Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His clever course management in the wake of continuous swing problems had made Olazabal a huge favourite with the Sun City galleries , many of whom rated him the superior of Seve Ballesteros , a two-time winner of the event . |
| 2 | Vic Brown in John Schlesinger 's A Kind of Loving ( 1962 ) settles for telly-watching inanity within marriage , while Billy Liar in the same director 's 1963 film turns away from the girl who offers him the chance to fulfil his ambitions in London . |
| 3 | The employer will have a contract with the person who sold him the equipment and will probably be able to recoup his losses through a contract action . |
| 4 | ‘ Dëkuji , ’ she tried out a Czech thank-you to the man on Reception who sold her a stamp for three crowns and assured her her card would catch that day 's post . |
| 5 | If you had a stomach upset you were sent to Mrs. Sutton who sold you a powder for tuppence . |
| 6 | I 'm just sorry the whole thing happened and the man who must be embarrassed about this most of all is sponsor Matt Laverty who lent me the bike on Thursday night at practice . ’ |
| 7 | At the end of this time , worn-down and aged far beyond her years , she meets the woman who lent her the necklace . |
| 8 | And when I appeal in parishes Sunday by Sunday I am aware that I meet the very people who made me a missionary . |
| 9 | He became lord lieutenant of Hertfordshire in 1612 and his punctilious implementation of orders from the Privy Council impressed the king , who made him a knight of the Garter in 1624 . |
| 10 | The noble land-owners ' outlook was that of passive rentiers who made it a point of pride to be cheated by their bailiffs ; even if entail had not put technical difficulties in the way of raising capital it is hard to believe that Spanish aristocrats would have conceived of higher rents as a reward of investment . |
| 11 | The extent to which some university appointments were political spoils in the eighteenth century is suggested by the demand made in 1714 by Murray of Cringletie , an administration candidate for the representation of the county of Peebles , who made it a condition of his coming forward that his brother should be given the vacant chair of church history in the University of Edinburgh . |
| 12 | Those who made it an issue were the direct descendants of the anti-military counter-culture of the 1960s . |
| 13 | He tends to join the Leicester ladies , who mother him a bit … is that what you want to know ? ’ |
| 14 | Seven years later it was Meg who got him the audition on TV 's Opportunity Knocks which was to give him his big break . |
| 15 | Her husband was the one who got her the job as well ! |
| 16 | Who got you the toast ? |
| 17 | He praised his wife Wyn who visited him every day and held his hand as he was treated in three different hospitals . |
| 18 | There were those who found him an oddity and some who were repelled by his right-wing and reactionary views . |
| 19 | ‘ This came from the man who found me the assassin , ’ he went on . |
| 20 | It was , in fact , Iris who found us a cook . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've heard about a gentleman who visits you every night at the theatre , ’ he said to his sister . |
| 22 | He conquered one of Europe 's toughest courses , the tour 's strongest field and the critics who labelled him a loser with his sudden-death triumph over Colin Montgomerie , elevating him back among the world 's leading players . |
| 23 | I scrounged that off Tom McAskill who owes me a favour ’ |
| 24 | I 've arranged with a friend who owes me a favour that I 'll supply the supervisor for medical equipment being flown to Bucharest . |
| 25 | She owes me a letter , thank heavens , somebody who owes me a letter instead of vice versa . |
| 26 | Ps. livingstonii — was one of my great loves in my early Mbuna-keeping days , probably because my male was not only a ‘ big softy ’ who caused me no trouble whatsoever , but also because he became a great pet . |
| 27 | ‘ There 's no one who bears you a grudge ? ’ |
| 28 | Bill Barnes took off with two others , one I believe was Orr , and had climbed to about 2,000 feet after making contact with the Malta Tower who told them the raid was coming in low and very fast . ’ |
| 29 | In New Orleans , his brother and sister met Susan Schilling , who told them the story of her . |
| 30 | who told them the truth about her letter to Sir Charles |