Example sentences of "[pron] [Wh pn] [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In extreme cases , the same description was applied to someone who came from a distant village . |
| 2 | At Hamilton Terrace Minton may have been relieved , after the turmoil of Bedford Gardens , to find himself sharing with someone who came from a similar background . |
| 3 | As someone who came from a happy , steady home , she might be able to offer help in some small way to some of these disadvantaged youngsters , a few of whom hardly know what it is to be loved at all . |
| 4 | A similar gender difference was apparent in the time spent helping someone who lived in a separate household ; here 32 per cent of women but only 22 per cent of men spent ten hours or more each week on care-giving ( Green , 1988 , p. 21 ) . |
| 5 | Passers by have been questioned by police in an attempt to discover more about the stubbly , blotchy-faced man who who escaped in a stolen car driven by an accomplice after the latest robbery . |