Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [vb pp] this [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With some justification Dr Grassi , who has studied this particular recruitment , has concluded that at this time ‘ the road to Westminster passed through York ’ . |
| 2 | Now , who has planted this thick hedge of crimson roses in all this dark , green , luxuriant foliage with , oh , what cruel thorns ? |
| 3 | Trembling with anger he said : ‘ Someone out there must know who has committed this terrible crime . |
| 4 | ‘ And let's have a round of applause for Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke who has provided this splendid feast for us . |
| 5 | A friend of both of them , who has watched this unhappy saga unfold over the last decade , now concedes : ‘ I am sorry for the tragedy of it all . |
| 6 | Being Mario , that brought to mind his mother crying back in the camps because there was n't enough food to put on the table , and that led to considerations of the importance of the family in his life , of the value of tradition , thoughts of how Italian he was as well as American , of the kind of clean life America had offered , of his gratitude , of his feeling for his father who 'd made this giant move at such cost to himself , who had suffered so long and who now saw some chance for his kids of bettering themselves . |
| 7 | I was not the only one who had made this uncomfortable observation . |
| 8 | The defence given by some of those who had authorised this unparalleled act of iconoclasm in modern England , while clearly sincere , points to the narrow perspectives that had allowed the events to occur . |
| 9 | Just for a second , for one brief surprising second , the old man admitted to himself that it was he who had created this pitiful excuse for a man , and his conscience , that bothersome thing which he had buried long ago , rose to haunt him . |
| 10 | Others I met included , who had organised this splendid day in conjunction with , who live at nearby Fonmon Castle , in South Glamorgan ; , who is secretary of the Cirencester Polo Club , and his charming wife who is such a good time keeper and was going to time the match later . |
| 11 | By good fortune it had been the manager himself who had effected this particular transaction , and who remembered the occasion reasonably clearly . |
| 12 | Another Lioniser then proposed a toast to the memory of Mr John Chipperfield , who had died this very week , one of the last known models for a Charles Dickens character : ‘ Lamps ’ of Mugby Junction was no more . |
| 13 | But no , she was sure it was Queen Victoria , personally , who had spread this grey fog over Britain from which we 've never recovered . |
| 14 | Peter Yeo , who had known this particular juggernaut since he had his first small factory and two stores and dirt under his fingernails from shifting packing-cases personally , was not fazed by the question . |
| 15 | ( I should point out that had it not been for my sister Etty , who had financed this latest venture , there would have been no printing business . ) |
| 16 | ( No real excuse , especially to someone like you , but I certainly have written hardly any personal letters since being made redundant — and I know that others who have faced this same trauma have reacted similarly . ) |
| 17 | The Socialists who have ruled this left-leaning country since 1982 have drifted right . |
| 18 | Those who have absorbed this cultural tradition by long association with the extreme right , are not likely to discard easily the assumptions of their political ideology . |
| 19 | Please help us to bring the men who have made this astonishing decision back to their senses before all is lost . |
| 20 | Even more important than encounters with the city 's products , are conversations with the people who have encountered this better life . |
| 21 | We turn now to those who have had this specific concern . |
| 22 | Who 's switched this front light off ? |
| 23 | He gave his condolences to the widow and said that he hoped whoever had perpetrated this terrible deed would soon be brought to justice . |