Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whole supermarkets in the Valley were stripped of their provender in a decorous food riot by the affluent , loading up their Wagoneers with Porterhouse and T-bone as they headed for the hills . |
| 2 | The trees on every side of the magazine bent away from it and were stripped of their leaves . |
| 3 | Did this affect the image Tanzanians were given of their own country ? |
| 4 | Villages were razed to the ground , so that they did not disrupt the view from drawing-room windows , with the same enthusiasm with which the peasantry on the more distant corners of the estate were dispossessed of their wetland commons in the pursuit of productive farming . |
| 5 | Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life . |
| 6 | Even if students were to conceive of their role in this way , the academic freedoms and the associated student ethic could not be maintained solely by the students . |
| 7 | When I asked my mother what she was doing , she replied : ‘ I thought if nothing were to come of your relationships , I could cut them out of the photographs ! ’ |
| 8 | We were reminded of their plight at the opening service of the assembly . |
| 9 | We were reminded of their plight of peace , as I said , at the opening service . |
| 10 | This picture , taken 24 hours earlier , shows the spot where the Haywards were robbed of their bags , cameras , cash and travellers cheques . |
| 11 | The detectives were faced with a difficult job after Thomas and Margaret Wright were robbed of their £4,800 New Year 's Day takings at the Bay Horse pub in Bishop Auckland on January 2 , 1991 . |
| 12 | With any luck they would not run across her during the day , although for press purposes both Major and Hurd would have to say how pleased they were to hear of her arrival . |
| 13 | It was only after four hours of sailing from Scapa Flow that we were told of our destination . |
| 14 | Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life . |
| 15 | In the summer season her troubles were born of her prosperity . |
| 16 | In these days they were feared of their job . |
| 17 | He and his wife Ann were unstinting of their time in attending lectures , functions and committees and they won the affection and admiration of a great many people at all levels . |
| 18 | Shrines , chantries , and reliquaries were plundered or demolished , and the interiors of churches were denuded of their images , which were now regarded as idolatrous . |
| 19 | The ‘ boomers ’ packed their tents hurriedly , the log buildings were emptied of their contents and demolished , and one and all hurried to Wainwright as best they could , and with what vehicles they could command . |
| 20 | In this study , 79% of patients were cured of their symptoms . |
| 21 | ‘ We were talking of your mother 's health . ’ |
| 22 | When it stopped bouncing on what were left of its shock absorbers , I tried to get the driver 's door open but it , and the passenger door , were jammed shut . |
| 23 | But in order to make up an army we must not destroy the nation ; it would be destruction to a nation if it were deprived of its best elements . |
| 24 | Many Forest wardens were deprived of their offices after conviction of such malpractices at the Forest Eyre . |
| 25 | Although people were allowed to eat other foods freely , in fact when they were deprived of their refined carbohydrates they tended not to increase their intake of these alternative foods very much — not enough to make up for the calories they were saving . |
| 26 | Those who refused him their recognition were deprived of their lands and forced into a form of internal exile within France , into that area which the Valois ruled . |
| 27 | Two men — including the one in the photograph — were cleared of her murder . |
| 28 | There were very few lone parents on the books at that time : so few that no separate statistics were kept of their numbers . |
| 29 | The procedure was quite simple : the inhabitants of any given building were informed of its imminent demise , sometimes by officials , sometimes by the arrival of earth-moving equipment which dug holes next to the cottages large enough to accommodate the rubble after the individual cottages had been bulldozed into them . |
| 30 | All over the island tall old trees crashed down , and less tall trees whipped about and were filleted of their leaves and branches . |