Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The greater part of the literature was commissioned from living authors , being either new work for the purpose ( in which case they made a gift of the copyright to the Queen ) , or their own selection from published work . |
| 2 | And in all this , Joseph had learnt that Bligh 's proven and later much copied method of keeping off sickness , especially the scurvy , was to force fruit on his crew : fruit and exercise , for which purpose he carried a fiddler to make them dance every day . |
| 3 | In my opinion it is not necessary in the present case to consider whether the unborn child was a person in law or at which stage she became a person . |
| 4 | He told the reporter that he later lived for two years on a barge near Shrewsbury , during which time he suffered a stroke but refused to go to hospital . |
| 5 | A Democrat representing Wisconsin , he served in Congress for 22 years , during which time he built a reputation as a defence expert who was particularly resistant to Defence Department waste . |
| 6 | ‘ Steve Entwistle speaks very highly of you as well , and he 's a man whose opinion I respect a lot . |
| 7 | But opportunities for races on grass on the East coast were limited , so he was flown out to California to join Ron McAnally , in whose charge he won a division of the $40,000 Henry P. Russell Handicap . |
| 8 | Train your eyes to focus on whatever distance you have a problem with — to the Snorebuster , a cordless giant wristwatch-size device which detects snoring . |
| 9 | I think whatever age you have a child , if it 's fine for you , then it 's all right . |