Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Rose 's pupil , who succeeded him as the royal gardener . |
2 | His brother , who succeeded him as the Emperor Leopold II , was able to restore peace in the disturbed areas only by a skilful mixture of force and concessions . |
3 | He was survived by his wife Anne , daughter and heir of Richard Comport , of Eltham , and a son Comport ( born 1676 ) , who succeeded him in the baronetcy . |
4 | Behrend who entertained us in the Officers ' Mess for an evening meal and breakfast . |
5 | Harry Herbert , the son of the Queen 's racing manager , the Earl of Carnarvon , James Boughey , a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards , farmer 's son George Plumptre , who asked her to the ballet the day she got engaged , the artist Marcus May and Rory Scott , then a dashing lieutenant in the Royal Scots Guards , often came to call , along with Simon Berry , Adam Russell , and James Colthurst . |
6 | Honest enquirers , like the lawyer who asked him about the greatest commandment , were impressed and attracted by his Bible-based teaching ( though , as with the rich young ruler , they did not all respond to it positively ) . |
7 | A playwright once responded to someone who asked him about the message of his play that when he wanted to send messages he did so by telegram . |
8 | She remembers the time he was coming out of his flat in the midst of a rainstorm and was approached by a young man who asked him for the price of a meal . |
9 | Victor Mature it was , no less , who led him to the Lord . |
10 | The choice of Natal is strange as captain Craig Jamieson , the man who led them to the Cup in 1990 , is still very much involved in rugby . |
11 | And members are still less than enamoured with their district council group leader , Coun John Richardson from Willington , who led them to the disastrous defeat . |
12 | ( There ) ‘ we were met by the Viscount Walsh ( Chamberlain of the Emperor ) who led us to the apartment of the Baroness de Pierres ( ex Miss Thorne of New York ) who is now a lady-in-waiting to the Empress ’ . |
13 | The Runefangs were presented to the ruling Emperor who divided them between the Elector counts . |
14 | Taskopruzade 's grandfather , for example , studied under Molla Yegan , probably at some time alter 839/1435–6 , and it was Molla Yegan who recommended him for the post at Taskopru . |
15 | One person whose eye he did catch was Patrick McGoohan , who recommended him for the role of cabin boy John Drake in Sir Francis Drake , a twenty-six-part adventure series made by ITC , whose boss , Lew Grade , was expert at making programmes that would sell to America ; one of them was Danger Man , starring McGoohan . |
16 | He did not look at the woman who passed him in the hallway . |
17 | Had the two friends discussed her in the way men probably did when they looked at a young woman who passed them in the street ? |
18 | His second followed good work on the right wing by Kelly , he played it infield to Hodge , who passed it along the ground to forresters feet … in the same sort of position as white for the 2nd goal … except facing the touchline . |
19 | There it was bought by an unidentified lady who lent it to the religious Society where it has been ever since . |
20 | Who met them on the beaches ? |
21 | Hodai told Rostov that the major-domo who met them in the antechamber of the palace was a N'pani , the only foreigner with any authority at the court . |
22 | ‘ When he talks to you he makes you feel as if you are the only person in the entire world , ’ said one woman who met him on the campaign trail . |
23 | Thomas Poole the younger had been born into comfortable West Somerset obscurity in 1765 , and gave little sign to those who met him for the first time of the great gifts of character and intellect which he possessed . |
24 | As he walked down the stairs it was the old lady who met him in the hall . |
25 | The two men have different versions of the meeting which followed , and there were no witnesses except for a waiter who interrupted them in the middle of the shouting match and asked if they wanted any sandwiches . |
26 | Next Wednesday , 11 women who made it to the top will speak on success and motivation for women at Women Who Win , a major conference at London 's Institute of Directors ( for details ring 071 839 1233 ) . |
27 | Everyone who made it to the summit was rewarded with a magnificent panoramic view . |
28 | John Major scholarship boy who made it to the local grammar school and was lucky to obtain patronage from the local squire . |
29 | The metal was originally exploited by the Indians of Colombia and Ecuador who recovered it in the form of grains and occasional nuggets from gold-bearing alluvial deposits of rivers draining into the Pacific . |
30 | It was their own form-master Sam Sylvester who got them into the trouble in the first place . |