Example sentences of "[was/were] born [prep] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To some observers , the new generations who were born into this environment appeared stunted and uncouth ; their cheap clothing and strange variations on the English language made them seem like another species , almost subhuman . |
| 2 | Over 40 per cent of people labelled as of Asian or West Indian origin were born in this country . |
| 3 | ‘ Eighteen or so years ago , my dear , you and Grainne were born in this room in the Sun Chamber of Tara . |
| 4 | The model of responsible party government was born of this experience and it tended to elevate the politics of the moment into a law of nature that has distracted attention from the more fluid aspects of Britain 's political experience . |
| 5 | In the Middle East there was a tradition of religious pluralism and the new faiths of Judaism and Zoroastrianism and — later — Christianity and Islam coexisted in relative harmony ; in India during the seventeenth century , some Muslims and Hindus pooled their ideas and attempted to find a common vision : Sikhism was born of this attempt . |
| 6 | I was born with this haircut . |
| 7 | Marion was born in this cottage and had long become used to the passage of trains and shunting movements in the adjacent sidings . |
| 8 | Vonetta was born in this country and went to a school which had a good multicultural mix ; she talked about the ways in which many of her friends , white and Black , love Black music and styles of fashion and find Black men the most attractive . |
| 9 | I was born in this country in 1964 . |
| 10 | I 'm not really worried about that , seeing as I was born in this country , but what I do n't understand is why they should doubt me . |
| 11 | in this country , he 's , he 's he 's not , he 's English , he was born in this country |
| 12 | Yes , I , I was born in this house but er I do n't wish people to know er because er this is a funny world , I , I do n't know whether that 's being recorded I expect |
| 13 | " I was born in this room , " he said . |
| 14 | This fly was born in this attic |