Example sentences of "of [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 . |