Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was last seen shortly after being excavated 150 years ago . |
| 2 | A YOUNG policewoman was fighting for life early today after being stabbed three times as she tried to break up an argument . |
| 3 | Paul Chad , QC , prosecuting told Exeter Crown Court how Faye died after being stabbed 20 times with a 9in kitchen knife on which Harris had written ‘ Faye sorry ’ in pencil . |
| 4 | A BOY of four drowned yesterday after being swept three miles down a flooded river near Ammanford , West Wales . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | That state schools should teach by the oral method , but that a child found incapable of learning lipreading and speech after being taught these subjects for at least the initial year should , with the consent of the parents , be removed from the oral department of the school and , subject to strict segregation , be taught on the sign and manual system elsewhere . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | HOW proud Karen Costen must be of her two-year-old son who battled on after being given two weeks to live and has finally had a kidney transplant . |
| 11 | In his semi-final Hartlepool 's Mark Chicocki was disqualified after being given three warnings in the last round for leaning on , a decision booed soundly by the crowd and highlighted by the fact that in following bouts boxers who leaned on just as much were n't even spoken to . |
| 12 | It follows that , except in a case where either the common law or statute allows instant dismissal ( e.g. , for gross misconduct ) , a lecturer can only be dismissed for good cause after being given three months ' notice ( though the lecturer can terminate the agreement on three months ' notice without any reason being assigned ) . |
| 13 | He was sentenced after being convicted last month of arson , deception and incitement to commit forgery . |
| 14 | A 26-year-old man was recovering in hospital today after being shot four times in an apparent punishment shooting in the New Lodge area of Belfast last night . |
| 15 | He is in a wheelchair after being shot last year . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The Pontins League includes the reserve teams of most of the North 's top clubs , with Everton gaining promotion back to the first division last season after being relegated 12 months previously . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Keegan , however , will not consider withdrawing from the competition , which has been littered with fights and sendings-off after being revived this season following a 20-year absence . |
| 20 | None of the Republic players was more likely to come into conflict with Charlton 's tactics than Liam Brady , who announced his retirement from international football after being substituted 10 minutes from half-time in a recent friendly against West Germany . |
| 21 | Despite the blow to Hewitt , McHale said the injury would give former Leeds United and Northern Ireland star Phil Hughes the chance to re-establish himself in the side after being axed last week . |
| 22 | Mr Prescott was selected for the British team last September after being awarded second place in the Mr Universe contest . |
| 23 | Mr Prescott , was selected for the British team last September after being awarded second place in the Mr Universe contest . |
| 24 | He 's moving after being burgled three times in one week . |
| 25 | Earlier former Wales international David Jones rolled back the years with a top score 61 , riding his luck after being dropped three times . |
| 26 | Even after being suspended 16 days ago , Mr Onanuga said he was certain Mr Lamont paid him £18.36 for three bottles of wine and two packets of Hamlet on the crucial Monday . |
| 27 | Last night 400 bikers were drifting away from Pier Head to other ports after being told extra boats would be chartered from alternative ports today . |
| 28 | MARY Reveley is making good progress in South Tees Hospital at Middlesbrough after being admitted last weekend with severe stomach pains . |
| 29 | if you were born in the Mediterranean you would of been eating that stuff anyway and you 'd never have , think about it |
| 30 | Should of been done any way . |