Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harold started Ryburn in July 1990 after being made redundant . |
| 2 | By the time they were interviewed in late 1982 and early 1983 ( some three years after being made redundant ) , they were divided almost equally between the economically active and inactive — 51 per cent and 49 per cent respectively — according to the standard definition of such activity . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | An unemployed engineer in Coventry , who joined the Labour Party after being made redundant , walks to all his meetings and reckons he wears out his shoes three times faster than when he was working . |
| 5 | She 'd got the job after being made redundant and signing on at the job centre . |
| 6 | I not only feel it to be the most relevant magazine to the industry I work in — the consumer finance sector — but have also found the appointments section excellent , especially as I secured new employment through it after being made redundant . |
| 7 | After being made redundant from his last job , he 's finally found work at a glass company in the town . |
| 8 | Tom , a professional engineer , set up the company 5 years ago after being made redundant for the third time . |
| 9 | She was remanded in custody on February 24 for a week and after being granted conditional bail , lived at a probation hostel for a further three weeks . |
| 10 | The first victim to give evidence against him , a 26-year-old secretary , was raped after being served spiked champagne at his surgery before they went to a mutual friend 's home for dinner . |
| 11 | His first victim , a 26-year-old secretary , was raped after being served spiked champagne at his surgery before they went to a mutual friend 's home for dinner in February 1991 . |
| 12 | It was after being cast adrift in a longboat by the mutinous crew of Bounty that Bligh managed to make his monumental open-boat voyage with a handful of faithfuls to safety , and ultimately revenge , on the Indonesian island of Timor . |
| 13 | There was no case of leakage and several of the boats were still afloat month after being cast adrift . |
| 14 | Despite having 20 minutes to compose himself after being given advance notification of the exit poll result , the tension showed clearly on the Kinnocks ' faces as they they struggled to swallow bitter disappointment . |
| 15 | Finding that broking in political power was more fun than selling milk , Horsley self-importantly told Kinnock he 'd better stick to his socialist principles after being elected Prime Minister , or there 'd be trouble from NoS . |
| 16 | Carmen Lawrence became state Premier of Western Australia on Feb. 12 , after being elected unopposed to the leadership of the Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) within the state . |
| 17 | I would n't want to be a defender and see him coming on with 20 minutes left after being run ragged by Ian Rush , ’ he said . |
| 18 | Richard Armstrong , an independent investigator , told Darlington magistrates yesterday that he was told Timothy Sturdy had killed himself after being declared bankrupt . |
| 19 | A WEST Lothian councillor , William Burns , resigned yesterday after being declared bankrupt at Linlithgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday . |
| 20 | Habib Bourguiba was declared President-for-Life by the National Assembly in 1985 , but was removed in November 1987 after being declared unfit for office on grounds of ill-health and senility . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Victoria Carrington , 23 , of Northolt , west London , a convent-educated stockbroker who attacked a mother and daughter on an Underground train after they knocked into her newspaper was fined £400 by Knightsbridge magistrates and ordered to pay £600 compensation after being found guilty of assault . |
| 23 | A 16-year-old girl from Bermondsey , south London , was sent to a young persons ' institution for four months yesterday after being found guilty at Seymour Place juvenile court of causing grievous bodily harm to Francis Ruth Waite , 24 , daughter of Terry Waite , held hostage in Lebanon . |
| 24 | ABU Talb , named in connection with the blowing up of PanAm flight 103 over Lockerbie a year ago , was jailed for life yesterday after being found guilty by a Swedish court of attempted murder during terrorist-related incidents in 1985 . |
| 25 | Last year 's crop of court cases at the Old Bailey reported in national newspapers included : a French master who had a store of pornographic photos of teenage pupils dating back ten years ; a religious education master who simulated sexual intercourse in front of his pupils ( the Old Bailey heard he had done this little party trick dozens of times at different schools ) ; a primary school teacher who was allowed to go on teaching after being found guilty of ‘ lewd , indecent and libidinous practices ’ against ten- and 11-year old boys ; and a music teacher in Sussex who had raped , attempted to rape and indecently assaulted hundreds of girls over many years . |
| 26 | He will be forever remembered as the player sent home in disgrace from Scotland 's disastrous World Cup campaign in Argentina after being found guilty of taking banned drugs in Scotland 's ill-fated opening game against Peru . |
| 27 | Dustman Peter Hunter was later jailed for life after being found guilty of raping and murdering the teenage daughter of an army warrant officer . |
| 28 | PAKISTAN fast bowler Aqib Javed was suspended for one match yesterday after being found guilty of dissent during the second one-day international against New Zealand in Napier . |
| 29 | TOTTENHAM striker Gordon Durie , banned for three games after being found guilty of misconduct by the Football Association , will have his appeal heard on December 16 . |
| 30 | And she was fined £1,500 after being found guilty of controlling prostitutes ' earnings . |