Example sentences of "[noun pl] [Wh pn] [vb base] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any Radio 4 fans who settle down to ‘ The Archers ’ had a bonus on August 2nd if they stayed tuned in after the programme , because it was followed by a programme called ‘ Performing Miracles ’ and featured Sheila Dicks . |
| 2 | People might call me an asshole for saying that , but I think it 's cheating the kids and the fans who go out and spend money on a record , who spend their time following a band and respecting and loving that band . |
| 3 | In the accompanying story Madonna describes fans who hang around outside her New York apartment as ‘ not very bright ’ . |
| 4 | Thus the papers are relieved by the new , softer , explicitly pacifist and green hip-hop , like De La Soul ; or by reformed characters ; or by rappers who turn out to be pillars of the community ( Run DMC funding Sunday schools , or KRS-One starting a Stop The Violence campaign ) . |
| 5 | A blend of grass seed , fertiliser and cellulose glue , it was being spread over the paths as a last ditch attempt to save an area the size of four football pitches from irreversible soil erosion caused by the 250,000 walkers who tramp around the area every year . |
| 6 | I think that it 's a very long term thing and until the attitudes of both men and women and boys and girls at schools who come up here change , and that 's going to be a long time |
| 7 | We offer four £5 book vouchers to readers who come up with the wittiest gag about scientists and engineers . |
| 8 | Tuff-Link will send a free nursery minder to the first 200 readers who write in . |
| 9 | We have persuaded Doctor Delvin to sign a copy of his A to Z of Good Sex when it is published at the end of October for all SHE readers who write in . |
| 10 | Normally , it would cost you £2.49 , but we 've 200 to give away to the first readers who write in . |
| 11 | You want some you want some ringleaders who get on well , so you sort of bully them into things , which Donna is ! |
| 12 | A few are ordained , but many , like Bob Jackson of Barnard Castle , are lay preachers who help out when they can . |
| 13 | On the supply side , services would be provided by hospitals still directly managed by health authorities , hospitals and community units who opt out of health authority control and become self-governing NHS trusts , private and voluntary suppliers of services . |
| 14 | The rest are occupied by morose couples , mostly women , pairs of widowed sisters or spinster daughters with ageing mothers , and two Golden Wedding survivors who gaze out of a window across the green expanse of Parkers Piece , having run out of conversation years ago . |
| 15 | They both played spies — ‘ spies who meet up in that ludicrous wonderland of revue ’ . |
| 16 | Regrettably , in a field which is becoming increasingly litigious , when authors who criticise in print the prices certain publishers charge for their journals have been sued by these publishers , it is difficult to see how further research along these lines could be published with equanimity . |
| 17 | A travel company from Thailand has contacted the People 's Committee about the possibility of bringing in tourists , and the governor of the province , An He , is keen to talk to the few foreigners who pass through about his hypothetical Riviera . |
| 18 | ‘ I do not permit my house to be occupied by gentlemen who stay out all night . |
| 19 | Thus , the study emphasises the role of social attitudes in second language learning , ie. attitudes towards learning the second language itself and towards the native speakers who make up the second language community . |
| 20 | TRANSPORT ‘ Did you know that lorry drivers who pick up hitch-hikers have 73 per cent fewer accidents than those who do n't ? ’ |
| 21 | It is for the benefit of the inspectors who come up from Paris for the biannual audits . |
| 22 | Happy as hikers who fling off their shorts . |
| 23 | Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes play off against each other in a comedic buddy movie about two hustlers who team up to cream money off LA 's kerb-side courts , only to run up against problems with girls ( Rosie Perez , Tyra Ferrell ) and gangsters . |
| 24 | Human beings it seems are not the only animals who go in for worshipping idols . |
| 25 | The cast is a multitude of would-be actors , friends and passers-by who drift in and out of the bizarre action in sultry Austin , Texas . |
| 26 | ‘ It deals with kids who take up causes and get drawn into violent activities as a result . |
| 27 | problem drinkers who live on to old age , perhaps having started in midlife ; |
| 28 | It may however , be questioned , whether this role should be performed by a mixture of hereditary and life peers who make up the Lords ' membership or , indeed , whether there is an important role here at all . |
| 29 | This retreat into the safety of headquarters with its separation from reality is the route for these ‘ bastards with no teeth ’ ; it is the rightful place for those ‘ nine-til-five administrators who turn up when real polises have been up and at it for hours , and then ask their daft questions because of their lack of practical experience ’ . |
| 30 | Though 130,000 passports represent only about a quarter of Macao 's population , most recipients are the professionals and businessmen who make up the backbone of the enclave economy . |