Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon afterwards , his daughter married an Englishman called Sevier , a Director of the Siberian Bank and they had a son , Alfred Hynam Sevier , who became a medical practitioner to the Court . |
| 2 | I seem to remember an American thesis writer who crashed to the ground over this contorted problem , and I am sure that both Worsley and Sir John Summerson ( who contributes an elegant introduction to Mansbridge 's book ) would concur that mystery still surrounds the problem of Nash the draughtsman . |
| 3 | Tranmere chief executive Frank Corfe , who led a powerful delegation to today 's meeting , said ‘ We are absolutely delighted . |
| 4 | Indeed , Eoin O'Duffy , who led an Irish contingent to Spain to help Franco , maintained that they had gone to fight the battle of Christianity against Communism , a view which was confirmed for them by the Irish Dominican father , Revd Paul O' Sullivan when he said : |
| 5 | Those who expected a predictable finale to this unpredictable match got far more than they anticipated . |
| 6 | This opinion is held by those who advocate a cognitive approach to learning . |
| 7 | As in hundreds of communities across Central Europe , the Jews and Germans who lent a cosmopolitan air to towns and villages in Poland , Czechoslovakia and Hungary were murdered or expelled . |
| 8 | What an irony that a king renowned for his piety , who prefaced some of his legislation by alluding to his duty to defend the church , and who sought a quick end to his wars in order to pursue the crusade , should preside over these changes ! |
| 9 | The Reds ' third-choice keeper , who made a successful return to senior action , is keeping his fingers crossed that Graeme Souness was impressed enough to select him against Middlesbrough this Saturday . |
| 10 | Mr Harley , who made a long statement to me at the time , would doubtless have indicated if the Bawdsey site was ever raided from the sea . |
| 11 | This principle was carried further by the House of Lords ' decision in Williams and Glyn 's Bank Ltd v Boland [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 408 , which found that a wife who made a financial contribution to the purchase of a house acquires more than an interest in the proceeds of sale : she acquires an interest in the land itself , which can take effect as an overriding interest , in the case of registered land , under the Land Registration Act 1925 , s70(1) ( g ) . |
| 12 | Brian Wood was the strong , solid , ever-dependable central defender who made a tremendous contribution to Palace 's promotion to Division Two under Dick Graham in 1963–64 , but who then had the misfortune to suffer a badly broken leg in a third round FA Cup-tie in January 1965 , from which he never fully recovered while with us . |
| 13 | SEOUL ( AP ) — The Rev Moon Ik Hwan , 71 , who made an unauthorised trip to North Korea in March to discuss reunification , was sentenced to 10 years in prison for aiding an enemy power . |
| 14 | Falconer , who made an impressive start to his Ayresome Park career , has not figured in the first team since a knee injury in the Rumbelows Cup first round against Bournemouth . |
| 15 | That means Newry 's Errol Lutton , who got a late call to Poland after Ger Burns had to withdraw through injury , keeps his place , a further chance to establish himself as a regular in the international set-up . |
| 16 | Occasionally the proprietors of some of the quality houses would comment on the successful inclusion of travel films in the programme as it was thought that this would impress the casual respectable trade but far more common was the exhibitor who reported a hostile response to short films dealing with ‘ industrial ’ subjects . |
| 17 | The basic texts which explain them are Tukey ( 1977 ) and Erickson and Nosanchuk ( 1977 ) , who supply an exploratory counterpart to every confirmatory technique . |
| 18 | In his mind 's eye he sees a girl who has brains ( although he knows that some very dim actresses can read with all the appearance of intelligence , and the converse ) who has a slight resistance to the Hollywoodification of Claudia 's life . |
| 19 | A caring relative who has a strong attachment to the old person may find the vulnerability of the loved one nearly intolerable . |
| 20 | Rangers ' goalkeeper , who has a valid claim to the title of Britain 's best by his displays in Europe this season , has missed two matches in succession for the first time since joining the club from Hibs and will not train today . |
| 21 | She drives the wretched boy Kit , who has a platonic devotion to her , to attempt suicide by persistently upsetting him with ambitions for a stage career , for which he has no vocation . |
| 22 | The third example is a young man who falls into the rare category of those who pose a serious threat to public safety , a threat which in some instances exists for only weeks or months , although occasionally a person may remain potentially dangerous for some years . |
| 23 | In Cornwall almost all were Bretons , who bore a close affinity to the indigenous population , speaking a related tongue , and as yet imperfectly assimilated into the kingdom of France : ‘ ther use many Britons with smaul shippes to resorte to Padestowe with commodities of their countery and to by fische , ’ Leland observed , adding that the port was also full of Irishmen , Most , however , must have come to work , especially if native labour was in short supply in the parts where they were most numerous . |
| 24 | And he goes on to reveal in the letter that he had just taken a day off ‘ work ’ to watch a Tennessee high school football game with Ginger Alden , the 20-year-old Tennessee beauty queen who bore a startling resemblance to his mother and whom he called ‘ little Gladys ’ . |
| 25 | The escape , made possible in part by the chemical explosion in Quinn of the Fury , is followed by a series of independent forays in which Quinn seizes a French sloop carrying hides by following it into a secret harbour and pretending he and his men are drunken sailors returning on board , rescues Royalist prisoners from a castle by skulking and climbing , seizes another French ship by disguising the prize vessel under his command as French , and outwits a pirate ship by means of a collision ( rescuing , by the way , a young Contessa who adds a romantic touch to the story ) . |
| 26 | Initially , there was a close range try from Tony Keegan and then a superb handling move involving sleight of hand from Martin Smith — an Old Edwardian who bears a striking resemblance to the Leicester maestro , Les Cusworth - resulted in Rupert Moon plunging over . |
| 27 | ‘ My safety was my priority , ’ said Lizzie , who bears a striking resemblance to her sister . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought ‘ You must be very calm , you must not antagonise your aggressor , just try to be calm and keep sensible , and always think what you are saying before you say it ’ , ’ said Lizzie , of Oxford , who bears a striking resemblance to her sister . |
| 29 | Chester 's Gateway Theatre is looking for a mild-mannered all round good-egg who bears a striking resemblance to the former Everton striker . |
| 30 | ‘ … who bears a close resemblance to our school janitor , Aziz — although , as far as I know , Aziz does not wander around with a tea towel on his head organizing terrorist attacks — Yasser Arafat — ’ |