Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [Wh pn] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mistress , named Sugar , is written off as gold-digger who likes sex and specialises in husband removal . |
| 2 | Celebrations for soldier who survived explosion |
| 3 | Whereas the future admiral was comptroller of the ordnance ( in charge of field artillery ) in the parliamentary army of Robert Devereux ( Earl of Essex ) and Philip Skippon [ qq.v. ] and then in the New Model Army , subsequently a colonel of foot , and eventually major-general and temporary commander-in-chief in Scotland ( in 1652 ) , his cousin was a captain of foot who became secretary or chief clerk to the army committee of the Rump Parliament from 1649 to 1653 . |
| 4 | Students of literature who used concordance packages on mainframes commonly asked the computer to produce for them a complete print-out of their chosen concordance , and then took it home to consult in the traditional manner , turning the pages of a sheaf of paper . |
| 5 | The French speak a language derived from that small group of speakers of Latin who conquered Gaul at the beginning of the first millennium AD , although they suppose they are descended more from the Gauls than the Romans . |
| 6 | Will he ensure specifically that the Home Secretary gives an assurance that no pressure or persuasion is being applied to the Metropolitan police in the case of Mr. Mohinder Paul Singh Bedi of Hayes to halt their inquiries or withdraw requests to investigate the bank accounts of Members of Parliament who have business or other links with Mr. Bedi ? |
| 7 | If anybody has given up his right to vote , in the misguided intention of not paying his taxes , he will get no sympathy from the public — and more fool he , for listening to the Labour Members of Parliament who urged people not to pay their community charge . |
| 8 | owner of minibus who parks vehicle with keys in ignition although creating an allurement does not owe a duty to a person knocked down by minibus when it was in the hands of the thief . |
| 9 | Through their prophetic utterances , each of these in turn has given and passed on the messages of the beings of light who guide mankind . |
| 10 | It 's the elder statesmen of tennis who reckon Tim Henman is Britain 's young pretender . |
| 11 | She was the sort of Granny who ate bayonets . |
| 12 | A father who elbows his way to the front of a queue , dragging his toddler behind him , is likely to produce the sort of child who pushes others out of the way to grab the best cakes . |
| 13 | D J Long , the vice-president of marketing who left Applix Inc two weeks ago , has turned up in a similar capacity at Rosh Intelligent Systems Inc , the Aurum-like turnaround former Uniplex chief Jeff Waxman is now heading up . |
| 14 | TORMENT OF TYCOON WHO TURNED KILLER |
| 15 | He did n't like to think he was the kind of person who took things from strangers in pubs and then passed them off as presents to girls he was supposed to love . |
| 16 | That she was the sort of person who faced challenges head-on ? |
| 17 | The example of the bewildered , middle-aged lady accused of shoplifting was mentioned more than once in the interviews as the sort of person who needed help and made the scheme worthwhile . |
| 18 | Stuart , I 'd better warn you in advance , is the sort of person who knows Mozart 's K467 as the Elvira Madigan concerto . |
| 19 | There is a third type of choreographer who produces ballets which give audiences great pleasure through the sheer variety of their virtuoso designs . |
| 20 | On the other hand , the statement that Hocazade , as kadi of Istanbul , was amongst the group of ulema who met Ali Kuscu at the time of his arrival to settle permanently in the Ottoman lands , which event Babinger plausibly dates in the beginning of the spring of 1472 ( Shawwal 876 ) , may , if the facts stated are correct , permit a refinement of the dating of Molla Husrev 's departure from the kadilik , which would thus appear to have occurred between Rajab and Shawwal 876 . |
| 21 | Does my right hon. Friend consider that the Bill 's provisions will deter the kind of thief who stole Mr. Peter Brown 's BMW from a garage forecourt while Mr. Brown 's infant daughter was in the back seat ? |
| 22 | Basically , it was a good business deal for the Minister of Education who had shares in the Japanese company which sold the television equipment . |
| 23 | The sociologists of art who discuss music have to restrict themselves to the conditions in which it is performed , produced , or received , rather than the music itself . |
| 24 | Earlier this month the campaigning charity Sane ( Schizophrenia — A National Emergency ) reported the story of a mentally ill woman known to be at risk of suicide who attempted suicide while living rough . |
| 25 | I 'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE SORT OF WOMAN WHO DROVE MEN WILD . |
| 26 | That 's the sort of woman she is — the sort of woman who has cousins . |
| 27 | When I heard reports of the changing physical shape of German women , that they were becoming a different breed of women we 'd been told from the old , rather heavy , erm motherly plain sort of woman who characterised Germany womanhood before the Second World War , well now we read that their shape and their weight and so on corresponds much more to French or British and American norms . |
| 28 | He was the kind of man who absorbed ideas unconsciously , made them his own , and pushed them to new limits . |
| 29 | He did n't keep me waiting , however ; he was not the sort of man who needed gimmicks to make his effects . |
| 30 | I am the sort of man who enjoys dancing , but these steps are outside my ken . |