Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh pn] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was no longer the wily old ecclesiastical politician from the metropole who had first closed down Martinho 's seminary news-letter and then later , seeing which way the wind blew , had made an unholy , if tacit , alliance with Caesar in the shape of Osvaldo . |
| 2 | The arrests followed a fight with Cypriots after a tourist was beaten , and a clash with police trying to arrest a soldier who stripped naked . |
| 3 | THE condition of an RIR soldier who lost both legs in a booby trap bomb blast in Lurgan is described as ‘ stable ’ . |
| 4 | The stark contrast between England 's win this time and their loss in the deciding one-day match on the same ground last February made a big impact on Kiwis who saw both . |
| 5 | Yet the mega-buck manager of Ewood could have had little complaint — Rovers lost to a side who played revivalist football of a kind manager Howard Kendall has waited 22 months to see . |
| 6 | Twenty-year-old Peake not only scored the goal which put Pool on their way to a desperately needed win , he was also one of only a handful of players on either side who looked capable of coming to terms with the gale-force wind and bumpy pitch . |
| 7 | England would have increased their margin of victory but for the heroics of Irish goalkeeper Linton who made several outstanding saves . |
| 8 | Its interior used some of the finest craftsmen of the day , not least the woodcarver Grinling Gibbons who decorated one room with a welter of natural images . |
| 9 | The speech was welcomed by the opposition who saw these developments in sharp contrast to the more cautious approach to change signalled by Iliescu during the election campaign . |
| 10 | Rovers suffered from something of a fadeout and we even had a number of home fans who felt inclined to boo . |
| 11 | Also , a few leeds fans who noticed some rangers fans in the crowd , actually wished them good luck for the rest of the competition . |
| 12 | ‘ I was delighted for the fans who travelled 300 miles south to see us . |
| 13 | Thus , a litigant who claimed any form of injunction had an unfettered right of appeal . |
| 14 | Our college 's initial provision for ‘ students with special needs ’ was established in 1978 — a ‘ discrete ’ course for students with moderate learning difficulties or , in some instances , school leavers from high schools who needed extra support before joining training schemes . |
| 15 | Last night tributes poured in for Emma who had nine GCSE passes and Becky who had 11 . |
| 16 | These requirements were not satisfied in Schroeder because the contract was imposed on the plaintiff by a defendant who had greater bargaining power which he used oppressively . |
| 17 | The division of the national press into ‘ quality ’ and ‘ popular ’ papers was one of content as well as circulation , and it was itself largely a result of the higher advertising rates chargeable by the papers with readers who had more money to spend ( not necessarily their own ) . |
| 18 | Clearly contemporary readers who knew both books considered them connected . |
| 19 | MIRROR readers who lost thousands of pounds when a holiday company went bust may get some money back . |
| 20 | 280 , the defendants , owners of a newspaper , carried an advertisement in each issue informing readers who wanted financial advice to write to a given address . |
| 21 | Reports of bad service and rude staff are alarmingly high , says the guide after following-up 1,000 complaints from readers who visited 567 pubs outside London . |
| 22 | The guide analysed more than 1,000 complaints from readers who visited 567 ‘ thumbs down ’ pubs premises where they would not return . |
| 23 | Freda Gray was a pioneer who spent 40 years teaching and working with mentally handicapped young people , many of whom had been abandoned by society . |
| 24 | The legendary Jon the Postman , ( the ultimate fan of seventies punk who achieved minor fame by clambering on to the stage and reciting ‘ Louie Louie ’ at the finish of every Buzzcocks gig ) : ‘ The Smiths are a great rock 'n' roll band . |
| 25 | We saw earlier did n't we when we talked about , about future who did that ? |
| 26 | But there can be nothing irrational about preferences which are reflectively consistent , so that the agent who pursued all of them would have no regrets . |
| 27 | We kept off the beaten track , away from those traders who fixed high prices , for Shallot knew where to go . |
| 28 | The appeal was also boosted by suppliers and local traders who donated 41 prizes for a draw and by cash gifts from most of the club 's sub-sections . |
| 29 | or the freshman who blew five hundred |
| 30 | Previous incumbent Dick Corden , who watched Quakers ' game at Peterborough on Saturday , resigned a fortnight ago , leaving only two directors Richard Tonks and John Brockbank who met several times last week in an effort to solve the club 's financial crisis . |