Example sentences of "death in [adj] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From about 1563 until his death in 1590 they were held by Charles Fox , although he had to share the Signet with John Dudley ; and in 1590 Fox was succeeded by Fulke Greville , who had already taken over Dudley 's share of the Signet and had acquired reversions to the Clerkship of the Council in 1577 and the Secretaryship in 1583 . |
| 2 | On his father 's death in 1621 he was adopted by his uncle John Browne , a merchant tailor , from whom he eventually inherited a substantial fortune . |
| 3 | On his retirement , George Healey was honoured by being made the Association 's first deaf Patron , and at the Southampton Congress shortly before his death in 1925 he was presented with an illuminated testimonial and a cheque for his pension fund . |
| 4 | Until after Philip 's death in 1746 it was still an administrative and not a policy-making body ; but in the second half of the century it acquired greater power and independence . |
| 5 | Until William Green 's death in 1823 there were not many options open to those people who had the leisure to travel even if they could resist the siren songs of the ‘ Lakes ’ poets . |
| 6 | After Olybrius 's death in 472 it was he who appointed Glycerius as emperor . |
| 7 | As for cardinals , after Kilwardby 's death in 1310 there were no more English bishops among them until Langham in 1368 and only four others — three Dominicans in this reign and Adam Easton later — before 1378 , compared with fourteen Italian and one hundred and twelve French cardinals . |
| 8 | At the time of his death in 1949 he was professor of Linguistics at Yale University . |
| 9 | Until Sell 's death in 1915 they were jointly responsible for teaching in the university chemical laboratory , at first located on the east side of the site of the former Botanic Garden and after 1887 in a new building in Pembroke Street . |
| 10 | After his death in 1721 he was buried in Pelynt , where the rusted plate from his coffin , ( subsequently excavated ) , his chair and a crozier are still on view . |