Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An attempt was also made to take the vacuum pump body , but its weight and bulk seemed to defeat the thief , who nevertheless hid it in nearby bushes . |
| 2 | Wealthy friends who still held him in high regard as a man , raised money and set the family up in a 500 acre property which they arranged in the names of Mrs. Piper and the children . |
| 3 | Along a route taking in the castles of Niddry , Cadzow and Craignethan she rallied sympathizers who still regarded her as rightful queen . |
| 4 | Martinus , a just man , protested to Paulus , who promptly threatened him with instant imprisonment for his interference . |
| 5 | ‘ And there was I imagining that underneath that hostile exterior there was a girl who really held me in high esteem . ’ |
| 6 | I knew I was n't the only victim because I had heard complaints from others ; the fruiterer who saw his apples disappear from the box in front of the shop , the grocer who unwillingly supplied him with free biscuits . |
| 7 | Indeed , Mme Colet was obliged to send all her love letters to Gustave via Maxime du Camp , who then readdressed them in fresh envelopes . |
| 8 | The funds were often borrowed by speculators who then reinvested them in strong currencies in the expectation of revaluations , a hideous spiral by which central banks were providing funds to speculators who stood to make a profit from them if the currency was revalued . |