Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] [verb] [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later that month , Dr. Harvey Goldsmith who had been appointed medical officer to the Poor Law Institution in 1900 , resigned . |
| 2 | From there , if and when it became possible , he would be taken to the castle at Soragna where the Principessa Meli Lupi was prepared to take him on in the guise of a gardener — a refugee who had been rendered deaf and dumb in the bombing of Milan . |
| 3 | Similarly , a child who has been receiving some form of individual help from a clinician , teacher or parent , might be expected to show the effects of that treatment and a comparison of changes over time on the basis of formal assessments would be an appropriate way of obtaining relevant information . |
| 4 | It is not always the child who has been building that does the packing away . |
| 5 | But surgeons at Frenchay Hospital , Bristol , were able to graft his corneas on to the eyes of another youngster who had been going blind . |
| 6 | She looked like a girl who had been tripping all night . |
| 7 | Examples of such tasks are : an adolescent girl who has been having unprotected sexual intercourse with her boyfriend agrees to go to her local family planning clinic to seek contraceptive advice and to avoid having intercourse until contraception has been arranged ; a student with difficulty getting down to revising for an important examination decides that he must make a list of what he needs to do — his therapist suggests he also arranges the topics in their order of importance . |
| 8 | A TERRIFIED pensioner who has been burgled eight times during the last year said she had become a prisoner in her own home . |
| 9 | At Cambrai in 1076 a Cathar who had been judged heretical but not sentenced was being held in the local jail . |
| 10 | A STABLE lad who had been drinking all day took a colleague 's car and smashed it through a wall . |
| 11 | On more than one occasion he had had to remove a dead dog from the highway and take it in his barrow to the incinerator , and there were times when he had to take the place of a night watchman who had been taken ill on one of the larger roadworks and stay there until he could be relieved . |
| 12 | Nevertheless he shot the ‘ Singapore Tiger ’ , an arrogant character who had been seen several times before and was strutting ahead of his large patrol when the Corporal 's bullet killed him . |
| 13 | In Ariel ( 15 ) a miner who has been made redundant heads south to Helsinki and falls in love . |
| 14 | In it , a miner who has been made redundant heads south to Helsinki and falls in love . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Riddler has to fight off the attentions of Seemore , a vagrant who has been driven mad with desire for her body . |
| 16 | A teenager who 's been having pioneering medical treatment to help him grow , is back on his feet … and learning karate . |
| 17 | The woman who died was driving this pick-up truck when it hit an ambulance travelling in the opposite direction along the A417 , half a mile out of Cirencester . |
| 18 | The man or woman who has been made redundant may begin to feel that life is all but over . |
| 19 | The basic principles of correction and praise apply not only to the well-balanced puppy , but also to the adult dog who has been acquired second-hand . |
| 20 | Rachel crawled into the confined space beside him , and with a little jolt she saw it was Len Seager , the man who had been having alcohol-related problems . |
| 21 | Together with Toby Freely , the fresh-faced young man who had been sitting next to Tom Tedder , she brought up , modestly , the rear of the exodus . |
| 22 | Some sort of ex-military man who 'd been having some rather rough games with some of the boys . |
| 23 | This may not seem to be a very daunting task , but when a man who has been flying four engine jet transports all over the world is suddenly confronted with a young pilot who has just written-off the landing gear of a light aircraft while trying to land in a cross wind , the true qualities of the new inspector are under test . |
| 24 | You give the impression of a man who has been accustomed all his life to wealth and privilege . ’ |
| 25 | A nationwide search is under way after a fourteen-year-old who 's been arrested thirty-five times ran away afer a court appearance . |
| 26 | A Bosnian evacuee who 's been receiving medical treatment in this country claims there are more deserving casualties still suffering in the war zone . |
| 27 | This comment is from a daughter who had been giving substantial care to her mother , and explained the situation thus , |
| 28 | of income in the north of Ireland — and that the hill livestock farmer depends very much on such payments at this time of year , will he ensure that these payments and other headage payments are made in accordance with the rules and regulations and thus assist the distraught financial circumstances especially of the small farmer who has been paid scant regard in the House this afternoon ? |
| 29 | We are able to look forward to pastures new this year thanks to our Sites Officer Tony Message who has been adding new farmland to our club 's existing search areas . |
| 30 | Congratulations goes to Paddy Summers of the Sixmilewater league who has been elected assistant team manager to Russell Morrow , Ballymena . |