Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Karpov and Yusupov , each of whom has used his sole permitted time-out , will be playing their fifth game . |
| 2 | There is no doubt that the Baron 's wife , who has transferred her main residence to Spain , was of great influence when it came to deciding where the collection should alight . |
| 3 | Jina — meaning ‘ conqueror ’ in the sense of one who has conquered his own duality to obtain balance , liberation and wisdom . |
| 4 | The exhibition is the work of Charlotte Gere , who has written its exhaustive catalogue , investigating the rooms ' contents down to their present whereabouts and the attribution of paintings . |
| 5 | In Stan Davies , who has written his own booklet on the wildlife of the River Exe , we had an excellent guide . |
| 6 | The anorexic who has achieved her emaciated state is faced with two choices : she can relax her control and surrender her will , thus admitting defeat ; or she can allow herself to die of starvation , thus gaining her paradoxical victory . |
| 7 | The play takes place in the Sussex home of Mrs St Maugham , an encrusted relic of Edwardian values who has lived her long life ‘ without affection ’ . |
| 8 | All of this provides an imagery of a person who has lived his entire life with feelings of a split personality , to such a degree that Nicholson was moved towards a study of ‘ cusp people ’ in his own search for explanations . |
| 9 | Like fellow Channel Islander , Jack Walker , who has plumped his millions into Blackburn Rovers , Breuhat is planning a massive investment into Birmingham . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's like a drug , ’ says Susan Stokes , 32 , who has run her own dance school for ten years — two-hour classes at St Bede 's Parish Church Centre , Jarrow , every Wednesday , and all day Saturday . |
| 11 | Thus , the symbol of science in this case seems to have lost its scientific elements and have become anchored in much older images ( perhaps even in the image of a wise man , who has constructed his own Golem within his own brain ) . |
| 12 | He cited a Daily Mail article , rather curiously signed Editor , which had attacked him for presiding over the disappearance of ‘ an immense fortune ’ left hint by his father , and had concluded : ‘ It is difficult to see how the leader of a party who has lost his own fortune can hope to restore those of anyone else , or his country . |
| 13 | The championship leaders have contacted Wigan chairman Jack Robinson about the £120,000tagged Myers , who has lost his senior place since the arrival of Martin Offiah . |
| 14 | Heseltine , a stocky man who has lost his Australian accent but retained an attractive Australian directness , is one of the principal architects of the new style of monarchy . |
| 15 | SYLVESTRA le Touzel , best-known perhaps as Fanny Price in the television version of Mansfield Park , is a fine actress who has turned her acute eye and pen to caricaturing her fellow actors . |
| 16 | The former Satzenbrau Designer of the Year , who has turned her skillful hand to cute childrenswear and funky adult gear , is currently planning her next big projects — a range of maternity wear that will be far from maternal , and the opening of a local retail outlet . |
| 17 | Breach of a civil law , in contrast to a breach of a criminal law , normally renders the person who has broken it liable to pay damages to the victim of the breach . |
| 18 | Trevor Penney , the 24-year-old Zimbabwean who has completed his four-year qualification to play here , is now intent on trying to earn an extended run . |
| 19 | ‘ But she gets a 7lb penalty next week and will the soft ground be enough to wipe that out , ’ queried Willie who has reached his 21st century on Tuesday . |
| 20 | If it does not get its way , the Democratic Platform has threatened to leave the party , abandoning it to conservatives like Mr Yegor Ligachev , who has renewed his strident criticism of Mr Gorbachev . |
| 21 | The Russian , who has confirmed herself this year as one of the world 's greatest athletes by setting four world records , is said to have tested positive at a meeting in Lievin , France , last month after equalling her 60 metres hurdles world record . |
| 22 | ‘ I can produce a witness , ’ said the lawyer , ‘ who has seen her alive recently . ’ |
| 23 | THE HONEST old hired hand who has seen it all looks you unwaveringly in the eye . |
| 24 | ‘ The Brazilian economy is an economy of frights , and mercifully this plan brought no new frights , ’ said Roberto Campos , a former finance minister who has seen it all . |
| 25 | Not Fat Paul — Fat Paul , with his full-breasted bulk , his impassive sloped slab of a face , his parched pub rug , and the cruel blond eyebrows which give the eyes themselves the glint of a veteran ferret who has seen it all in the hare-traps and rat-pits . |
| 26 | But perhaps the most telling comment came from one elderly farmer who has seen it all before . |
| 27 | The most difficult task of all is to pass judgement on a child who has given his all , but whom I can no longer see reaching the goal I have set . |
| 28 | ‘ When you 've done research on a country for years , you also get a sense of which groups have vested interests or political agendas , who can be trusted and who has given us reliable information , ’ said Smart . |
| 29 | Tim Grubb , who has kept his British nationality , though living in New Jersey , and his 11-year-old Ever , qualified for the jump-off with a fine clear round . |
| 30 | When Faraway Moses , who was once Count St Sylvain and a Black Rider , is captured and imprisoned , Jasper the Terrible , who has made himself responsible for the boy in his own household , offers to release the man who has become like a father to Dick if he will reveal the names of the other Confederates . |