Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [prep] [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Who needs to be told that ‘ partnership and cooperation could prove to be the watchwords for the 1990s ’ ? |
2 | I opened the can and poured the Coke , and Mrs Young , who happened to be sitting alone at the next table , turned round and said to Xanthe sweetly that she , Mrs Young , would pay for the Coke , and would n't Xanthe come and join her ? |
3 | I am very disturbed by people who are therapists who seem to be divulging private information about their clients . |
4 | ‘ You 're the one who seems to be starting this particular argument , ’ he pointed out levelly . |
5 | She did n't mean — I think — that Richard and I were not kind to her , only that she did not ‘ come first ’ with either of us , and she was a woman who needed to be made much of and fussed over . |
6 | A boy or girl who appears to be rejecting parental values may be developing in a more healthy and normal way than one who follows the parent 's party line and gives no trouble . |
7 | But six minutes into the second half their central defender Vickers , who appeared to be standing several yards offside , received a pass from Bishop and his close-range shot levelled the score . |
8 | But there was worse to come , with Angela Rippon ( the outdoor girl who wishes to be known these days as an incisive reporter ) giving free , uncritical publicity to somebody called Di Francis who has written a book about mysterious , leopard-sized felines roaming Britain . |
9 | It meant taking Weenie and Co. , who had to be made tidy and neat , so it was some time before their caravan set forth . |
10 | However , there may be a small minority of residents who refuse to be kept clean . |
11 | Such anger and defensiveness is commonplace and understandable because our society is accustomed to the stereotype pictures of alcoholism and drug or other addictions as disorders of weak-willed and immoral people who need to be taught firm lessons on how to behave themselves properly rather than as ill people who need to be helped to become well . |