Example sentences of "[vb past] an action [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court allowed an action for breach of statutory duty against the defendant . |
| 2 | In 1988 the plaintiff commenced an action for damages on the ground of negligence against the defendant health authority . |
| 3 | The Portuguese took an action against Clerke in the High Court of Admiralty , supported by testimonies from an English ship 's master who had been at Fermeuse , though no conclusion to the action has been found . |
| 4 | Later , when they had not been paid for by the defendant , the plaintiff brought an action for payment of the sum due against the defendant . |
| 5 | Subsequently he brought an action for negligence in England . |
| 6 | The plaintiff , a local authority , brought an action for damages for libel against the defendants in respect of certain newspaper articles which made allegations in relation to share dealings involving the investment of moneys from the local authority 's superannuation fund , sometimes by a complex series of deals , in companies connected with or controlled by a businessman . |
| 7 | The plaintiffs brought an action for damages against the defendants for , inter alia , conspiracy to defraud the plaintiffs by the obtaining of inflated fees and commission payments in respect of a number of property transactions conducted by the defendants on the plaintiffs ' behalf . |
| 8 | Such a situation will be rare , but might arise if , say , the exchange required all floor traders to have their mnemonics printed on their trading cards , failed to accept delivery of the cards by the member to the trading floor , and then brought an action for breach of the original requirement . |
| 9 | ‘ A workman , who had been injured through the breaking of a defective part in the machine with which he was working , brought an action of damages against his employers , and later convened as second defenders the manufacturers of the machine , who had supplied it to his employers , on averments to the effect that the accident had been caused by the fault of the manufacturers in that they failed to supply his employers with a machine which was safe for use by their servants . |
| 10 | The plaintiff brought an action in negligence against the defendants , contending that , because the fire had been started negligently and because he had been injured as a result , he was entitled to recover damages from the defendants . |
| 11 | The plaintiff brought an action in negligence against the defendant , contending that because the fire had been started negligently and because he had been injured as a result , he was entitled to recover damages from the defendant . |
| 12 | Philips brought an action in ejectment against Bury . |
| 13 | The plaintiff brought an action in debt against the defendant owner of the land , claiming the amount due as being for tithes . |
| 14 | Bowaters told the plaintiffs and they brought an action against officers of the unions to which the drivers and loaders belonged . |
| 15 | In all circumstances the beneficiary now had an action in rem in addition to his original protection in personam , and it could be enforced against any possessor . |