Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [vb past] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were some plans in existence and he studied old maps by R. Casson and J. Berry , which had appeared last in 1757 before the copper plates for them had been taken over by Harrop . |
| 2 | No reason for either of them to write or telephone , not after what had been said . |
| 3 | The traditional bloom process was still capable of meeting all needs , for a negligible outlay ; the exotic indirect process had been introduced as an act of state policy simply in order to make cannons , the need for which had been proved by the effectiveness of French artillery — against the English themselves — in the wars of the fifteenth century ; Newbridge , where the first successful gun had been cast in 1509 , was Crown property . |
| 4 | The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) signed an historic commercial agreement with the Russian Space Agency on June 18 , the basis for which had been established at the June summit between US President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin [ see pp. 38985-86 ] . |
| 5 | Among 212 people between the ages of 16 and 65 , only 88 of whom had been disabled before 18 years of age , enquiry was made as to range and frequency of experience in sexual practices generally . |
| 6 | The graves contained the bodies of up to 200 policemen , many of whom had been blindfolded and shot in the back of the head , who were presumed to have been amongst the 600 captured by the LTTE on June 11 [ see above ; pp. 37529-30 ] . |
| 7 | The newly formed independent human rights organization Organisation Marocaine des Droits de L'Homme ( OMDH ) ( see p. 36244 ) claimed on July 26 , 1989 , that there remained a total of 226 political prisoners in Morocco , 12 of whom had been condemned to death and 33 of whom were in indefinite solitary confinement . |
| 8 | The lands that they abandoned were gradually occupied by Albanians , most of whom had been converted to Islam . |
| 9 | Fifteen countries were represented by 30 women , each of whom had been invited on the basis of her contribution to theatre in her own country . |
| 10 | Out of 435 prisoners classified as political ( 85 of whom had been sentenced ) , only 30 would benefit from this classification , but the platform also covered the right to conditional liberty and to reduced sentences on grounds of inhumane conditions suffered . |
| 11 | The report said that at least 50 people were being held without charge in " preventive " detention , and further stated that many hundreds of people were being held without proper trial , among them at least 90 political prisoners who were tried by special courts , over half of whom had been sentenced to death . |
| 12 | The human rights organization Amnesty International on Dec. 10 issued a report on Myanma listing some 200 people arrested in the country during the first seven months of 1991 , nearly 40 of whom had been sentenced to long prison terms after " blatantly unfair " trials . |
| 13 | The offences took place between 1977 and 1983 with boys then aged between 11 and 13 , some of whom had been abused by their parents before being taken into care . |
| 14 | Rostov was not sure what purpose his stateroom had served previously but it was obvious that it had been occupied by at least four persons , all of whom had been possessed of diverse tastes with regard to the minimal decoration which was permissible aboard a ship designed for deep space exploration . |
| 15 | The South Korean government announced an amnesty on Feb. 26 under which it would release 22 " leftists " , most of whom had been convicted of spying for North Korea , and 1,089 other prisoners . |
| 16 | In 1920 he revived the Headington Quarry side that he had formed in 1910 , some of whom had been killed or wounded in World War I , including his own son William , whose leg had been shattered . |
| 17 | Kadhafi told a session of the GPC on Oct. 7 that security forces had clashed with what he called " an extremist Islamic group " near the town of Ajdabiya , about 725 km south-east of Tripoli , some of whom had been killed and others captured . |
| 18 | Among those executed , several of whom had been detained before the " coup attempt " , were the former Air Force commander , Maj.-Gen. |
| 19 | Smith Opon Acak , all of whom had been detained for more than a year , appeared in court in January 1990 charged with plotting to overthrow the government , having " levied war against the government of Uganda " between Nov. 2 and 18 , 1987 . |
| 20 | On May 7 the government dismissed the country 's 14 regional commissioners , all of whom had been appointed by the Royal Palace and were regarded as loyal supporters of the King . |
| 21 | part of the process of universal involvement in recognition of Artai as Lord of the Earth now necessitated the removal of the Dragon Throne — a solid piece of carving of the weight of seven thousand diram — with its occupant from the top of the plinth down to the concourse from whence it was destined to be borne on a processional route on the shoulders of teams of men of every degree in the Khanate , most of whom had been selected by lot , although there were a few who had paid out considerable sums in gold koban for the privilege of inclusion . |
| 22 | Forth patients had been operated on , 14 of whom had been subjected to only ileocoecal resection . |
| 23 | The leaders of the General Union of Tunisian Students ( UGTE ) were among 583 protesters reported to have been arrested by Feb. 23 , 283 of whom had been drafted into military service , a further 190 held for interrogation and 110 released by Feb. 25 . |
| 24 | The-building , white with red shutters , faced over the vineyards , which were tended by the residents of the home , most of whom had been wounded . |
| 25 | In June Hu Qili , Rui Xingwen and Yan Minfu ( all of whom had been removed from high-ranking posts in the aftermath of the June 1989 " counter-revolutionary rebellion " ) were appointed to vice-ministerial posts [ see p. 38290 ] . |
| 26 | Reports indicated that further relief from the United States , the European Communities ( EC ) and other donors would depend on discernable improvements in human rights ; reports in April and November from the international human rights organizations Amnesty International and Africa Watch stated that the RCC had detained hundreds of political opponents , many of whom had been tortured and executed [ see also pp. 37114 ; 37367-68 ; 37845 ] . |
| 27 | He joined Lawrence Gowing , John Dodgson and B. A. R. Carter , all of whom had been associated with the Euston Road School , and with the arrival in 1945 of William Coldstream and Claude Rogers its influence was further solidified . |
| 28 | THE Eagle Mill closure at the end of last year marked the end of an era for Ipswich pensioners — many of whom had been associated with the mill for their entire lives . |
| 29 | As a sergeant with A company , the 2nd Battalion , The Durham Light Infantry , his task was to help guard Japanese prisoners , some of whom had been accused of war crimes . |
| 30 | The men , all of whom had been captured after having been shot down over enemy territory , gave their names , sent greetings to their families and made statements critical of the war . |