Example sentences of "[verb] who [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she had an unpleasant feeling that she did know who formed the current centrepiece of this particular seraglio . |
| 2 | They do n't even know who built the first engine ? |
| 3 | The Tour has begun , and by evening we 'll know who wears the first maillot jaune . |
| 4 | The problem with this 1976- type solution is ( a ) that the army has blood on its own hands , and ( b ) that nobody at the centre has the unchallenged authority of Marshal Ye Jianying who led the 1976 anti-Gang coup . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Byrne is a central midfield played who plays the Batty role ie. an agressive tackler/ball winner . |
| 7 | You 're the first woman I 've ever met who had the slightest idea what travelling light means . |
| 8 | Yorke who popularised the new architecture in Britain , foresaw that as the number of servants declined , and the price of domestic machinery fell , there would be a greater convergence between working class and middle class households . |
| 9 | I prefer to let the game be fun , with little concern for competition , but sometimes children like to see who takes the shortest number of dives to pick up all the treasure . |
| 10 | So they have to play a ‘ sudden death ’ to see who wins the half million . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Just as selection via the 11-plus , was the decisive influence , the gaining of school-leaving qualifications is now crucial in deciding who gains the best jobs . |
| 13 | Here , for example , is how Elena 's ancestors dealt with an enemy : ‘ They would eat his tongue for wisdom , his heart for courage , and for fertility make their women chew his genitals ’ ( not difficult to imagine who gets the worst of that deal ) . |
| 14 | I attach a copy of the distribution list so that you can see who got the previous edition . |
| 15 | Then we 'll see who eats the most Duracells ! |
| 16 | If there are doubts about the search firm 's ability to work at a senior level , say to find a chief executive , the client may well invite two or three firms in to pitch competitively and see who has the best overall track record and appears most attractive and experienced to the Board . |
| 17 | To suggest that the courts will ever completely rewrite a statute is a great exaggeration ; and even judges who accept the literal rule in words will depart from it when the circumstances press them hard enough . |
| 18 | Guess who provided the pre-match entertainment ? ? |
| 19 | Clayton used to rush out and buy both papers each Sunday to judge who had the best picture . |
| 20 | A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer . |
| 21 | But the hearing was unable to decide who fired the fatal shots and an accident verdict was recorded . |
| 22 | Will my right hon. Friend consult our right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment to ascertain who controls the 20 authorities that have the highest community charge , the highest rent arrears and more vacant properties than any other authorities ? |
| 23 | Those organisms who have more offspring pass on more of their genes to the future and those genes are increasingly represented in the future if some kind of natural factor , like the environment or the climate or other organisms determine who has the greater reproductive success . |
| 24 | There is no point in arguing who cast the first stone or threw the first bomb , destroying a church hall or a GAA club . |
| 25 | A line which is drawn on a map around the area where speakers live who use the same particular linguistic feature . |
| 26 | It 's the sort of thing it is easy to observe if you stand around in the garage during practice or generally stick around a team , watching who gets the first briefing , who is paying more attention to whom . |
| 27 | I do n't care who gets the bloody picnic . |
| 28 | the problem is with how the is conducted who gets the first bite ? |
| 29 | For instance nobody knows who provided the detailed advice upon which ‘ Better Services for the Mentally III ’ [ the blueprint for government policy published in 1975 ] was based . |