a pair of trousers , which were not Jeffrey 's , and a tomahawk . |
| 28 | Petion caught up with Mortimer just as the Marines reached the wider tunnel , into one side of which was set a pair of doors which Benny 's description indicated led to the dock . |
| 29 | The driver was hit a number of times on the head and back , either with fists or with an implement , and suffered injuries to the face and eyes as well as bruising . |
| 30 | A second NAWK program was written that was run a number of times with different threshold values . |