Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This figure declined slightly for older children , a growing proportion of whom lived with a natural parent and a step-parent . |
| 2 | However , Alistair Clark , president of the Law Society of Scotland , which represents 6,400 solicitors , criticised the decision to allow banks , building societies and other authorised practitioners who complied with a statutory code of conduct to charge for conveyancing . |
| 3 | Both he and Dame Agatha laughed as the commotion roused Ranulf , who woke with a muttered oath , smacking his lips , apparently quite refreshed after his short slumber . |
| 4 | In fact , Royal Oak equalised after only a minute when Finch 's cross came to Clinton Ford who scored with a snap shot . |
| 5 | They extended their lead 12 minutes later when McPherson 's back pass let in Thornley , who rode Glass 's crude challenge before slipping the ball to Beckham , who scored with a spectacular shot from 20 yards . |
| 6 | The ancient servitor , who drove with a slack rein and a sublime disregard of the pot-holes , seemed to take it as a personal affront that Miss Kyte had kept him waiting for more than two hours . |
| 7 | However , in the absence of clear evidence and when the fiscal debate is difficult to resolve , it is possible that those who begin with a public choice framework may be led to quite different reform proposals from those who approach the issue from a more traditional framework . |
| 8 | Another risk run by the shopkeeper who deals with a married woman is that he may find that , though she has property , her husband is insolvent . |
| 9 | Mr Clancy sold it to a trickster who paid with a worthless stolen cheque . |
| 10 | Lucille watched the pretty girl in the diaphanous golden dress who danced with a tall and handsome officer in British cavalry uniform . |
| 11 | The paradox exemplified : next day , I 'm at Mile End Hospital with a patient who arrived with a pleural effusion , desperately short of breath , the previous night . |
| 12 | Penman said , ‘ Langley Dene ’ , to Murphy who indicated with a faint grimace that he knew his destination perfectly well already , and closed the door of the carriage firmly upon Alexandra . |
| 13 | The Adoimara had feasted the deputation and then , while they slept , had killed them all except one , who escaped with a shattered arm and numerous wounds . |
| 14 | Nicol , who escaped with a close call when he sliced an attempted clearance close to his own goal in normal time , suffered a costly relapse 10 minutes into the extra period . |
| 15 | Police are still hunting the gunman , who escaped with a portable telephone . |
| 16 | A closing 73 gave him victory by three shots over Bernhard Langer and Ian Woosnam who finished with a blistering 62 . |
| 17 | Where these signs are not obvious , subtler discriminations can be made : Quebecois who refuse to understand anglophones who talk in a Canadian accent , will respond to anglophones who talk with a British or US intonation , as Flemings who claim not to understand French spoken with a Belgian accent , understand French French . |
| 18 | There was a fine 8lb 4oz catch made by Simon Kent on a visit from Leicester , who fished with a Green Shrimp on the Mill Pool . |
| 19 | The client who presents a single problem will be allowed time to explore several ; the client who appears with a threatened electricity disconnection will be given time to expose other debts ; CAB workers are more aware of the place of industrial tribunals , of medical appeals and of welfare rights case law . |
| 20 | He is best known for his series of paintings , begun in 1946 , which celebrated the life of the outlaw Ned Kelly , who appears with a huge square helmet on his head in the burning wastes of the outback ; ‘ Rousseau and sunlight ’ was how Nolan characterised his own intentionally naive style . |
| 21 | George and John , who started with a modern fun pub , discovered they were forever seeking a traditional pub for a good pint on their days off , so they decided to start their own . |
| 22 | And so they processed , the defiant and the hopeless , the resigned and those who pleaded with a silent desperation . |
| 23 | Working with a different pianist each night provided an infinite variety of the best and worst musicians in the country , and among the best were the few who listened with a different ear , who could lose the rest of the world and let voice and instrument be controlled by a joint spirit . |
| 24 | Another patient ( no 7 ) , who presented with a bulky tumour of the gastric body was treated with a polychemotherapy CHOP regimen ( cyclophosphamide , hydroxyldaunomycin , oncovin , and prednisone ) +radiation therapy . |
| 25 | There was a knock at the door ; I opened it and there he was , a tall , slightly stooping figure who spoke with a gentle voice . |
| 26 | Jane was in the tiny kitchen talking quietly to Mrs Rooney , a tiny white-haired woman , who spoke with a broad Scottish accent . |
| 27 | I learned for the first time what it was to be a stranger , an immigrant from primitive parts who spoke with a funny accent and called things by their wrong names . |
| 28 | To those who answered with a truthful ‘ no ’ , the good doctor could offer an injection of distilled water ( coloured ) for a snip at just twenty-five dollars . |
| 29 | For those of us who live with a friendly cat it is hard to understand people who suffer from a terror of encountering felines at close quarters . |
| 30 | If you do have a door telephone entry system , do n't ‘ buzz open ’ the main door for strangers who call with a plausible excuse . |