Example sentences of "who was [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shy Nina , who was related to the Wedgwood pottery family , left him her run-down mansion and contents worth £170,000 when she died aged 83 . |
| 2 | His Lordship accepted Mr Bayliss 's submission that Order 5 , rule 5 did not give power to make an order for contribution in favour of a representative defendant against a member of the class which he was named as representing ; and that the only power it gave was that of giving leave to a person , in whose favour a judgment or order had been given or made , to enforce the judgment or order against a person not a party to the proceedings who was bound by the judgment or order . |
| 3 | Several animations use voice-overs which recount real-life experiences and dramas — sometimes autobiographical , as in Karen Watson 's ‘ Daddy 's Little Bit of Dresden China ’ ( 1988 ) , or researched and compiled from interviews , such as the story of Josie O Dwyer , an ex-prisoner who was sent to a reform centre at the age of 14 in Marjut Rimminen 's ‘ Some Protection ’ ( 1988 ) . |
| 4 | When he took over in October 1964 , he enjoyed two other advantages : his majority of four ensured that the fractious Parliamentary Labour Party would have to behave ; and , apart from Patrick Gordon Walker , whom he appointed Foreign Secretary , and James Griffiths , who was sent to the newly created Welsh Office , only he possessed Cabinet experience . |
| 5 | She only remembered that right from the beginning he took her with him , and it was she who was sent to the doors to ask politely if they had anything to sell . |
| 6 | They fell foul , on the other hand , of Simon de Mont fort , who was sent to the south-west of France by King Henry III in 1248 to curb the unruliness there and ended up assaulting the Viscount of Soule in his castle in Mauléon . |
| 7 | Djore Držić 's nephew , Marin Držić ( 1508–67 ) , was a poor scholar who was sent to the University of Siena on a stipend from the Ragusan Senate . |
| 8 | It includes Eddie Browning , who was jailed for the murder of Marie Wilkes , and Michael Shirley who 's on hunger strike protesting his innocence … |
| 9 | Founded by Muz Murray , who was featured on the first issue 's cover breaking out of an egg , Gandalf 's Garden distilled the essence of the time 's peace , love , mysticism , and delusion . |
| 10 | ( In the 1992 election it hardly got beyond a slanging match over who had identified the young patient awaiting treatment for glue ear who was featured in a Labour election broadcast . ) |
| 11 | The matches took place in Ballymena , Northern Ireland and Catherine McKenzie from Craigforth Administration ( who was featured in the summer Amicus ) played a full part . |
| 12 | The widow of a security guard who was killed during a robbery has appealed for help to track down his killers . |
| 13 | A MAN was cleared yesterday of the murder of Michael Holmes , who was killed during a series of running fights outside a disco in Paisley town centre . |
| 14 | Thirty years ago they built seven homes in the village for war veterans , in memory of the present owner 's great uncle , who was killed during the First World War . |
| 15 | Potter gave up his troop 25 July 1645 , becoming parliamentary commissioner to the army in succession to his brother Captain John Potter , who was killed at the battle of Naseby . |
| 16 | Deutsche Bank has named Hilmar Kopper as chief executive , replacing Alfred Herrhausen , who was killed by a terrorist car bomb a fortnight ago .. |
| 17 | Ricks ' talk features a brilliant analysis of Dylan 's 1964 song , The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll , which tells the story of a woman who was killed by a rich young man , William ‘ Zanzinger ’ . |
| 18 | Anti-government protests intensified following the death on March 5 of an 11-year-old schoolgirl who was killed by a stray bullet as troops fired warning shots in an effort to disperse demonstrators in the southern town of Petit-Goave . |
| 19 | Naples-born Liliana Ferraro , 48 , will replace Judge Giovanni Falcone who was killed by the mob . |
| 20 | Käthe Kollwitz , who was an honourary member from 1940 to 1943 and Oda Schottmüller the resistance fighter who was killed by the Nazis in 1943 retained their membership . |
| 21 | The funeral has taken place of a teenage soldier who was killed by the IRA . |
| 22 | But the Prince has always enjoyed flirting with danger , like his cousin , Prince William of Gloucester , who was killed in a plane crash in 1972 . |
| 23 | GAMBIAN police have named a man they want to question about the murder of a British conservation worker who was killed in a game reserve in December . |
| 24 | Despite a £2,700 legacy from her mother , who was killed in a car crash , she was determined not to waste it . |
| 25 | TV heart-throb Jason Priestly is haunted by the death of a close pal who was killed in a drink-driving accident . |
| 26 | For it 's the funeral today of stablegirl Caroline Peat , the horse 's regular rider , who was killed in a motor accident last week . |
| 27 | The experience of landscape in its physical , visual and spiritual dimensions was the obsessive passion of Cornish artist Peter Lanyon , who was killed in a gliding accident in 1964 at the age of 46 . |
| 28 | In 1905 Sabatini married Ruth Goad Dixon ; they had a son who was killed in a car accident in 1927 . |
| 29 | The official launch in Dungannon was tinged with sadness , however , when a silent tribute was paid to tragic Sinead Murphy , the 1991 Ulster Rose , who was killed in a car crash last week . |
| 30 | Moi went to particular lengths to pay tribute to Alexander Muge , Bishop of Eldoret , a long-standing critic of the government who was killed in a car crash in August [ see p. 37645 ] . |