Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [adv prt] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Productive activity was carried out by peasants , who lived on and cultivated the land which was controlled by the feudal lords . |
| 2 | There was no sign of the three people I was looking for , although there were a few strange faces : three or four wives with young children sent out to grass from Athens , and one or two old couples , dehydrated rentiers , who doddered in and out of the mournful lounges of the Hotel Philadelphia . |
| 3 | For the priests , in fact , were doing exactly the same trick , and probably by exactly the same means , as the old East Anglian and Scottish horsemen who made out and actually believed that the horse 's immobility was the result of some secret and magical device they had resorted to . |
| 4 | It is just conceivable that the Inland Revenue , thicketed about with legislation and case law , might think these provisions of the Income Tax Acts had some concern for a transaction of that nature , but that is hardly a view which could be shared by one who got out and looked at the wood as a whole . |
| 5 | Now it was the Young King who drew back and , doubtless to their father 's immense exasperation , refused to accept Richard 's homage . |
| 6 | When we began , we therefore had six members helping lead the open youth club ; one who headed up and organised a coffee bar which aims to be open whenever the centre is open ; others who were involved in the drama ; keep fit ; OAP 's and other groups . |
| 7 | Soon after England began their reply there was a bad-light hold-up — probably unnecessary if they had all been wearing Bolle ‘ lifter ’ lenses — and upon resumption , Gooch and Stewart had to brace themselves against a torrid onslaught from Waqar , menace in every step of his run-up , and Akram , who bounded in and flung down something resembling Ivanisevic 's curving left-handed tennis serve , if only 30mph or so less swift . |
| 8 | who moved in and |
| 9 | He had rung for Baron , who came over and examined her briskly . |
| 10 | No 2 was all the other bits : No 2 was the writer , the ‘ Boy-in-the-box ’ , the one who came out and wrote the books and expressed itself . |
| 11 | She 's has n't a soul in the world barring her sister who came down and identified the bodies . ’ |
| 12 | So er that was a telephone call to the divisional officer , who was available at the moment and who came down and discussed it with the employer and notwithstanding that , in the afternoon I had given the management one hour to resolve the problem otherwise there was going to be a major walkout . |
| 13 | And it says , now when the apostles , who were in Jerusalem heard that Somaria had received the word of God they sent them Peter and John , who came down and prayed for them , that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 14 | Dr Neil , with many a joke , helped them , made change , and once went out to return with lemonade and glasses for all the ladies who were so busy manning the stalls , Mr Sands helping him — the rector being a vague benevolent figure who came in and blinked at them all , said , ‘ I am sure , ladies , that you will all gain treasure in heaven for your noble work here today , ’ and went out again . |
| 15 | Because Uncle Mosse left his door unlocked all the time at the end and he did not mind who came in and out , as he said . |
| 16 | It did n't work at first because people forgot and then there were the tourists who came in and did n't know the seating arrangements . |
| 17 | That has now changed Eastern arts no longer support the gallery now one obvious reason for that is the gallery started so well because of the enthusiasm from a number of professional people who came along and gave their advice and much of their time and such a body of people has not been called upon for a number of years now and once again a request to discuss this with Mr was refused . |
| 18 | I remember when my school opened , or just before it did , erm I got the staff together for a conference for a day , and got another East Sussex Head , James Quinn , who came along and talked to them , and one of the things he said was now for the next week or two , whatever John Werner says goes . |
| 19 | I was the beetle who woke up and saw the possibility of being a man . |
| 20 | He soon spotted several well-dressed young women who strolled up and down their particular stretch of pavement , faltering and looking up with decorous winsomeness when a likely man passed . |
| 21 | A BANNED driver who mowed down and killed five youngsters in a high-speed chase was jailed for a maximum of five years yesterday . |
| 22 | There was a man who 'd just lived through an explosion underground , who turned round and sawed off Pengilly 's injured leg smack smooth , who passed the night forging a banker 's letter of credit , and who spent next day drawing wool over the eyes of the Manchester & leeds directors . |
| 23 | Then on another shot , he had a POW on the drill , who turned round and waved at the camera crew , so that was scrubbed out and done again . |
| 24 | Apart from Steve , I do n't think there appeared to be anyone who turned round and said look they could n't do it . |
| 25 | And the hoops were made by soldiers , who turned over and stood on their hands and feet . |
| 26 | The drive to Kent had been a difficult , slow journey hampered by the volume of tourists who poured on and off the cross-Channel ferries . |
| 27 | She was not so lucky with Benton , who sprang up and crashed into her , his arms locking around her waist , their combined momentum slamming them against the door . |
| 28 | A SPEEDING motor-cyclist who knocked down and killed a 73-year-old man was fined £2,000 at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday . |
| 29 | It also impressed his sister , who quietened down and looked at him with new respect . |
| 30 | I did n't know the man who stepped out and looked straight at the door which the old buffer porter had managed to close . |