Example sentences of "was [verb] of [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Jackson , a well established trader , has apparently left without trace and his shop was stripped of its goods .
2 The Foreign Minister , Abdul Wakil , said the President was stripped of his powers after he tried to flee the country earlier in the day .
3 Bowe was stripped of his title for refusing to meet Lewis in the ring .
4 Prince Andrew feared daughters Beatrice and Eugenie — already facing the turmoil of their parents ' split — would lose another source of stability if Sgt Ellery was stripped of his post .
5 From the time when Ali was stripped of his title until 1975 , the material conditions of blacks deteriorated ; unemployment tripled so that figures of 35–50 per cent were commonplace in urban ghettos ( Roberts and Kloss , 1979 , p.72 ) .
6 Born in Liverpool to a West African father in 1951 , Conteh won ABA , British and Commonwealth titles but was stripped of his world title by the World Boxing Council for failing to go through with a contracted defence in 1977 and failed three times to regain the championship before retiring in 1981 .
7 ‘ Ai nt no VietCong ever called me a nigger , ’ was his simple , but penetrating , reason for not accepting the draft for which he was stripped of his world title and forced into inactivity for three years ( only to return from adversity and carry on boxing , often successfully , for world titles until aged 38 ) .
8 Hunt overtook Lauda to win the Spanish Grand Prix at Jarama , the fourth of the championship , but then the season-long wrangling and arguing started when it was ruled that Hunt 's car was 1.8 cm ( 0.7 in ) too wide and he was stripped of his points , Lauda being promoted to first place .
9 For his fourth defence in June 1938 Lynch was six pounds overweight and he was stripped of his title .
10 Physicist Fang Lizhi , sheltering in the United States embassy in Beijing [ see pp. 36722 ; 36815 ] , was also criticized for " slandering " Marxism , and was stripped of his membership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences .
11 Other participants in the share support scam , Gerald Ronson of Heron Group and stockbroker Anthony Parnes , received prison sentences , while Sir Jack Lyons , last of the ‘ Guinness Four ’ , was stripped of his knighthood and fined £3 million .
12 A REGIONAL councillor , Terry Penny , was stripped of his membership of committees , sub-committees and working parties for three months by a meeting of the full council yesterday because of unruly behaviour and remarks about the Grampian convener , Bob Middleton , and the policy and resources chairman , Morag Morrell .
13 Three families in Ayrshire , for instance , who had eight children taken away in a raid in June 1990 ; little was heard of their situation until after the Orkney case had been in the headlines for some time .
14 Irene left the court when evidence was given of her son 's last moments .
15 The first thing we had to do was to repent of our childish attitude .
16 AN ARMED bank robber was mugged of his loot as he made his getaway .
17 At that moment he was divested of his property .
18 Now , aged seventy-three , he was dying of his wounds .
19 No one at the university was to know of his DIA connection , and to avoid any written record that might compromise his cover , Donleavy arranged for him to be paid during this period with American Express money orders drawn at 7–11 stores around Falls Church , Virginia .
20 She was reminded of her ravishment and how her lack then of a shapely figure had in no way inhibited the brutal hands of her assailant .
21 Britta did n't understand , but she was reminded of her mind-trip inside the simulacrum of Pool .
22 Vanessa was reminded of her father sharpening blades over Sunday roast .
23 Ianthe was reminded of her meeting with the nun in the Underground the day before and Sophia remarked that nowadays some of them seemed hardly to be cloistered at all .
24 He was reminded of his own headmaster back at school .
25 Walking her round , Luke was reminded of his schoolfriend Spike , who 'd been caught in the locker room with another boy .
26 He was reminded of his right of silence by being cautioned on two occasions within a short time of his arrival and , acting on the advice of his attorney , he remained silent when he might have been expected to explain that the shooting had been due to an accident .
27 Although Price did not give his evidence on oath ( because under Swedish law an accomplice can not be required to give evidence on oath ) , he was reminded of his duty to speak the truth when questioned in court , and he declared himself to be aware of his duty of truthfulness .
28 He was reminded of his priorities .
29 He was reminded of his childhood and of his father 's farm ; they too had kept a couple of goats .
30 These few lines , written probably in the 450s , illustrate how much of Sicily 's wealth was in private ownership and how much was expected of its possessors .
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