Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This The Waste Land did , but when Eliot writes elsewhere that any modern poet who applied himself to the drama would be an extremely conscious poet , using the historical imagination , it is clear that around the time of The Waste Land he was also considering writing plays . |
| 2 | It has turned into the longest slump since the 1930s because real interest rates have remained punitively high , squeezing millions of home-owners who over-reached themselves in the housing boom . |
| 3 | Again in 1699 , criticism was levied of , ‘ … the Mayor and Constables for not punishing of wicked and lazy persons , both old and young , who absent themselves from the service of God and profane the Sabbath Day ’ . |
| 4 | Duriez , who described himself as a pacifist , admitted that he had been to some of the raid locations . |
| 5 | However , his denials were rejected by Barnard who described himself as a scapegoat and claimed that there was " a cover-up going on from ministerial level down " . |
| 6 | And a man who described himself as an animal right activist , but insisted that he should n't be idenfied , watched today 's court case closely . |
| 7 | Caroline Moore , who described herself as a professor of dance , occupied number 1 . |
| 8 | Ernie , who regarded himself as an expert with horses , had never at any time reassessed his skills . |
| 9 | In particular , women who found themselves without a source of male economic support-widows , deserted wives and unmarried mothers — tended to end up drawing poor relief . |
| 10 | ‘ Women of middle class origins who found themselves at the beginning of their working lives unequipped to promote themselves within occupations which traditionally demanded either precise qualifications or highly developed aptitude ’ . |
| 11 | Ramsay , who found himself at the head of nearly a thousand men of Lothian , largely Lindsays — whose chief , Sir David , Keeper of Edinburgh Castle , was sick and so not present — Setons , Hepburns , Sinclairs , Keiths and other lesser clans , as well as his own men , offered to ride fast for the Borderland , to join Scott of Rankilburn whom Douglas had alerted to watch Dunbar ; together they would make up a force large enough to give that Earl pause . |
| 12 | For Hamed , the eldest son of Um Hamed , who found himself on the shelf quite unexpectedly and yet was ready to marry . |
| 13 | The Women 's Industrial Council ( a group of primarily middle class women who devoted themselves to the investigation of working women 's problems ) went so far as to suggest that such a form of provision was inappropriate for women and merely intensified the ‘ regrettable tendency to consider the work of a wife and mother in her home of no money value ’ . |
| 14 | Donald , who describes himself as a Friend of the Earth , does not himself hold a driving licence , but has taken it upon himself to publish a list of prominent men and women who have had the misfortune to be caught driving over the limit a judge , a chief superintendent , various footballers , actors , television personalities — in what he chooses to call his Hall of Shame : It is the number of celebrities we have discovered that is so shocking . |
| 15 | She lives in a new four-storey house on a recently completed private estate , and typifies the perfect housewife of television advertising : her house has fitted carpets throughout , gleaming unmarked white paint , and every modern gadget , and it is impeccably maintained by Elizabeth , who describes herself as a housewife with very high standards . |
| 16 | As the superintendent cut her way through the herd of lunchtime drinkers , Dexter followed in her wake , like a driver who glues himself to the back of an ambulance careering through busy streets on an emergency call . |
| 17 | At a further press conference on Jan. 19 the opposition parties produced Maj. József Vegvari , an officer in the State Security Service who identified himself as the source of the leaked information , who alleged that reports compiled as a result of the surveillance operation had regularly been passed to senior HSP members and discussed at meetings of the Council of Ministers . |
| 18 | The careful and precise manner in which these financial arrangements were laid down suggests that many who served saw the war as essentially a business enterprise holding out the promise of substantial rewards for those who were fortunate or who distinguished themselves in the field . |
| 19 | Women who consecrated themselves to the goddess in like manner cut off one or both breasts . |
| 20 | Happily there presented itself such a person in Jeffrey ( now deservedly Lord ) Sterling , who threw himself into the task with total dedication . |
| 21 | Teabags commemorate Barbara Castle 's nomination as a political candidate ; waxed and singed bras are transformed into a delicate wreath of roses for the suffragette Emily Wilding Davidson , ( the one who threw herself under the king 's horse ) . |
| 22 | They must have a a lead guitarist or somebody who fancies themselves as a lead |
| 23 | Any chick who fancies herself as a feminist ought to go and see Martha McGilchrist . |
| 24 | Of course , this is not all there is to life , and Hildamay finds true contentment by adopting a nine-year-old girl who introduces herself on the tube . |
| 25 | A FORMER miner who armed himself with a toy gun to protest against pit closures walked free from court yesterday . |
| 26 | The god of Creation in Aboriginal legend ; known as Yulunggu , he appears as a rainbow snake who arches himself across the sky early in the rainy season . |
| 27 | The keynote address was by architect Robert Venturi , winner of the 1991 Pritzker Prize , who availed himself of the opportunity to trumpet his firm 's recent commissions , which include the Sainsbury Wing and the Seattle Art Museum . |
| 28 | FRIENDS of racehorse trainer Will Pearce , who killed himself with a shotgun , have stepped in to save his debt-ridden stables . |
| 29 | Was that the young man who killed himself at the station ? |
| 30 | We floated quickly across — no artificial grav even in a Manport — to be greeted by a small pale human wearing lushly decorated robes , who abased himself in the manner of a true flunkey and then blandly introduced as one y'Pripio . |