Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was what he meant to Luke Thackray , her son , who was to sleep in the kitchen so that the " candidate " might have the privacy of his tiny but spotless room . |
| 2 | His Lordship accepted Mr Bayliss 's submission that Order 5 , rule 5 did not give power to make an order for contribution in favour of a representative defendant against a member of the class which he was named as representing ; and that the only power it gave was that of giving leave to a person , in whose favour a judgment or order had been given or made , to enforce the judgment or order against a person not a party to the proceedings who was bound by the judgment or order . |
| 3 | Several animations use voice-overs which recount real-life experiences and dramas — sometimes autobiographical , as in Karen Watson 's ‘ Daddy 's Little Bit of Dresden China ’ ( 1988 ) , or researched and compiled from interviews , such as the story of Josie O Dwyer , an ex-prisoner who was sent to a reform centre at the age of 14 in Marjut Rimminen 's ‘ Some Protection ’ ( 1988 ) . |
| 4 | Djore Držić 's nephew , Marin Držić ( 1508–67 ) , was a poor scholar who was sent to the University of Siena on a stipend from the Ragusan Senate . |
| 5 | They fell foul , on the other hand , of Simon de Mont fort , who was sent to the south-west of France by King Henry III in 1248 to curb the unruliness there and ended up assaulting the Viscount of Soule in his castle in Mauléon . |
| 6 | I looked at the handset , then up at my father , who was leaning over the rail from the floor above , tucking his pyjama top into his trousers . |
| 7 | Claudia said , glancing at the watchful man , who was leaning against the door-frame as if to prevent any thought of escape she might have . |
| 8 | It was Moxie , who was leaning against the wall beside her , seemingly spreadeagled by some centrifugal force . |
| 9 | Show respect , ’ said Garvey to Lucie , who was leaning against the corner strut of the stage with his eyes fixed on the far horizon . |
| 10 | Mary cycled into Berkeley 's ancient square and acknowledged a cheery greeting from ‘ Old Jesus , ’ the bearded local tramp , who was resting on the Town Hall seat . |
| 11 | It includes Eddie Browning , who was jailed for the murder of Marie Wilkes , and Michael Shirley who 's on hunger strike protesting his innocence … |
| 12 | Suddenly Angela , who was gazing at the red mack her mummy was holding out to her , gave a gasp . |
| 13 | The matches took place in Ballymena , Northern Ireland and Catherine McKenzie from Craigforth Administration ( who was featured in the summer Amicus ) played a full part . |
| 14 | The widow of a security guard who was killed during a robbery has appealed for help to track down his killers . |
| 15 | Potter gave up his troop 25 July 1645 , becoming parliamentary commissioner to the army in succession to his brother Captain John Potter , who was killed at the battle of Naseby . |
| 16 | Deutsche Bank has named Hilmar Kopper as chief executive , replacing Alfred Herrhausen , who was killed by a terrorist car bomb a fortnight ago .. |
| 17 | Naples-born Liliana Ferraro , 48 , will replace Judge Giovanni Falcone who was killed by the mob . |
| 18 | ‘ He 's called Ricky — after my brother who was killed in a road accident when he was three . ’ |
| 19 | Meanwhile the funeral has been held of a fifteen year old girl who was killed in a crash involving a stolen car . |
| 20 | An inquest was opened and adjourned yesterday on Mini driver Kay Lynch , 32 , who was killed in a crash in Low Lane , Stainton , near Middlesbrough on Wednesday . |
| 21 | The experience of landscape in its physical , visual and spiritual dimensions was the obsessive passion of Cornish artist Peter Lanyon , who was killed in a gliding accident in 1964 at the age of 46 . |
| 22 | But the Prince has always enjoyed flirting with danger , like his cousin , Prince William of Gloucester , who was killed in a plane crash in 1972 . |
| 23 | For it 's the funeral today of stablegirl Caroline Peat , the horse 's regular rider , who was killed in a motor accident last week . |
| 24 | Despite a £2,700 legacy from her mother , who was killed in a car crash , she was determined not to waste it . |
| 25 | In 1905 Sabatini married Ruth Goad Dixon ; they had a son who was killed in a car accident in 1927 . |
| 26 | The official launch in Dungannon was tinged with sadness , however , when a silent tribute was paid to tragic Sinead Murphy , the 1991 Ulster Rose , who was killed in a car crash last week . |
| 27 | Moi went to particular lengths to pay tribute to Alexander Muge , Bishop of Eldoret , a long-standing critic of the government who was killed in a car crash in August [ see p. 37645 ] . |
| 28 | GAMBIAN police have named a man they want to question about the murder of a British conservation worker who was killed in a game reserve in December . |
| 29 | On Sept. 8 the inquiry theorized that a small detonating device placed among bags of gunpowder being loaded into the tube of one of the ship 's 16-inch guns had caused a huge fireball , and that a gunner 's mate , Clayton Hartwig , who was killed in the incident , had " probably " been responsible . |
| 30 | who was killed in the battle of El Teb in '85 . ’ |