Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dëkuji , ’ she tried out a Czech thank-you to the man on Reception who sold her a stamp for three crowns and assured her her card would catch that day 's post . |
| 2 | If you had a stomach upset you were sent to Mrs. Sutton who sold you a powder for tuppence . |
| 3 | And when I appeal in parishes Sunday by Sunday I am aware that I meet the very people who made me a missionary . |
| 4 | He became lord lieutenant of Hertfordshire in 1612 and his punctilious implementation of orders from the Privy Council impressed the king , who made him a knight of the Garter in 1624 . |
| 5 | But one feels now that the man who stood on the soapbox and who made himself a target for eggs is ready for it . |
| 6 | ( Paul Du Noyer 21/1/84 — who made it a joint Single Of The Week along with Cyndi Lauper 's ‘ Girls Just Want To Have Fun ’ and Echo And The Bunnymen 's ‘ The Killing Moon ’ ) |
| 7 | The extent to which some university appointments were political spoils in the eighteenth century is suggested by the demand made in 1714 by Murray of Cringletie , an administration candidate for the representation of the county of Peebles , who made it a condition of his coming forward that his brother should be given the vacant chair of church history in the University of Edinburgh . |
| 8 | The noble land-owners ' outlook was that of passive rentiers who made it a point of pride to be cheated by their bailiffs ; even if entail had not put technical difficulties in the way of raising capital it is hard to believe that Spanish aristocrats would have conceived of higher rents as a reward of investment . |
| 9 | Are you , are telling are you telling me that you 'd vote for somebody in rags on the television who promised you a better future ? |
| 10 | Eventually , it was David who found him a good ship and carefully guided him through the process . |
| 11 | It was , in fact , Iris who found us a cook . |
| 12 | He conquered one of Europe 's toughest courses , the tour 's strongest field and the critics who labelled him a loser with his sudden-death triumph over Colin Montgomerie , elevating him back among the world 's leading players . |
| 13 | After Charlotte 's death in 1783 , the great love of Hickey 's life was Jemdanee , one of his Indian mistresses , who bore him a short-lived son . |
| 14 | ‘ I met someone today , ’ she said , ‘ who affected me a little as you describe Deanes affecting you . ’ |
| 15 | Silas spoke to the sister in charge of the ward , who told him a little about Bertha 's injuries . |
| 16 | We went out to breakfast with Mr Robinson , a pleasant but prosy old gentleman who told us a complicated tale of a bust of Wieland , retrieved by himself from unworthy oblivion , to the great delight of Goethe and other literary eminences . |
| 17 | During all those thousands of hard miles , on wet and dry roads , mountain passes and leafy lanes , it never gave anyone who drove it a second 's cause for concern . |
| 18 | The budget had been the topic of fierce argument , but in the end it was passed by a huge majority , satisfying the Prime Minister , who proclaimed himself a happy man after having threatened to resign if he did not get his way . |
| 19 | As she was about to leave the building she exchanged greetings with the portiera who handed her a letter which had arrived earlier the same day . |
| 20 | He watched the sun rise over the snowy fields , and on his way home he met the postman , who handed him a letter . |
| 21 | He deliberately shared the limelight with Tom Mboya of Kenya who showed himself a brilliant chairman . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's the season of goodwill to all mankind but its looks like this man had had enough of womankind , ’ added PC Weal who ordered them a taxi . |
| 23 | What I would like to do now is to reintroduce Phill who addressed us a little bit earlier this morning who 's going to tell us a little bit more about enterprise client server solutions . |
| 24 | He had , now , friends in many places , or people who owed him a favour . |
| 25 | At the battle , Jack is saved by Younger Bear ( Carl Bellini ) , who owed him a life from childhood . |
| 26 | A police inspector in Scotland Yard who owed him a favour — a slight matter of some indiscreet letters — had supplied him with a list of known criminals in Dublin , as well as a separate listing of all known Republican sympathizers . |
| 27 | He asked a policeman who owed him a favour that he wanted no-one to know about . |
| 28 | The head of the family when I first remember them was William Henry Bayles who was Grandmother 's cousin and the father of a lady who taught me a little bit of music . |
| 29 | ‘ It was Francis 's father , apparently , who taught him a lot of tum-te-tum poetry . |
| 30 | She regarded them as " mentors " who taught her a great deal about management , and international leadership . |