Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [adv prt] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Federal funding for the arts occupies a tiny part of the national budget , but in the last administration became a cause celèbre when the question of National Endowment for the Arts ' occasional support for provocative and sexually explicit art aroused the fury of conservatives led by Senator Jesse Helms , who whipped up popular support for a move to curb or cut the N.E.A. 's budget . |
| 2 | A Church already existed at Old Chiswick , for the folk who lived along that part of the River Thames , or used the ferry crossing which was just west of the eyot there . |
| 3 | The Instruction ( Nakaz ) which Catherine personally drew up for the guidance of the deputies who made up this Commission was a conflation of ideas drawn , with little alteration , from West European writers , particularly Montesquieu and Beccaria . |
| 4 | The 11 tourists , with a lot of help from the four friends who made up last night 's team , gave an astounding display to inflict on France their first defeat here for seven years . |
| 5 | ‘ It was this friend of yours who turned up this afternoon . |
| 6 | Credit must go to Gerald Boden and his crew who turned out this machine . |
| 7 | One thing 's certain , he told himself , it was n't fat Dalziel who climbed up this tree . |
| 8 | ‘ The only visitor was the messenger who arrived about that time and left a message that the King would be coming to Kinghorn later that day ! ’ |
| 9 | And you can tell me who tidied up this room . ’ |
| 10 | Boys who would turn into men and follow him round the world , stand beside him at bars , exchange vulgarities , share the favours of the golf groupies , the young girls and some not so young , who hung around any group of sportsmen . |
| 11 | THE career of David Loder , who started off last season with just two winners , has really taken off in 1993 and the Newmarket trainer looks set to reach his half-century this month . |
| 12 | ‘ But if you remember Celia Hazell , surely you remember the other mothers who delivered around that time ? ’ |
| 13 | Although Buddie seemed to loom like a lusty giant over Frankie , he was a good deal shorter than the other men who worked around Old Ashfield . |
| 14 | The set operators — that is the navigator or observer who would operate the HS set — also had plenty of preparation , and the captain would be a sort of overseer who went round each section . |
| 15 | Welsh Water , who brought in extra pumping equipment to clear the water , said that the water supplies in the area had not been contaminated . |
| 16 | Who brought in that pile of Readers ' Digests ? |
| 17 | Vieira relinquished the Interior portfolio to Abubacar Balde and appointed Pedro Godinho Gomes as Minister of Civil Service and Labour to replace Mário Cabral , who took over ministerial responsibility for Rural Development and Agriculture . |
| 18 | Today , however , the biggest problem that faces David Coleridge , who took over this month as chairman of Lloyd 's , is not one of scandal , but of profits . |
| 19 | A decision to cut or pass the dividend will be especially painful for Costain because of the blow it will be for the 91 per cent of shareholders who took up last year 's rights issue and because Costain will be only the second major contractor , after John Laing , to cut the pay-out . |
| 20 | The views of people who had previously looked after those who died sometimes reflected their gratitude and admiration for the people who took on this task . |
| 21 | The second story is about George , a medical man who gave up professional research to go into property business . |
| 22 | The small number of older ( and younger ) women who gave up paid employment following redundancy to become housewives may also be included in this group of discouraged workers . |
| 23 | The 31-year-old British No.1 , who put out seventh seed Michael Chang en route to the fourth round 12 months ago , opens against Argentinian clay court specialist Javier Frana , ranked just above him in the world at 87 . |
| 24 | Health officials in Gateshead are contacting more than seven hundred women after discovering that the doctor who carried out cervical smear tests on them had not used the correct procedure . |
| 25 | A " producer " , under s1(2) , is defined as : ( a ) the person who manufactured it ; ( b ) in the case of a substance which has not been manufactured but has been won or abstracted , the person who won or abstracted , the person who won or abstracted it ; ( c ) in the case of a product which has not been manufactured , won or abstracted but essential characteristics of which are attributable to an industrial or other process having been carried out ( for example , in relation to agricultural produce ) , the person who carried out that process … |
| 26 | Despite the fact that Aubrey 's topographical manuscript Monumenta Britannica was not published in his own lifetime ( although parts have been published subsequently ) , the manuscript greatly influenced William Stukeley ( 1687–1765 ) who carried out extensive fieldwork , particularly in southern England . |
| 27 | A DARLINGTON man who carried out conservation work has been highly commended in prestigious awards . |
| 28 | It seems strange that the chancel and tower should be given an earlier date than the nave for it is presumed to have been built during the Bishopric of Haymo , who carried out considerable building at Halling . |
| 29 | Y CYRFF : ‘ Mae Ddoe Yn Ddoe ’ Welsh language guitar group who split up last year issue 22-track compilation spanning their eight-year career — out now |
| 30 | It was here that the Princess was presented with a bonnet of straw-plait made by the ladies of Swanage who stayed up all night to finish it before the royal party left next day from the Quay to join the Royal Yacht in the Bay . |