Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If these non-compliant patients who failed to tolerate four weeks of elemental feeding are taken into account , then just 45% ( 10 of 22 ) patients originally randomised to receive four weeks of elemental diet achieved complete remission on diet alone . |
| 2 | Harvey said ‘ Hello ’ four times , then suddenly he was talking to a bald-headed man who seemed to have four overcoats on at once . |
| 3 | Her husband David was knocked from his bike and killed just ten days before Christmas last year by a man who 'd drunk three times the legal limit . |
| 4 | Finally I went to James Roose-Evans , who 'd adapted 84 Charing Cross Road for the stage and said , ‘ What are you doing for the rest of your life ? ’ |
| 5 | So was Mrs Keble , who 'd taken eight pounds odd on the tombola . |
| 6 | He moved a step nearing the smaller of the two men , who happened to have two cameras slung around his neck . |
| 7 | A BADLY decomposed body found in the Sidlaw Hills near Dundee at the weekend is that of Nealle Wilson , a mentally handicapped man who went missing two years ago , police revealed yesterday . |
| 8 | Police have been continuing the search for the body of a woman who went missing twenty years ago . |
| 9 | Police searching for the remains of a woman who went missing twenty years ago have recovered a body . |
| 10 | Of course , there was less enemy terrain to fly ever , but at this period the sortie value was diminished — 70 and 80 sorties were common for those who elected to complete two tours and soldier on beyond the 60 cut-off . |
| 11 | The overall circuit winner remained Jeremy Bates who had achieved 38 ATP points out of a possible 40 , with Chris Wilkinson placed second with 37 . |
| 12 | The younger children , who had completed nine years of school but who were not quite old enough to join the Hechalutz training programme , combined a half-day study syllabus with agricultural work . |
| 13 | Regulations required the direct-grant schools to set aside , without fees , 25 per cent of their places for pupils who had completed two years in an elementary school . |
| 14 | Sharman returned to earth on May 26 with the Soviet cosmonauts Musa Manarov and Viktor Afanásiev , who had completed six months aboard the Mir space station . |
| 15 | November 1985 saw the retirement of Mr. Joe Blackshaw , who had completed 20 years as Caretaker , having been the groundsman for the previous 20 . |
| 16 | Patients who had repeated 24 hours pH monitoring at the second stage of the study were still taking omeprazole 40 mg/day but all other drugs were withheld for at least 48 hours beforehand . |
| 17 | Turner , 37 , was a black graduate of Harvard law school who had served two terms in the state legislature . |
| 18 | About 400 sick conscripts were discharged ( this having been one of the demonstrators ' demands ) , as were those who had served 18 months of their two-year service . |
| 19 | James Christie , one of the leading figures in the town council of Stirling , had a son in the navy named Francis Christie , who had served six years as a midshipman in the West Indies , and had confidence in his ability to pass the examination for lieutenant . |
| 20 | On 13th September , the Nez Perce scouts flourished their red blankets to warn of the approach of Sturgis , who had marched sixty miles the previous day . |
| 21 | The first person to arrive at the scene was a flying instructor who had run 300 metres carrying a fire extinguisher to the scene . |
| 22 | With a little gentle persuasion , Pipe encouraged Peter Scudamore to switch from his intended mount Valfinet , who finished 16th , to the winner who had fallen two flights out when poised to strike in last year 's race . |
| 23 | With a little gentle persuasion , Pipe encouraged Peter Scudamore to switch from his intended mount Valfinet , who finished 16th , to the winner who had fallen two flights out when poised to strike in last year 's race . |
| 24 | I think we all found this address very moving , especially Don MacIntyre , who had flown seven sorties as second pilot with F/L Poole 's crew before he himself was made a captain and given his own crew . |
| 25 | For the first time since the process of unification began it placed a question mark over the future of Kohl , who had made 14 campaign appearances and admitted that the result represented a " bitter defeat " . |
| 26 | Seve , who had made four trips to the course during its construction , completed the tough par-73 course in 75 but announced himself satisfied with the lay-out . |
| 27 | In 1814 he told of the arrival at the Swan Inn of a Mr. and Mrs. Nanny who had travelled 245 miles from Wales to London to get advice from Mr. Astley Cooper and other eminent surgeons there . |
| 28 | Among the participants were many noted specialists in English and Linguistics , including ( Puna ) , ( Varanasi ) , ( Delhi ) , ( Indian Institute of Technology , Delhi ) , ( College of Commerce , Delhi University ) , ( CIEFL Hyderabad ) , and ( Trivandrum ) , a well-known poet who had travelled three days by train to get there . |
| 29 | The decision was reached in the case of a convicted Arkansas murderer , R. Gene Simmons , who had killed 16 relatives and acquaintances in 1987 . |
| 30 | It was hard for her to believe that it had been Charley , her Charley , who had killed three boys . |