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inquest - use in sentences
Converse of object
- adjourn: On Wednesday afternoon an adjourned inquest took place at the Canning Inn, Fenton on the victims that had been recovered.
- reopen: Eventually, the shoot-to-kill inquest reopened on 5 May 1992.
- hold: Even more curious was the secret inquest held in Newport in 1943 on a 14 year old boy killed by mustard gas.
- tell: The two marksmen had earlier told the inquest they were in fear of their lives.
- conduct: He or she would have an original jurisdiction to conduct an inquest in cases of particular public interest or concern.
- hear: The inquest heard that Carney had driven through a 30mph zone at 80mph.
Preposition: on
- body: An inquest on the body was held on Tuesday at the London Hospital by Mr Wynne Baxter coroner for east London.
Adjective modifier
- subsequent: The jury in the subsequent inquest returned a verdict of " accidental death " .
- fresh: A fresh inquest is to be held into the death of a young nurse.
- second: In November 2004 CPS received the evidence and transcript from the second inquest.
- original: New forensic evidence obtained following the British inquest casts doubt on the validity of the original inquest 's findings.
Preposition: into
- death: Coroner holds inquest into death of Siamese twin ' Jodie ' .
- shooting: His wife Annie testified at the Inquest into the fatal shootings that he would have been 46 " on the morrow " .
Modifies a noun
- verdict: She hopes to have the original inquest verdict on her son quashed, allowing a new hearing to take place.
- jury: The inquest jury is expected to retire to consider its verdict today.
- proceeding: Then the Judge had some things to say about the inquest proceedings.
- procedure: And where did that leave the normal inquest procedure, as even that wasn't followed?
Noun used with modifier
- coroner: In each case a coroners inquest was carried out.
- treasure: If he intends to hold a treasure inquest the coroner is required to inform the Department of the Environment.
Possessives
- coroner: The coroner's inquest found a verdict of murder in the first degree!
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