Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [conj] of the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke .
2 She was silent for a moment , thinking of the drudgery to which Hubert 's vision had condemned her and of the advantages it had denied the children .
3 The new report notes that New Zealand , which introduced hotel charges , has subsequently abandoned them because of the cost of collection and their political unpopularity .
4 Does he realise that France and Germany are already benefiting from the scheme , but that we are denied it because of the Government 's obstinacy ?
5 Is it not outrageous that coalfield areas such as Nottinghamshire which have been waiting nearly two years for this money are still denied it because of the party political games played by the former Cabinet Minister and now Labour Commissioner Millan ?
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