Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The late Victorian period was the first in which there were considerable numbers of agnostics , atheists and opponents of organized religion who led lives of exemplary respectability ; it could not be urged of Huxley , Clifford or Tyndall that they were irreligious because they were libertines , like the earlier ungodly . |
| 2 | ‘ We have nothing to add at the moment , ’ said a spokesperson for the betting shops association who advised bookies to withhold winnings after Jo N Jack 's success eight days ago . |
| 3 | But because they have not reached agreement with the Press Association who supply newspapers with the racecards , it wo n't reach much further than racecourse punters who buy an official card . |
| 4 | Applications for Associateship should be supported by two Fellows of the association who have knowledge of the candidate for at least two years immediately preceding the application . |
| 5 | A soldier who feared flying was fined £600 yesterday for endangering a civil aircraft and disobeying the captain 's orders . |
| 6 | Macedonian soldier who became King of Egypt ( 305–282 ) and founder of the dynasty that ruled until 31 BC . |
| 7 | Celebrations for soldier who survived explosion |
| 8 | A SOLDIER who supplied transport for two younger youths intent on burglary , and kept watch for them as they carried out a theft , was fined over £300 by Alton magistrates on Tuesday . |
| 9 | Sixteen of these were from patients with sarcoidosis who underwent biopsy of the lung ( nine patients ) , lymph node ( six patients ) , or skin ( one patient ) . |
| 10 | For he was the Queen Mother 's steeplechaser who belly-flopped yards from the Grand National winning post , the horse who grabbed defeat from the very jaws of victory in such a way that even those with no interest whatsoever in the sport of racing still recall the sight of ‘ that horse who jumped the fence that was n't there ’ . |
| 11 | ELSIE CLOUGHTON , 74-year-old musician who plays piano and piano accordion at events throughout Darlington . |
| 12 | Mind you , rumours also link Wahl to Northern Transvaal , although Transvaal , the side who ditched Wahl in 1989 , will make a strong bid for the flanker 's services . |
| 13 | They are an attack-minded side who cause problems . |
| 14 | Tranmere now were not only confident but cocky , and as Spurs deteriorated into a formation as ragged as a returning Battle of Britain squadron it was the Third Division side who found space and time . |
| 15 | A team with recharged batteries will therefore face Dundee , the side who beat Rangers in August , at Ibrox tomorrow as Smith 's players concentrate on securing the championship and removing Hearts from the Scottish Cup before they go to the south of France . |
| 16 | On Sunday , he will have an important role in the final against a Galway side who stunned Tipperary at the semi-final stage . |
| 17 | But he will not be there today to face a Luton side who have Wegerle , Williams and Black available after injury . |
| 18 | Bath 's 13–3 victory at rain-swept Welford Road was achieved against a Leicester side who lost captain Dean Richards on the morning of the match with a calf injury . |
| 19 | Luton ( 20th ) should be unchanged from the side who beat Wimbledon last week , with Kamara recovered from a back injury . |
| 20 | Todd did appear in the Raiders side who beat Balmain in the Sydney Grand Final , but was replaced in extra time by Peter Jackson , who went on to score the winning try . |
| 21 | Liverpool have been putting hard-tackling left-back Stig Bjorbye through his paces at Anfield , while members of Norway 's Under-21 side who beat England last month have been on trial at Leeds , Sheffield United , Oldham and Forest . |
| 22 | Levein is , co-incidentally , a survivor from the side who defeated Argentina during their reign as world champions . |
| 23 | If it is not the Women 's Tennis Association , spurred on by the vocal support of Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles demanding equal prize money at Wimbledon and the French , then it is the voices on the men 's side who want prize money for the top tier of their tournaments doubled to $2m . |
| 24 | The daughter of a sea-NYMPH and HELIOS the sun god , Circe was a powerful sorceress who despised men and would poison and trick them whenever she could . |
| 25 | Of the 44 per cent of the electorate who took part in the poll , 73 per cent supported the plant . |
| 26 | Swings were highest amongst those who relied more on television than the press for help in deciding how to vote , rather lower amongst those who relied more on the press , and lowest of all amongst the 40 per cent of the electorate who found television and the press equally useful . |
| 27 | If the bar conversation was anything to go by , the people of Oswaldston were going to react to their newly famous son by first denigrating him and then resenting any outsider who made claim to him . |
| 28 | One BCS initiative has started to produce a ‘ hybrid ’ — a computer-person who understands the outside world , or conversely an outsider who understands computers . |
| 29 | In spite of the visual evidence , Lam is presented less as a modernist than as a rebel against modernism , as the outsider who challenges Europe on its own terms and wins . |
| 30 | As Nicholson went on , telling him how King Morken died and his children swore to kill Kentigern who came south to Carlisle and then — learning of the paganism of the fell people — into the heartland of the lakes where he founded many churches , established missions , stood up to his neck in Derwent Water to read the Psalms and then went down into Wales … |