Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] was [vb pp] by [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Popular psychological accounts in the press tell of a child who was beaten by his step-father and who turned into a self- important , paranoid and sadistic adult . |
| 2 | ‘ The Selling of Chen Chen — Trade in Native Taiwanese Children ’ documents the life of a 13 year-old Native Taiwanese girl who was sold by her father when she was 11 and forced to work as a prostitute . |
| 3 | ‘ The Selling of Chen Chen — Trade in Native Taiwanese Children ’ documents the life of a 13 year-old Native Taiwanese girl who was sold by her father when she was 11 and forced to work as a prostitute . |
| 4 | ‘ There is a story of a Japanese potter who was commanded by his Emperor to reproduce a marvellous glaze he had chanced upon as a mere hazard of the fire . |
| 5 | As the product of a privileged background , he surely represented the type of rich Conservative who was inhibited by what Mrs Thatcher once called ‘ bourgeois guilt ’ ( see p. 246 ) , and a directionless consensus . |
| 6 | This is Rupert , a 5 month old Barn Owl who was deserted by his parents at a few days old , but found in time to be saved and hand reared . |
| 7 | An ex-Portsmouth Polytechnic student who was told by her economics tutor that ‘ all girls who get through are going on to do shorthand and typing in the evening ’ . |
| 8 | A WISECRACKING RABBI who was sacked by his congregation for his saucy remarks failed in his attempt to be reinstated to his Southgate Synagogue . |
| 9 | Also known as the Cold Lad , a sad little GHOST of a stable-boy who was murdered by his lord . |
| 10 | The country effectively run by fourteen Tory backbenchers a Prime Minister who was told by his Party and has been told by his , by the country consistently to get rid of a chancellor who is totally and utterly incompetent . |
| 11 | With implementation of these new directives , hopefully it will eliminate such instances as the Y T S worker who was instructed by his employer to weld a petrol tanker which had not been properly cleaned out , and still contained dangerous fumes , which resulted in the loss of a life . |
| 12 | Bastardy law , on the other hand , remained extremely harsh , with the result that the unmarried mother who was rejected by her family had very little recourse other than the workhouse . |