Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] in a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the meeting he has been observing one student , possibly in his thirties , who sits in a long wheelchair with his legs straight , parallel with the floor . |
| 2 | The kind who sits in a little island in the middle of a highly polished marble floor , looking gorgeous and untouchable , but … ’ |
| 3 | So the Christian who glories in a non-rational basis for his faith leaves himself vulnerable to a particularly lethal blow which strikes at the very foundation of faith . |
| 4 | What , after all , can be said to a child about a man who lives in a mental hospital ? |
| 5 | MRS X , a housewife who lives in a small village in the South-East , became a victim of Brighton-based knockers less than a fortnight after the death of her husband , who was a keen collector of china , silver and oil paintings . |
| 6 | Miss Corinne Day , 27 , a fashion photographer with The Face magazine who lives in a top-floor flat in Brewer Street , said : ‘ I was putting my socks on ready to go out . |
| 7 | Mr Robinson , who lives in a special unit , Wakerley Lodge , at Leicester General Hospital , was injured on November 29 , 1988 when a Ferret scout car crashed . |
| 8 | ‘ They 're probably the best troops that the Philippine army has , ’ said Mr Peter Choynowski , an executive of the Asian Development Bank from Canada , who lives in a high-rise flat shelled by mortars . |
| 9 | A MADCAP millionaire who lives in a run-down cottage has been taken to court over an unpaid poll tax bill — for FIVE PENCE . |
| 10 | Sam , who lives in a modest £70,000 semi in north London , also has a New York apartment and a villa on Spain 's Costa Del Sol . |
| 11 | A DENTAL surgeon who lives in a wooden hut has been lumped into the luxury council tax bracket . |
| 12 | THE BABY WHO LIVES IN AN OLD TOYOTA |
| 13 | R.24(2) confirms , for the avoidance of doubt , that a solicitor or RFL who participates in a recognised body remains personally subject to all the requirements of conduct affecting solicitors . |
| 14 | There 's also the soft side , the Bill Morrison who is reduced to tears by Harry Secombe — ‘ I 'd love to be as good as him ’ and the Bill Morrison who confesses in an unguarded moment that as an epitaph he 'd like the description that appeared in a recent Times leader about him : ‘ a man they can trust ’ . |
| 15 | It is the fact that there is only one Commissioner who operates in a narrow area of disputes that is difficult to condone . |
| 16 | This year 's Reith lecturer , Jacques Darras , is an outsider in his own culture who believes in a cross-cultural unity . |
| 17 | Is there anyone who believes in a military victory over the IRA ? |
| 18 | By contrast , general purposive browsing describes the academic researcher who indulges in a similar activity of looking over books but with a serious purpose in mind , such as keeping up to date in his field or looking for new ideas . |
| 19 | For instance , my sister comma who works in a green grocers comma said she saw her with Kim last night . |
| 20 | The first comes from a constituent who works in a local factory and earns £67 a week net for a full week 's work . |
| 21 | Louise Sewell , 24 , who works in a local bank , was a committed Tory from the start . |
| 22 | One general practitioner , who works in a large multipartner practice in Worksop , said that the community care reforms were all a bit of a mystery . |
| 23 | You could team up with another artist , possibly one who works in a contrasting discipline or technique . |
| 24 | It is , perhaps , unrealistic to expect all these roles and responsibilities to be vested in the one person of the fertility counsellor , who works in an underfunded area of treatment where resources are continually diminishing . |