Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [Wh pn] [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a conflict between the role and the man , between the priest who wanted to lead a hidden life and the public persona who worked within a regime of absolute power which he faithfully served while understanding the need to revolt against it . |
| 2 | Things had been near perfect at that stage , and they 'd gone for a drink later , with Amanda chatting up the barman who had seemed a nice shy boy , if a bit quiet for the job . |
| 3 | But it 's either her or the caretaker who 've taken a lot of stuff out of my place : radio cassette , bedside radio , camera , alarm clock , my son 's chair and table . |
| 4 | Did her trick to catch the saint who avoided becoming a martyr . |
| 5 | Meredith thought it was the smile of the cat who 'd found a whole vat of cream . |
| 6 | Not for myself , ’ he added hastily , ‘ but for the widow with hungry mouths to feed , the boy who wants to become a scholar . |
| 7 | Right , so the interesting thing from , we 've got a lot of experience there , we 've got some people in the room who 've got a lot of experience in the industry and in business , is that one of the reasons why we 're looking for parcels , if you like , is because of that . |
| 8 | The gardener who had worn a knotted handkerchief on his head , whoever he might have been , had had no means of knowing then or later that Adam intended to live there . |
| 9 | An earlier draft had been rejected by the King who had requested a number of minor alterations . |
| 10 | It really gets on my nerves , especially when the person who laughed owns a CPC ! |
| 11 | One of you 's got grievance and you want something done , there is something that you want done and the other person , is the person you want to do it or the person who 's got a part to play . |
| 12 | find , because all the other who had drawn a horse they , they were void . |
| 13 | Howard Wilkinson , the manager who has revived a slumbering Yorkshire giant , offered a brave if predictable public stance — ‘ We 're not throwing in the towel … if we win our last five matches it could be interesting ’ — but privately he must realise that an outstanding opportunity has been lost . |
| 14 | For centuries the traveller who wanted to cross a sea or an ocean went to the nearest port and hung about until he found a ship going in his direction . |
| 15 | Much has already been said in the preceding pages about the subsequent progress through the learned hierarchy of the student who chose to become a muderris : with ability , luck , good connections or a combination of the three he would teach through a number of grades of medreses , eventually to turn to the mevleviyet kadiliks through which he might hope to rise ultimately to what had become by the end of the sixteenth century the principal office in the hierarchy , the Muftilik of Istanbul . |
| 16 | Let us consider democracy in local government and the three Secretaries of State for the Environment who have had a go at local government taxation . |
| 17 | Coming up in a few minutes , the artist who 's had a six year love affair with the Malvern Hills . |
| 18 | Each dealer dealt with the farmer who wanted to make a bid for some of his cattle . |
| 19 | It was a generous and graceful tribute to the man who had led a highly personal campaign against him . |
| 20 | ‘ I was rather wondering , Uncle , ’ he smiled at the man who had kept a fatherly eye on him from the age of ten , ‘ how you felt about serving some of that excellent champagne I know you have in your cellar . ’ |
| 21 | By his own admission , the man who had won a European Cup medal destroying the best defences in Europe was having trouble finding the door . |
| 22 | All of these things Beth constantly reminded herself of ; together with the fact that she was now a married woman and should reserve all her thoughts for the man who had put a ring on her finger , even though she had a son , and both of Maisie 's children . |
| 23 | The man who 'd taken a photograph of the bus asked if he might photograph the old people also , and the bus-driver told him to wait a minute . |
| 24 | Think of the man who has to hang a kitchen cabinet in a frame house . |
| 25 | But the man who has amassed a world record 51 tries in 71 tests also had a warning for the Welsh team . |
| 26 | The Aristotelian talk of definitions ‘ does not reveal nature to us , but only does the same as the man who promised to discover a treasure and then says ‘ look where it is hidden and you will find it . ’ |
| 27 | Eliot remarked in another regard , ‘ No association is free for the man who wants to do a good job , ’ for the ‘ religious ’ man not least , and for a Cohen most of all . |
| 28 | The man who looks helps a somewhat frisky twelve year old enjoy his retirement is Jim Stone : |
| 29 | Formed in October 1918 , the LNU brought together advocates of the League who had supported a negotiated peace , with prominent patriots who wanted the Allies to consecrate their victory with the establishment of a League of Nations . |
| 30 | If there were not an expectation that the spot price at delivery will be higher than the current price of the futures contract , it is argued that the number of those who wish to hold a short position ( for instance , producers of the underlying physical asset hedging their risks ) would exceed the number who wish to hold a long position in the futures contract ( for instance , speculators ) . |