Example sentences of "whom [verb] been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If its august it must be Fairport … for these fifty Americans … some of whom having been coming for ten years … their annual pilgrimage to Oxfordshire for the Fairport Convention festival starts with a meeting with the folk rock band in a local pub . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Among those executed , several of whom had been detained before the " coup attempt " , were the former Air Force commander , Maj.-Gen. |
| 7 | The lands that they abandoned were gradually occupied by Albanians , most of whom had been converted to Islam . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | people died by their own hand here in 1992 , the majority of whom had been suffering from depression . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It said that Iran had executed 224 people between January and July 1992 , at least 66 of whom had been put to death for political reasons , and that at least 199 members of the minority Baha'i community had been killed during " systematic " persecution of their sect . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 ] . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | And Dr Poyntz also paid tribute to the 3,000 members of the Prison Service , 29 of whom had been murdered in the past 24 years . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | On May 17 the King , acting on the advice of the new government , announced a general amnesty for Nepal 's political prisoners , the majority of whom had been imprisoned for violating a ban on political parties . |
| 25 | It was riddled , in his opinion , with old and stupid men , most of whom had been recruited by word of mouth or by membership of a certain club or school society , but to give Menzies his due , he did bring in new blood of a different order . |
| 26 | Of the other ranks , it was the desert veterans who made it back to the British lines , including Reg Seekings and Ted Badger , both of whom had been attached to B Squadron . |
| 27 | There were pro-shah demonstrators out on the streets as well , as may of whom had been produced by the Iranian embassy . |
| 28 | Crudely put , authority and leadership began to move from traditional leaders , be they the old pro Jordanian élite or the post-1976 pro-PLO mayors ( most of whom had been eliminated by the authorities ) , into new but less visible hands . |
| 29 | Freda Gray was a pioneer who spent 40 years teaching and working with mentally handicapped young people , many of whom had been abandoned by society . |
| 30 | The opposition Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) raised the fear that the central government 's endorsement of large-scale military intervention in the province ( for the first time since 1983 ) signalled a renewed offensive against its supporters , more than 1,000 of whom had been arrested in May [ see p. 38914 ] . |