Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One French officer describes how he was buried three times that day in his trench , and dug out each time by his men . |
| 2 | While in Ceylon we visited Allied Headquarters in Kandy , where I was taken one afternoon by Colonel Christian into the ‘ War Room ’ to hear the reports received during the last twenty-four hours , and a commentary on them by a senior staff officer . |
| 3 | You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ? |
| 4 | You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ? |
| 5 | He then launched an inquiry into why she was granted Legal Aid . |
| 6 | Beverley 's achievements made the headlines last year when she was named outright winner and Science and Technology Section winner in the Cosmopolitan /Clairol Achievement Awards , a competition which aims to highlight women who have attained excellence in their professions . |
| 7 | Yet , when one looks back , it all seems dim and forgotten already , except for the silly little incidents which stick in one 's mind , such as when we were dive-bombed one morning and the sergeant-major fell into his porridge ! … |
| 8 | Our Secretary has received a letter from Mr. Doug Baird , Press Officer for I.O.M. Tourism , to the effect that Saddle Mews has won the Island in Bloom award for the BEST VILLAGE — no mean achievement , and even better than last year when we were awarded 1st prize in the ESTATE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD section . |
| 9 | That 's where we were given these rosettes ; on the bus . |
| 10 | It was then totally destroyed by fire , which started in the lantern roof and , despite the efforts of the keepers , spread down through the timbers , driving the men out upon the rocks , whence they were rescued next day . |
| 11 | Mr Wise , who is 42 , felt that he had reached his peak at Reuters in 1987 when he was made technical projects manager . |
| 12 | Mr Portillo , at 38 the youngest Cabinet member since Dr David Owen , who was also 38 when he was made Foreign Secretary in 1977 , replaces Mr David Mellor , the new Heritage Minister , who presided over a significant increase in public spending in the run up to the election . |
| 13 | He had certainly entered Edward 's service by 1274 , when he was appointed joint custodian of the vacant see of Durham . |
| 14 | Anderson 's life in Africa ended in 1978 , when he was appointed Managing Director of the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Co-operation ( CFTC ) . |
| 15 | After the war Humphrys became political agent , Khyber ( 1919 ) , and deputy foreign secretary of the government of India ( 1921 ) , a post which he held until 1922 , when he was appointed British minister to Afghanistan . |
| 16 | He was a much-respected college commander at Sandhurst from 1953 to 1955 , when he was appointed British instructor at the US Command and General Staff College . |
| 17 | His show-business break came in 1956 when he was appointed musical director for the show Cranks which ran in London and on New York 's Broadway . |
| 18 | Colbeck remained as master in the Wilson Line until 1912 , when he was appointed marine superintendent in the London office . |
| 19 | As Wilson recalled , his first experience of the courts occurred in April 1889 when he was fined five pounds and costs at Sunderland for having attempted to persuade two seamen to desert from the ss Edmonsley , an incident which Fairplay reported with glee . |
| 20 | However it was reported that member countries considered oil and energy problems less urgent than in the past . |
| 21 | The 14th Dalai Lama , His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso , fled to India , where he was granted political asylum and in 1964 China declared him to be a traitor . |
| 22 | Born in Austria , he had been imprisoned after the Second World War but escaped to Argentina , where he was granted Argentinian citizenship . |
| 23 | He managed to escape from the car and struggle to nearby houses where he was given first aid . |
| 24 | Similarly , Daley Thompson , the celebrated Essex Beagles decathlete , was brought up in a home where he was denied parental encouragement for his sport . |
| 25 | There is a fine monumental effigy of him with his first wife in the church in Charlton , where he was buried 25 July 1598 . |
| 26 | , Sir Paul ( 1613–1685/6 ) , courtier , scientific patron , and founder member of the Royal Society , was born in Westminster , where he was baptized 11 May 1613 . |