Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [art] [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This right has been used by councils to prevent 6,169 old people buying their council homes since January 1987 when the rule came into force as a result of a government defeat in the Lords . |
| 32 | There could hardly be more fundamental mysteries than the reasons why the Universe came into existence , how life began on planet Earth , and so on . |
| 33 | Two five five , the reason why the Executive asked for withdrawal was because it 's moving us a bit too fast along this track , and it 's moving us in a particular direction before we 've had the time to think about whether that 's the right direction to go . |
| 34 | And the swarm of people flowed down the path , stumbling on stones where a burn ran in winter or after thunderstorms , between the silvery wands of rowans with their clusters of blood-drops and the quivering tapestry of the alders , down into the Tay which ran from the west like molten iron , too flashing bright to look at , and over the Tay , wet to the waist ; the girls and boys who had not gone home were prancing and shrieking when they fell full length . |
| 35 | Not long ago we reported a case where a child died of fright caused by the approach of a Police officer in Uniform . |
| 36 | It was not outdoor darkness , but a place where a star shone through glass . |
| 37 | THE death toll from a chemical plant blast rose to three yesterday when a girl died in hospital . |
| 38 | In a way , the fat lady doctor turned sex on to its head and in those prepermissive days when no woman appeared on screen showing more than a couple of inches of cleavage , it was enough . |