Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Thus , in Dorchester Finance Company Ltd v Stebbing , two non-executive directors were held to have been negligent in equipping an executive director with signed blank cheques who used them to make unrecoverable loans . |
2 | It surfaced last year during the trial of Frank Beck , former head of a Leicestershire children 's home , who used it to abuse young people in his care both sexually and physically . |
3 | A PATIENT who claimed she suffered severe brain damage from an allergic reaction to anaesthetic drugs was awarded interim damages of £50,000 yesterday . |
4 | Corbett shouted back , pushing away an apprentice who offered him spiced hot sheep 's feet . |
5 | Listen to what it says in John chapter five Truly , truly I say unto you , this is Jesus speaking he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come into judgement but has passed out of death into life . |
6 | It was her second husband , David , who died 16 years ago , who persuaded her to adopt orphaned elephants to see if they could be nursed through their grief and restored to health . |
7 | Sorry , he 's just someone I went out with who thought he had exclusive rights to my body . ’ |
8 | Andrew Buccleuth certainly had his fair share of brokers and analysts doing exactly that , but he had a more relaxed view of the duties of a salesman — and especially of one who enabled him to win substantial bets on the golf courses of southern England . |
9 | ‘ At the same time , the saddest call I ever had was from a boy who said he had marvellous parents who gave him everything . |
10 | She was the one who wanted me to take early retirement . |