Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [verb] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | One hundred and nine adult asymptomatic cases without any abdominal complaints ( 68 women , with a mean age of 45.6 years ) , who agreed to participate in this study , were selected from an original group of 120 controls ; 11 subjects refused to participate in the investigation . |
2 | ‘ Government regulations make it extremely difficult to move it by road , ’ said Allister Anderson , of Nuclear Services at Peel Park , who became involved at this stage . |
3 | Some of those who failed choose at this stage nonetheless to drop out . |
4 | FORMER Barcelona Open winner David Whelan , who failed to qualify for this year 's European Tour , hopes to play regularly in NE and NW PGA events . |
5 | Unfortunately , those four hundred thousand Palestinians lost everything in Kuwait , and erm it 'll be important to know that for each Palestinian in Kuwait there 's at least two or three other Palestinians whom they support outside Kuwait , in other words in Jordan , West Bank and the Gaza strip , so totally the Palestinians who got devastated by this invasion is about one point two million Palestinians . |
6 | And the minority who chose to behave in this way were mostly aware that they had no one to blame but themselves — which made it all the more painful . |
7 | Unfortunately , as very few of those who chose to respond in this way elaborated on their answer , their reasoning remains unclear . |
8 | For women who wished to join in this mood of excited expansionist exploration there was an alternative . |
9 | Who could fail to be stirred by the thought of such purpose , reaching back over generations to the men who had gathered on this spot two centuries before ? |
10 | Anti-apartheid demonstrators were prosecuted for invading court number 2 at Wimbledon during a match involving the South African , Cliff Drysdale ; the House of Lords ultimately decided that the meaning of ‘ insulting ’ was properly a matter for the magistrates ( who had acquitted in this case ) and allowed the defendant 's appeal against the Divisional Court 's decision that the conduct had been insulting . |
11 | Who was the girl who had slept in this bed , written her name on the wall , and then written her diary in the Bible , twenty-five years ago ? |