Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cray Research Inc has taken a hit from Standard & Poor 's Corp , which lowered its subordinated debt rating to triple-B-minus from triple-B and it revised the ratings outlook to stable from negative , affecting about $106m of rated debt . |
| 2 | Belinda , who has had chemotherapy which made her blonde hair fall out , had just one thing on her mind yesterday — her present . |
| 3 | Dr James Freemont , pathologist , of Manchester Royal Infirmary , said Clare died after developing internal bleeding which made her major organs fail . |
| 4 | Finch was a man with no zone of indifference and a lifelong distaste for milky kindnesses , which made his present wish to push Henry away and into a career of his own both powerful and covert . |
| 5 | Minnie had written to her , a short and agonising note , penned with obvious difficulty , and she had replied at length , describing her — horror , Minnie , to hear of these floodings and most of all of the terrible pain which made my own insides contract in sympathy . |
| 6 | The constituent groups of the PLO , Fatah , PFLP , DFLP and the Communist Party , all had their cadres in the territories which maintained their outward anonymity to avoid arrest . |
| 7 | The Irish team was lying second to Germany following Friday 's dressage but a fall on cross country by Karen Connelly to incur 60 penalties and a refusal by Sasha Harrison which cost them 20 penalties sent them out of the reckoning . |
| 8 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd has found disfavour with Moody 's Investors Service Inc , which downgraded its long-term debt rating to double-A-2 from triple-A . |
| 9 | CRYSTAL PALACE , the club which ordered its non-playing staff to take a 10 per cent drop in salary , are shortly to announce profits of £1 million . |
| 10 | Their work was hampered when a large boulder blocking their way was moved , resulting in a further fall of shale which took them several hours to remove . |
| 11 | Because they worked for large , modern firms , the state was closely involved with their employers , which meant their industrial grievances led them into conflict with the state . |
| 12 | It was a race which highlighted his incredible distance running ability , and the TV and newspaper press naturally assumed that Zarei was an athlete dedicated to winning and record breaking , but nothing could be further from the truth . |
| 13 | Local authorities assumed something like their present form after the Local Government Act of 1888 , which gave them greater powers to raise funds and pass by-laws . |
| 14 | Mr Cross walked to the signal box at Girvan and waited until the train was belled off Kilkerran which gave him sufficient time to drive to Pinmore . |
| 15 | I had to stand in front of the whole school which gave me ample opportunity to observe the envy on some girls ' faces because knitting for the troops was a popular pastime then . |
| 16 | With her formidable industry , Mrs Thatcher , over more than a decade , acquired a grasp of EC detail which left her own experts trailing and , more important , often enabled her to wrong-foot hostile EC officials . |
| 17 | One difficulty lay in the endless commissions he received , usually for illustrative work within an established vein and which left him little time to experiment . |
| 18 | The Colony , which had its legal status removed in February [ see p. 38002 ] , was still operating and former inmates had reported that it had been a centre for child sexual abuse and slave labour , and a torture centre for Pinochet 's DINA secret police following the 1973 military coup . |
| 19 | Two officers in the Volvo , which had its blue light flashing , were on their way to help a colleague being attacked in Romsey , Hants . |
| 20 | Whenever she turned , whenever she spoke , they exuded an excitement which had my young loins stirring . |
| 21 | In the house there was all the festive cheer of last year and the same glorious whiff of sage and onion which set my gastric juices surging . |
| 22 | ‘ What did your own mammy teach you , Beth ? ’ |
| 23 | On a song like ‘ What Did Your Last Servant Die Of ? ’ he provides neither food for thought nor reveals anything about himself . |