Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | He approached the Broads Authority and the Countryside Commission , who agreed to fund the whole project , and the first showing was held in Norwich last year . |
2 | Funding was received from one Norwich newspaper , the Eastern Daily Press , who agreed to support the project over a three year period . |
3 | ‘ Then I was contacted over the phone by a company in Rufford who agreed to sell the car for £50 . |
4 | In desperation Mr Gresty turned to soldiers at nearby Catterick Garrison who agreed to recover the truck stuck in the River Skerne , on the outskirts of Darlington . |
5 | But Roe , who qualified to join the line-up featuring 28 of the world 's best players courtesy of his victory in the Lancome Trophy , was delighted with his . |
6 | Five students , aged about 20 , were filming the public for a project when they were approached by a man who asked to borrow the Ferguson Videostar camcorder . |
7 | In that year Mrs Shaw and Mrs Whipp led a petition of sixty midwives of the City in opposition to Peter Chamberlen the elder [ q.v. ] , a man-midwife who planned to incorporate the midwives under his governorship . |
8 | That was music to the ears of Tory Euro-rebels who planned to back the Labour amendment . |
9 | Who planned to eat the whole world bit by bit , |
10 | It was the latter 's son Joseph , now about 55 , who lived to see the whole enterprise brought to a halt by the hostilities . |
11 | Every one of those men who went in the forces , who lived to tell the tale , was given their jobs back when they came back , because their jobs were replaced by women during the war , drivers and conductors , they were replaced by women and as the men came back , so the women were paid off , so everybody who came back from the war was given their job back . |
12 | 21-year-old Jason Hardman is one of 3,000 who applied to join the force — this year West Mercia will take on about a hundred . |
13 | 21-year-old Jason Hardman is one of 3,000 who applied to join the force — this year West Mercia will take on about a hundred . |
14 | But it seems all too likely that the 21 married women who applied to rejoin the trade and the union in 1919–20 were war widows , although we only know this for sure of three of them . |
15 | He and other stars who fought to save the show are bitter their Pounds 600,000-a-year roles are finished . |
16 | Jade and Rose continue to show their appreciation for the medical staff at Stoke Mandeville who fought to keep the baby alive . |
17 | One of those who fought to prevent the building said ‘ We do n't know if it is worth preserving after all the upheaval on site ’ . |
18 | Anyone who failed to answer the summons was liable to be beaten . |
19 | Although many board members reported being fascinated by recent developments , it was not uncommon to find those who failed to appreciate the amount of change since their own schooldays . |
20 | Given that the minimum levels of pupil competence were set by each school district in cognisance of local circumstances , a question was raised concerning whether students who failed to reach the agreed standards could recover damages for their failure to learn , if they were able to demonstrate teacher negligence . |
21 | These figures are for those researchers actually finishing their work and submitting a successful thesis , and they do not include those who failed to complete their research , or who failed to reach the required standard for the granting of the Ph D degree . |
22 | These figures are for those researchers actually finishing their work and submitting a successful thesis , and they do not include those who failed to complete their research , or who failed to reach the required standard for the granting of the Ph D degree . |
23 | Unfortunately for Germany , however , the commander on the spot was the timorous General Max von Prittwitz , who failed to exploit the opportunity through fear of his numerical inferiority . |
24 | But they were gifted the points by a Sunderland side who failed to take the chances on offer . |
25 | Directors who ought to have realized that insolvent liquidation was inevitable , but who failed to take the necessary step to minimize the potential loss to creditors . |
26 | Too many years ago to be worth mentioning , I had a boyfriend who failed to understand the religious nature of my viewing , any more than I understood his motivation in inviting me to view along side of him . |
27 | True , Brian Robinson did get over from a maul on the All Black 's line before the worst happened — although the Australian referee , Sandy McNeill , was unfortunately the only individual within a hundred metres who failed to note the touchdown . |
28 | Michael Duffy yesterday clinched a place in the last 16 of the World Amateur Championships in Bangkok , but there was great disappointment for Ulster number one Andy Sharpe who failed to make the play-offs . |
29 | He was run very close in the contest by Steve Richardson ( 29th ) , who failed to make the Walker Cup side of 1989 . |
30 | Some officers can now see that at the time they were " typical colonialists " who failed to read the signs of the tinies or entrust positions of authority more readily to African leadership . |