Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 However , the whole Pierremont extravaganza was too much for ordinary people , and when Henry 's second wife Mary , who outlived him by 28 years , died in 1909 the estate was gradually sold off for housing .
2 After having a challenge for the domestic middleweight title demolished by Bunny Sterling who stopped him in eight rounds , Hope once more returned with a vigorous sequence of wins culminating in a challenge for the world light-middleweight title held by Eckhard Dagge in Berlin .
3 Ximena , who survived him by fifteen years , held Valencia for only short time .
4 The dealer was taken away for questioning , and the painting was confiscated by the Gemäldegalerie who kept it for six months , attempting to resolve the situation themselves .
5 Von Sophias Wilbur , who won it with 2,273 points .
6 BOXER Mike Tyson 's bid to get a new trial was thrown out of court yesterday — by the judge who sentenced him to six years for rape .
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