Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [verb] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Muller , 21 , of Millbuie Farm , Skene , Aberdeenshire , who admitted contravening the 1809 Concealment of Birth ( Scotland ) Act , was placed on probation for a year . |
| 2 | WASHINGTON , D.C. After the most highly publicised recruitment process in the history of American museums , the National Gallery of Art 's Board of Trustees announced on 28 April that Earl A. Powell III will take over from departing director J. Carter Brown , who has led the fifty-one year old institution for the last twenty-three years . |
| 3 | Perhaps the last word should be given to Caroline Moorehead , who has edited the eight volumes of Dame Freya 's letters and deserves to be listened to . |
| 4 | With him go Sandy Allan , the renowned Russian climber Serge Efimov , who has traversed the five summits of Kangchenjunga without oxygen , Al Hinkes , Ang Phurba , photographer Sean Smith , Simon Yates and Nga Temba . |
| 5 | They are brought by La Befana — a witch who tried to follow the Three Kings to see Jesus . |
| 6 | In his acceptance speech , Mr. Mates thanked all the East Hampshire District Council staff who had taken part in the count and to all those who had manned the 51 polling stations . |
| 7 | It was a lot of hard work and a lot of fun , but once in a lifetime was enough , as they themselves had been told by those who had made the 1928 pie . |
| 8 | Mr Fordy was speaking on the day the town 's magistrates court dealt for the first time with truckers who had ignored the 7.5 tonne weight restriction . |
| 9 | Some of those who had supported the 1936 rising had done so in the belief that the objective was the overthrow of the Popular Front , but not of the Republic itself . |
| 10 | The Seoul 100 metres silver medallist , who had won the 200 metres unpressed in 21.30sec on Saturday , had more formidable opposition in the 60 metres from Michael Rosswess . |
| 11 | Parcel bombs sent in early 1990 to a retired Army officer in Valencia , to a prosecutor who had investigated the 1987 Barcelona supermarket bombing [ see p. 35851 ] , and to the Interior Minister , José Luis Corcuera , were defused . |
| 12 | Deciding to become involved in politics , he first sought out Lord Plowden , one of the grandest figures of the Great and Good , who had spent the thirty years since the war as one of Whitehall 's most distinguished gofers . |
| 13 | In all , he spent the best part of four hours in the water , before meeting up at Gloucester Cathedral with the Bishop of Tewkesbury ( above ) , who had walked the 10 miles along the river bank ( a much more sensible idea ) , the culmination of a week-long pilgrimage around his diocese . |
| 14 | Table 26 includes replies from all those who had chosen the 3 hour course as one of their options . |
| 15 | A sub-contractor who fails to supply the 715 voucher may have his certificate withdrawn by the Inland Revenue . |
| 16 | The club has been given an allocation of 17,800 by the Football Association , and after season ticket holders and club commitments there will be about 12,000 tickets left for Gold Card holders who have collected the three vouchers at the home games against Ipswich , Plymouth and Middlesbrough . |
| 17 | The 1981 system files will be reloaded as SASPAC91 system files ; people who have used the 1981 version of SASPAC will still have to learn SASPAC91 , but the reverse procedure will no longer be necessary . |
| 18 | Who 's got the 1727 Charter ? |
| 19 | It occurred to someone in the library that whoever had stolen the four volumes would certainly be after the fifth to complete his collection , so instead of watching people they watched the surviving book . |