Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] killed [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three people were reported killed during a shoot-out in Lomé on Nov. 27 between police and demonstrators who responded to a general strike call launched on Nov. 16 by the Collectif des syndicats indépendants and the Collective of the Democratic Opposition-2 ( COD-2 ) [ for May general strike see p. 38901 ] . |
| 2 | Seven people were reported killed in a series of pre-dawn air raids on two Croat villages , which Yugoslav army commanders said were in retaliation for attacks on an air base in the regional centre of Mostar nearby . |
| 3 | A total of 13 government troops were reported killed in a clash with FARC guerrillas on March 5 , but the Army claimed to have killed an important FARC commander , Alonso Cortes , in Cauca department on March 15 and were reported to have killed 30 FARC and EPL guerrillas in a clash on April 26 destroying 16 of their camps . |
| 4 | Only one person was reported killed as a result of a collision with another skier . |
| 5 | In 1934 the son of Britain 's most controversial psychoanalyst was reported killed in a climbing accident . |