Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Thomas will see to it , ’ said Mr Eames , who was beginning to enjoy himself . |
| 2 | Milner-White was then a charming young man of rather Anglo-Catholic opinions who was beginning to make himself an expert both on stained glass and on ways of English worship and prayer . |
| 3 | Cries of anguish were heard from the medical instructor , who was beginning to despair after seeing his practice resuscitation doll murdered by an overenthusiastic driver attempting to learn the principles of expired air resuscitation . |
| 4 | Hemmings took a catch to dismiss Logie , who was beginning to look dangerous , and then the wickets slithered away — including Harper run out by a fine throw from Hemmings , who was having a wonderful time . |
| 5 | But as the romance , continued to drag on , there were signs the story was wearing thin , especially for Jason , who was beginning to tire of the facade . |
| 6 | The obsessive and lightweight dismissals in Record Mirror hinted at a Morrissey who was beginning to live within his own self appraisal . |
| 7 | Her mother , Avril , felt trapped , tired and depressed , hemmed in by the demands of a fretful strong-willed toddler , ten-year-old John , who was beginning to refuse to go to school , and her ‘ selfish ’ husband , James . |
| 8 | He had been going out intermittently with our Corporal Jane , who was beginning to get very excited about him , and I must admit he was very good-looking . |
| 9 | ‘ Is n't she ? ’ agreed Daisy , who was beginning to perk up . |
| 10 | That is , he thought he was still the amiable , easy-going champion he had been , when in reality he was a harried man who was beginning to learn about defeat and humiliation . |
| 11 | He pointed at Maura who was beginning to panic . |
| 12 | Harry put in , and seizing Sam by the upper arm , dragged him clear of Martha , who was beginning to enjoy being fought over . |
| 13 | Now , Fiona was thought to be a suitable bride for my father-just the right age , pretty and vivacious enough it was thought to appeal to a man who was beginning to be known as a confirmed bachelor . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Do you think we think too much about what we eat ? ’ asked Scarlet , who was beginning to get tired of reading all the labels in the supermarket before buying even a packet of dried beans . |
| 15 | If she were truthful , she had never properly imagined Bella as anything , except perhaps a spiteful , over-painted tart , drenched in a cheap scent , who was beginning to put on weight and let herself go . |
| 16 | Charles , who was beginning to understand the technique of conversation with Bartlemas and O'Rourke , leapt in . |
| 17 | He glared up at Liartes , who was beginning to descend in wide sweeps . |
| 18 | ‘ Needs must , ’ lied Sally-Anne , who was beginning to wonder whether she would ever be able to tell the whole truth again . |
| 19 | I kicked a pile of rice off the pavement in the general direction of Shifty-Eyes , who was beginning to moan , his hands clasped to his face . |
| 20 | ‘ I see , ’ said Cornelius , who was beginning to . |
| 21 | Cranston switched his attention to Sir Fulke who was beginning openly to fidget . |
| 22 | Shy Nina , who was related to the Wedgwood pottery family , left him her run-down mansion and contents worth £170,000 when she died aged 83 . |
| 23 | Pearce , who was related to Vanbrugh by marriage , acquired a substantial number of his drawings for buildings designed after about 1718 . |
| 24 | , James ( 1539–1597 ) , lawyer and parliamentarian , was born in 1539 , the eldest son of William Morice [ q.v. ] of Chipping Ongar , Essex , courtier and MP , and his wife Anne Isaac of Kent , who was related to Sir Thomas Wyatt and ( Sir ) Thomas Wroth [ qq.v . ] . |
| 25 | In addition , patient 202 has a consistent allelotype with patient 203 and patient 302 who was affected on orthopantograms also seems to have inherited the high risk alleles . |
| 26 | That was what he meant to Luke Thackray , her son , who was to sleep in the kitchen so that the " candidate " might have the privacy of his tiny but spotless room . |
| 27 | The Graduate looked all set to be his first , but Ernest Lehman , who was producing and adapting Edward Albee 's acid drama of marital non-bliss , Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? , persuaded Warner Bros to hire the untried Nichols . |
| 28 | With his brother John , who was producing , Roy Boulting tore Finch off a strip for holding up filming . |
| 29 | Widmark had recently joined John Ford 's repertory company and so Wayne , who was producing and directing as well as starring as Davy Crockett , was delighted when Widmark accepted the role of Jim Dowie — so much so that he took an ad in the Hollywood Reporter reading ‘ Welcome aboard , Dick . ’ |
| 30 | His Lordship accepted Mr Bayliss 's submission that Order 5 , rule 5 did not give power to make an order for contribution in favour of a representative defendant against a member of the class which he was named as representing ; and that the only power it gave was that of giving leave to a person , in whose favour a judgment or order had been given or made , to enforce the judgment or order against a person not a party to the proceedings who was bound by the judgment or order . |