Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [prep] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though Connolly also headed straight at the goalkeeper in the 88th minute — that was probably the time McLean slipped off his sandbag — an even better opportunity for United to secure a share of the spoils was squandered by substitute Christian Dailly , who failed to even get his shot on target after getting in behind the Hearts defence . |
| 2 | According to Radzinowicz and Hood ( 1986 , p.42 ) , this applied particularly to Engels , who seemed to radically change his mind in the course of his life : |
| 3 | Ultimately the Marino family surrendered the site to the governor who sold it on to another Milanese businessman , Carlo Omodeo , who did at least allow a member of the Marino family to live in part of it — at an agreed rent . |
| 4 | The final connections into the East German telephone cables were made by John Wyke , MI6 's top technical expert , who had to carefully splice in the connections so that the East German operators would not notice any change in line quality or impedance . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't see why the sun has to rise and set in different places , ’ said Gurder , who refused to even try to understand basic astronomy . |