Example sentences of "[vb past] [Wh pn] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extra performance on the Tuesday in aid of the new cancer day-care ward at Whiston Hospital raised three hundred pounds and special thanks go to Betty who came up with the original idea and everyone involved who organized the marvellous spread for the soiree afterwards . |
| 2 | The reality of such choice depended on whether a reader cared who owned the papers . |
| 3 | Football meant standing on a muddy pitch hoping the ball would n't come anywhere near me , so that I would n't be forced to tackle some vicious little boy who really cared who won the game . |
| 4 | We asked who led the Lancasters into action when they dropped their bouncing bombs . |
| 5 | Anyway , if such a well-bred person was unlucky enough to be afflicted with one of these ailments , he was more likely to consult some understanding physician privately ; and so it was largely the dirty and damned who attended the special clinics . |
| 6 | ‘ Forgot 'oo paid the piper , I dare say ! |
| 7 | But when the time came to compose a quarrel between people , it was the representatives of the groups to which they belonged who made the peace . |
| 8 | ‘ He said he knew who committed the Notting Hill Carnival murder . ’ |
| 9 | Mrs Wright was the only person we knew who took the Observer . |