Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The marriage produced four sons and three daughters , the youngest of whom was born seven months after her husband 's death , at the age of forty-one , in the influenza epidemic of 1918 . |
| 2 | Some 12,500 refugees were held at Guantánamo or offshore on US vessels , 3,500 of whom were granted preliminary asylum status after interviews with the Immigration and Naturalization Service . |
| 3 | And it has repeatedly bragged that its fighters have been responsible for the mounting attacks on policemen , 226 of whom were killed last year . |
| 4 | There was to be no investment in lines to help rural passengers , many of whom were denied easy access to hospitals , doctors ' surgeries , pharmacies , dental facilities and leisure and recreation . |
| 5 | Three of them were sacked last month , leaving Mark Franklin and Tony Dorie as hosts . |
| 6 | Cycling , like walking , is one of the best ways of seeing and enjoying the countryside , and mountain bikes have proved to be the latest and most popular method of ‘ green ’ transport : over 1 million of them were sold last year . |
| 7 | The two of them were crouched either side of a mass of scrawled diagrams in the dirt . |
| 8 | Both of them were discharged two years later . |
| 9 | My sister , however , kindly kept him informed of my whereabouts , and he replied in two letters , the first of which was dated 30 November 1940 : The second was dated 27 May 1942 : |
| 10 | The British Museum 's collection , much of which was collected last century or in the early half of this century , was shown by TL to contain some twenty forgeries , most of which had , in recent years , been suspected to be modern . |
| 11 | Extension services were set up to focus upon a target population of every couple , the wife of which was aged 15–44 years , backed up by medical services and financial incentives to adopters . |
| 12 | It follows the company 's 1.6″ high 0663 , 250,000 of which were shipped last year according to IBM . |
| 13 | One pair of blue jeans , faded , American label , in the pockets of which were found two cinema tickets , one wallet , brown leather with a red painted design , containing … ’ |
| 14 | Like all Mercantile and General-owned farms , two of which were sold last year and a fourth is also under offer , it had been well-maintained . |
| 15 | Now I love the Labour Party and a lot of what was said this morning was painful . |
| 16 | Every policeman was given a pint mug and on night duty we were , have n't , we , each of us was given one pint of coffee . |
| 17 | Against them were marshalled industrial capital in coal mining , shipping and shipbuilding led by the great radical ( Karl Marx 's description ) Joseph Cowen . |
| 18 | Like , it used to be that [ place ] station might be attacked once or twice a year , like it was hit five times in one night this year … |
| 19 | Most of the walls were topped by a layer of concrete into which were set jagged pieces of glass from smashed bottles . |
| 20 | It seems that the whole force has been under the direct comd of General Loehr , until contact with him was lost many days ago . " |
| 21 | The noise that came with it was heard fifty miles away . |
| 22 | This decision was criticized by ecology groups , including the environmental organization Greenpeace , because research was to be into developing the traditional pressurized water reactor , rather than into what were considered safer forms . |
| 23 | ‘ It has to do with what was said last time I was here . ’ |
| 24 | Under the pavement of the baths was a lower floor upon which were built small piers of tiles about two feet high . |
| 25 | In July 1940 Bletchley had intercepted a message from Goering to the chiefs of staff of the Luftwaffe in which was made clear Hitler 's intention to prepare for the invasion of Britain — ‘ Operation Sea Lion ’ , as it was code-named . |
| 26 | There was no furniture in the room other than a cupboard in the far corner in which were kept special foods such as plates of dates selected from the great storehouse or the enamel pots poured full of the sweet of the area . |
| 27 | ‘ We passed outside the city walls , and after a little walk , entered ; i green garden door , and made our way to a little plain square building , in which were arranged wooden benches , a pulpit and below the pulpit a plain wooden table and chair . |
| 28 | An object with what appeared to be a gun barrel pointing from it was found 30 yards from where Mr Peter Jowett 's body lay . |
| 29 | When the passes were found , each was enclosed in an envelope with a first class frank and a recorded delivery sticker ; the covering letter inside mine was dated 18 September . |
| 30 | In it were tucked all manner of bills , receipts and postcards bearing on the activities of the club . |