Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [noun] 's [noun sg] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was that how Nellie 's Mum came to be having a baby , I wondered ? |
| 2 | They were convinced that the Catholic Church needed a credible account of how God 's word acts in history , from the first formulation in human language through the gradual process of understanding , under changing historical conditions and as the Holy Spirit gives new insights . |
| 3 | I also want to show how Moore 's genius consisted of moving from a small object , a pre-Columbian sculpture , a piece of rock or a sea shell , towards large-scale sculpture . ’ |
| 4 | The Colonel 's enquiry was delivered as a statement , and he quickly and brazenly continued , ‘ Odd how man 's history resides in his middens . |
| 5 | The sense is rather that this is how man 's lot came to be , and he should accept it . |
| 6 | But it remains to be seen how Japan 's culture responds to a collapse in asset values . |
| 7 | The central objectives are to establish how Britain 's productivity compares with that of other advanced countries , to elucidate the factors contributing to the differences and to examine policy implications . |
| 8 | I found this scientific proof unnecessarily detailed and would have much preferred to see the space devoted to a discussion of how Wentwood 's philosophy compares to other recent approaches to assessment and competence development . |
| 9 | After this , however , the young man might find himself taken off to Soho , where Minton 's prodigality contrasted with his former carefulness . |
| 10 | Taliesin laughed , and Fael-Inis said , ‘ Why did you accompany Fergus and Fribble ? ’ and Taliesin glanced involuntarily to where Fergus 's body lay on the velvet-covered couch beneath the window that looked out on to the forest . |
| 11 | In fact , Royal Oak equalised after only a minute when Finch 's cross came to Clinton Ford who scored with a snap shot . |
| 12 | The UN force in Croatia has been nearly paralysed since 22 January when Croatia 's army began to bombard Serb-dominated areas under UN protection , blowing apart a year old ceasefire . |
| 13 | Then , by pouring a canful of water into the empty bottle , they saw where £1.19 's worth came in the bottle ( see Figure 5.2 ) . |
| 14 | Another portrayed the Infant Jesus smiling , arms outstretched , in the manger at Bethlehem where Christ 's mother stood in a dress of gold and a mantle of deep sky blue . |
| 15 | POLAND : The party in effect lost its leading role in June when Solidarity 's triumph resulted in Warsaw Pact 's first , and still its only , non-Communist prime minister . |
| 16 | Brightly patterned bunk covers and matching curtains provided splashes of colour , and , having examined each one in turn , she was about to leave number four when Silas 's voice spoke from the doorway . |
| 17 | Comparable psuedo-allegorizing may be found in , for example , Constant du Hamel , where Constant 's wife extorts from her would be seducers a sachet ( cf. bourse " purse " — " scrotum " ) , a corroie ( " belt " , " money-pouch " , therefore parallel to bourse ) and an anel ( " ring " — " anus " , " labia " and ? " foreskin " ) , or in Les trois Dames qui troverent l'anel , " The three women who found the " ring " " , which has an obvious basic parallel in Les trois Dames qui troverent un vit . |
| 18 | That 's why Keegan 's swoop came as such a shock . |
| 19 | This approach , putting the music first , explains why Jarvefelt 's career blossomed at Santa Fe and in Sydney and also his appeal for the New York Met : operatic naturalism and story-telling are still the predominant aesthetic in all these places . |
| 20 | I commented to Ladislav on the coincidence of eights in Czech history : 1618 when Ferdinand 's deposition led to the Thirty Years War ; 1918 when Czechoslovakia was founded ; 1938 and Munich ; 1968 and Dubček . |
| 21 | They reached the plateau where Rosie 's villa stood in a row of similar ones . |