Example sentences of "[Wh det] [adv] [vb past] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the committee , which eventually divided on party lines , defined its terms of reference at the outset so narrowly that it effectively ruled out any possibility of discovering the truth or otherwise of the allegations of malpractice that had been made against the police . |
| 2 | THE TEXT of the Maastricht Treaty , which finally went on sale at Her Majesty 's Stationery Office ( HMSO ) in London last month , has been withdrawn , apparently because of a row over the spelling of ‘ ecu ’ , the European currency unit . |
| 3 | Two witnesses , his sister , Mrs Rosalie Temple , and a friend , Mr James Robson , said that Mr Smith was an old-fashioned farmer living in an old-fashioned world — a house which had n't been altered for decades and which still depended on spring water . |
| 4 | Lloyd was wearing the bottom half of a pale grey pinstripe suit with turn-ups which probably took on board water when it rained . |
| 5 | The critique of male sexuality which originally focused on rape , developed through analyses of child sexual abuse and non-stranger rape — and later pornography . |
| 6 | The ruler continued to enjoy , unless he were unusually vicious or unlucky , a respect which sometimes verged on worship . |
| 7 | At times she felt overwhelmed by his personality , which sometimes bordered on piety . |
| 8 | She dismantled them and used the beads to weight the edges of crocheted food covers , which then went on sale at a craft workshop at Symonds Yat on the Gloucestershire / Herefordshire border . |
| 9 | These hotels are a new addition to Kuoni 's hotel programme , which previously concentrated on deluxe and out-of-town accommodation . |