Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] four [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | One volume , but two books : title-page of Mathematical Magick ( 1680 ) , which described four methods of flight : ( 1 ) by spirits or Angels ; ( 2 ) by the help of fowls ; ( 3 ) by wings fastened to the body ; ( 4 ) by a flying chariot . |
2 | As a result HMIs published English from 5 to 16 ( 1984 ) , which proposed four aims for English teachers . |
3 | The damage here tells its own story about the impact which killed four horses outright , left two others so badly hurt that they had to be put down and fourteen more with serious injuries . |
4 | Other stars were on the isle when the storm — which killed four people with gusts of 175mph — struck as they filmed Steven Spielberg 's latest thriller . |
5 | On July 6 Danielle Mitterrand , wife of the French President François Mitterrand , escaped with minor injuries during a car-bomb attack near Sulaimaniya which killed four people . |
6 | When the track and the signals at the ageing junction were due for renewal , British Rail had chosen the cheapest option to enable InterCity trains to travel faster at the expense of local services , the inquiry into the 1991 disaster which killed four people and injured 22 , was told . |
7 | The government accused Escobar of masterminding a double car bombing in Bogota on Monday which killed four people and injured dozens more . |
8 | Although there was as yet no sign that the IRA was capable of mounting the sort of offensive which followed four years later , Paisley had no doubt where O'Neill 's reforming policy would lead : |
9 | He guided them to a respectable 8-8 record last season , but with a cluster of outstanding players on the club 's roster there was a heavy weight of expectation for the campaign which began four weeks ago — notably from Davis himself . |
10 | This disc completes Lin 's recording of Mozart 's complete concertante works for violin , which began four years ago with his very well received version of the Third and Fifth concertos and the Adagio ( K261 ) . |
11 | For the first 15 minutes it seemed that Alton would be overrun by an RAF side which included four players who regularly turn out for Alton . |
12 | Mr Gandhi 's manoeuvrings — which included four visits to the president , who can dissolve parliament — appear to have been designed to lure supporters from Mr Shekhar and from the previous prime minister , V.P. Singh . |
13 | Nagata encountered few problems in her 68 , which included four birdies and an eagle , while American Kim Lasken holed an 80-yard approach for an eagle 3 at the third hole in her 69 . |
14 | Whilst Henry II was in Normandy , he learned of Thomas 's continued intransigence and that caused Henry II to utter the words , ‘ Will no-one rid me of this troublesome person ? ’ , which prompted four knights of his household to cross to England and assassinate Thomas Becket in his Cathedral , on 29th . |
15 | On 19 September Ho embarked on a packet boat which took four weeks to reach Hanoi . |
16 | With 43 recommendations , the report , which took four months to prepare , admits that ‘ a free society requires the freedom to say or print things that are inconvenient to those in authority , whether they be members of the Royal Family , ministers , MPs , local councillors or public officials ’ . |
17 | One is the second-century establishment at Godmanchester , manufacturing both iron and copper goods in a timber-framed workshop with an open front which contained four shaft furnaces and a bowl shaped smithing furnace . |
18 | When the meal was eaten Tom unwrapped a small brown package which contained four pieces of dark , home-made ginger cake . |
19 | Earl Russell succeeded Sir Robert Peel as Prime Minister in 1846 , and well before then Queen Victoria had commenced having her children which numbered four boys and five girls born during the first seventeen years of her marriage . |
20 | Henry VIII impressed the Continent , in the midsummer of 1520 , at the ‘ Field of the Cloth of Gold ’ held a few miles south of Calais , and which lasted four weeks with jousts , summit talks , banquets and entertainment . |
21 | Three attacks in Belfast on the night of Nov. 12-13 , which left four people dead and seriously injured two others including a baby , were claimed by the IRA . |
22 | Police say a stolen lorry which had four foot long spikes welded to the back was probably going to be used in a ram raid . |
23 | Five experimental words were chosen ; four of which had four senses and the remaining word three . |
24 | BBC2 settled down with about 10 per cent of the total TV audience and heavily subsidized by BBC1 , which had four times the viewers at only twice the cost . |
25 | The settlement , which concluded four months of negotiations , obviated the need for the separate cases to be heard in court . |