Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [adv] [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Political Leaders ’ in the localities , and especially the Block and Cell Leaders ( that is , those who most directly came into contact with ordinary citizens and most plainly encountered popular feeling ) , were , the report stated , suffering from the fact that ‘ their work was not properly appreciated and acknowledged either by people 's comrades or by superior Party offices ’ . |
| 2 | We are very grateful to the British Council for arranging these visits , and to all those who so willingly gave of their time to talk to and entertain us . |
| 3 | With the temperament and much of the left-handed style of Larry Gomes who so often acted as foil to the dynamic stroke-makers of the early 1980s , Adams moved from 23 to 79 before running out of partners . |
| 4 | Of his contemporaries Eliot was one of the few who not merely looked to a culturally united Europe but knew personally many of the writers and intellectual leaders on the Continent . |
| 5 | Brigadier and Mrs. Carter lived in a large house in Brown Street — he was fat , very pompous with a waxed moustache , having exceptionally long spikes ; Major Forbes from Fowlers Hill , who not only looked like but also dressed like King George V — whether by accident or design I do n't know , Mrs. Bowyer , the widow of an Australian Bishop who lived in Fowlers Road was very big and wore outsize hats which accentuated her size and finally the Headmaster , Mr. E.J. Russ . |
| 6 | Also to the drivers , who not only drove with such care that the passengers were n't inconvenienced in any way , but also doubled as bike handlers to get the bikes on and off the trailer , inevitably a dirty job . |
| 7 | There was certainly nothing oppressed about Marjorie , who not only slept around the Midlands circuit , but had a controlling interest in his finances . |
| 8 | However , even if the L.G.U. was left wondering if it should n't have kept the public better informed , it must have been greatly heartened by the number of spectators who not only came to this out-of-the-way championship but made it abundantly clear that they were greatly taken with the high standard of play . |
| 9 | Aristos of Salamis in Cyprus , who probably lived in the middle of the third century B.C. , is said by Arrian ( 7.15.5 ) to have been one of the two historians who not only spoke of an embassy of the Romans to Alexander the Great , but made Alexander prophesy the future greatness of Rome , so impressed was he by the envoys . |
| 10 | god dear me , who ever even thought of it look stopped now |
| 11 | The Leeds fans chanted : ‘ What the hell is going on , ’ and followed that up with cries of ‘ Rocky , Rocky ’ in support of £2m signing David Rocastle , who once again sat in the stands , not even in the squad . |
| 12 | One of the two witnesses , who also just happened to be the convener , Fred Clasper , claimed that a second warning note was unjustified as the foreman had been knocked down unintentionally . |
| 13 | Particular interest inevitably attaches to the limited number of inscriptions , including two from Bath , which mention Priscus , a lapidarius or stone-mason , and a sculptor Sulinus , who probably also worked at Cirencester . |
| 14 | But it is surprising how many works by composers such as Schubert and Beethoven , who probably never dreamed of creating mathematical proportions , have a degree of exactness in the relative length of sections of movements . |
| 15 | After a welcome from Malcolm Atkinson , Corporate Director , Corporate Banking , Birmingham , the Conference began with a review of the Division 's results from Ken Duncombe , Director , Corporate Banking , who later also spoke on career structures . |
| 16 | Yet despite his undoubted success Reid has never really got past the stage of being regarded as a ‘ nearly man ’ a jockey who never quite clicked with the racing public . |
| 17 | He also remarked that Belgion was something of a mystery man , about whom very little seemed to be known — even whence he acquired his undoubtedly vast store of knowledge . |