Example sentences of "[pron] [Wh pn] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He untangles his father 's early life — tangled chiefly by Brynner himself who always told interviewers a different story — from Switzerland to the farthest reaches of Russia and then to Paris as a teenager in the Thirties , where he joined a Romany gypsy troupe . |
| 2 | ‘ I was the only one who really knew Nora — I could always tell what she was thinking . |
| 3 | Lawrence was the one who never seemed part of the warm family atmosphere created by his brothers and sisters . |
| 4 | In the 1060s and 1070s Sicily fell to the Normans , and it was they who eventually captured Palermo in 1072 . |
| 5 | The tomb of Trivulzio bears a Latin inscription that , translated , reads , ‘ He who never found peace now rests — Silence ’ . |
| 6 | Chopper Harris , on the other hand , was a dullard who had a big heart where his friends were concerned , and it was he who often stood cups of tea or a pint for his friends . |
| 7 | All through the bad years , the hungry twenties and thirties , it was he who substantially augmented father 's small wages . |
| 8 | Charlie spotted and waved to Don Gillies , a drinking partner of his who also arranged fishing and excursion trips during the season . |
| 9 | No , he did n't know anyone who both spoke English and knew the ‘ hoods , as the neighbourhoods where the rival factions played out their daily drama were known . |
| 10 | Should we include anyone who just wished James II or the Old Pretender well ? |
| 11 | Under the bill , anyone who falsely accused fruit or vegetables of being tainted with dangerous preservatives or pesticides could be fined up to three times the value of lost product . |