Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] be [vb pp] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cooke was a happier man when greeting the news that full-back Jon Webb is assured of completing the season . |
| 2 | Within a few hours Denwood was stripped of everything , there was not a soul or a vestige of its recent occupation to be seen in the place . |
| 3 | He spoke out yesterday after Brentford striker Gary Blissett was cleared of a charge of causing grievous bodily harm . |
| 4 | Kelly was talking for the first time since Brentford striker Blissett was acquitted of assaulting Torquay defender John Uzzell last week . |
| 5 | Edwin Montagu was accused of anti-British motives for his Indian policy ; with Reading as Viceroy there were openings for the diehards " latent anti-semitism . |
| 6 | Last night Oftel and its chief Ian Byatt were accused of failing to act in the public 's interests . |
| 7 | Like the rest of the Borg , Jean Luc is stripped of all individual personality and forced to walk around with wires poking out from all his most intimate parts . |
| 8 | Edward Browning is accused of murdering Marie Wilkes on the motorway in June last year . |
| 9 | The government of the Virgin Islands was accused of mismanagement and having almost no control over the activities of DC personnel working on the project . |
| 10 | A few hours earlier Mrs Valerie Williams was robbed of her firm 's wages on a quite road in South Wales when masked men overtook her in this stolen car and forced her to stop and then rammed her vehicle from behind with another car . |
| 11 | The contracts for the first defence of the title given to Lewis when Riddick Bowe was stripped of the distinction by the WBC were signed by the fighter and his manager , Frank Maloney , in Glasgow yesterday and faxed to Tucker 's handler , Don King , in New York . |
| 12 | PENNY McAllister was robbed of her life by two people . |
| 13 | Penny Mallory is assured of being the top woman driver … because she 's the only British lady behind the wheel this year … and what 's more her co-driver and mechanics are all women too |
| 14 | Parvis Yousefi was convicted of four offences of attempting to obtain a pecuniary advantage , five offences of obtaining property by deception and attempting to obtain by deception . |
| 15 | The Wigwell Aqueduct was built of stone to carry the canal over the River Derwent . |
| 16 | Every time she saw the photograph Stella was reminded of someone , but she could never catch who it was . |
| 17 | According to later reports Gerard Harte was suspected of triggering the Ballygawley bomb . |
| 18 | Two weeks ago the same Dr Courtney was convicted of raping two women and indecently assaulting two others . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | In April 1990 , Sergeant Norton was acquitted of the alleged rape of an 18 year old girl at Cheltenham racecourse . |
| 21 | Brian McRandal , another European youth championship traveller joins Ryan Glass as the final nominations for the BHS most improved junior award , but Dominic McGreevy is assured of honours on Friday when he will be jointly awarded the Crystal Trophy with Wai Sun Chan for gaining maximum Grand Prix points over the season , Dominic 's success coming in the cadet boys and Wai Sun dominating the under-21 event . |
| 22 | It had long been the nuns ' ambition that Eve Malone be thought of as a lady . |
| 23 | CAPTAIN Kepler Wessels was accused of assaulting Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev with his bat in South Africa 's limited-overs international in Port Elizabeth . |
| 24 | Under the captaincy of McBride and the coaching skills of his Ballymena colleague Syd Millar , the Lions , with nine Irishmen in tow , won 21 of their 22 games , and were only denied a clean sweep when flanker Fergus Slattery was robbed of a try in the dying minutes of the Fourth and Final Test which ended in a 13–13 draw . |
| 25 | According to an official document obtained by AI , Dorje Wangdu was accused of ‘ advising his acquaintances to wear Tibetan clothes ’ ; ‘ making copies of ’ a ‘ reactionary leaflet ’ ; and distributing ‘ symbols of personal protection ’ ( cords blessed by a high lama ) to monks in Ganden monastery as a token of respect . |
| 26 | In an official notice of punishment , dated 26 September 1991 , Dorje Wangdu was accused of ‘ advising his acquaintances ’ to ‘ wear Tibetan clothes ’ during the period of the Kalashakra Buddhist initiation ceremony , held by the Dalai Lama in late 1990 in India . |
| 27 | Ron and Reggie Kray were convicted of two killings … eight members of the Kray firm were jailed . |
| 28 | The three Tidbury brothers and William Day were accused of both murders . |
| 29 | King Hussein was informed of our problem , and he had his royal crew uncover the gremlin — a short in the electrical system . |
| 30 | Mr Lang was accused of merely carrying out a public relations exercise , however . |