Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh pn] [was/were] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Though it has been suggested that Cynddylan may have been among Penda 's British allies at the Winwaed , there is no direct evidence for this , but when Penda attacked Oswiu in the mid-650s he is said to have been supported by British kings ( HB ch. 64 ) , principal among whom was Cadafael ap Cynfedw , king of Gwynedd ( HB ch. 65 ) . |
| 32 | " The unrest of which we hear so much as a new disease exists chiefly in the minds of the agitators " , chief among whom was Havelock Wilson himself but also his associates , especially Edward Tupper , " a fraudulent imposter who , while pretending to be an enemy of Capital , was in reality a bankrupt company promoter " . |
| 33 | In June 1308 Edward had accompanied a letter to the pope on Gaveston 's behalf with the grant of the castle of Blanquefort to the pope 's nephew ; later that year , at the pope 's request , the king released some prisoners , among whom was Walter Langton , bishop of Lichfield , who had offended the barons by his corruption and extortion at the exchequer and the king by earlier siding with Edward I against Gaveston . |