Example sentences of "was [vb pp] of [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The first job I was robbed of by Progress , ’ he told the boys , but added darkly , ‘ and the Yanks . ’ |
| 2 | A couple of comments on that Chair , the first one , on the reduction in carry forwards , my understanding is that , in fact it 's quite amusing in some ways , because this , this is something I was accused of as Chair of Resources Management during my year . |
| 3 | Although the great American Thomas Jefferson in 1807 used the term " public relations " , and in England the pen was mighty and writers such as Swift and Dickens promulgated their ideas hoping to change public opinion about a whole host of social or scientific or political issues , until the First World War , public relations was thought of as propaganda . |
| 4 | Thus took place the earliest known vaccinations , although the treatment was thought of as inoculation with cowpox until the term vaccination ( from the Latin vacca for cow ) was coined in 1802 . |
| 5 | Whether it was the coming of sound and the new pace and sharpness that had then ensued , or whether it was because there was a new social awareness as the depression deepened , undoubtedly audiences now appreciated what was thought of as realism . |
| 6 | He invested the endorsement industry and his shoe contract was spoken of with awe . |
| 7 | Within a couple of weeks all the important wreckage was at Farnborough and the rest was disposed of as scrap at Lusaka . |