Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [adv prt] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What about the quarrelling Australian couple who plunged over a cliff in separate vans after a St Valentine 's day row and a chase through northern Sydney . |
| 2 | Lee , 49 , who built up a paper recycling business which he sold for more than £8 million and has since developed several other companies , says he wants to make Manchester City the top club in the country . |
| 3 | Those who built up a right to a state pension by virtue of their contributions were only awarded the pension following formal retirement from employment . |
| 4 | Its nature is unknown , for the D text 's statement that they agreed to observe Edgar 's law was probably taken from the Letter of 1019 – 20 , itself influenced by Archbishop Wulfstan of York , who drew up a document after the meeting which stated that the witan had decided to zealously observe Edgar 's law . |
| 5 | It was Sir William Fleming , Sir Daniel 's son , ( Sir Daniel having died in 1701 ) who drew up a lease during 1703 reserving one-seventh as Royalty and requiring at least four able workmen to be employed for a minimum of six months in every year . |
| 6 | I found this sweet little man who fixed up a non-reflex 35 for me slowed down the motor wind so it would n't make a sound fixed in a timer to take a shot every thirty seconds . |
| 7 | Chimes of Freedom , who came out a short-head in front when the pair met over course and distance in July , should emphasise her superiority judged on a recent defeat of Pharaoh 's Delight at The Curragh . |
| 8 | A GANG of professional thieves who staked out a house in Bentworth last week got away with a £20,000 caravan . |
| 9 | I have nothing against yesterday 's guitar heroes , indeed it was the Iommi article that caused me to buy your magazine again , but whoever it was in your office who opened up a copy of NME and stuck a pin in it should be encouraged to do so again . |
| 10 | And in the end it was he who turned up a bullet case ( 7.62 mm x 51 and therefore probably FAKINTIL ) . |
| 11 | For the same reason the doctor , medical attendant , or other who turned off a ventilator in this situation would be guilty of murder . |
| 12 | This loyal player , who turned down a contract with Ipswich Town to stay in the Province , deserves better treatment . |
| 13 | Blencowe apparently owed his career as a judge to Wallis who turned down a bishopric for himself but asked that his son-in-law be considered for a judicial appointment [ DNB , 20 , 598–602 ] . |
| 14 | Lord Arran told how Minister Walsh , who spent over a day at the show , and he would be considering the extent to which they can co-operate mutually to the advantage of all involved in the food and drink industry in Ireland . |
| 15 | It was Abem Finkel , Muni 's brother-in-law , who worked out a screenplay from the basis of a draft by Musmanno and a melodramatic comedy about Slavic miners by Harry R. Irving , but there were other supervisors and writers involved and ultimately the vital decisions with regard to the project would have been taken by Jack Warner and his senior executive Hal Wallis . |
| 16 | Another report tells of a Mrs Yvonne Bliss who fell off a boat in the West Indies . |
| 17 | Mr Evans , who fell off a mountain |
| 18 | I saw it happen once to a dear old woman who went around a group of people , gently offering her book , and everyone signed except one . |
| 19 | Fond memories of Jerry Lee Lewis who blew up a storm of indignation in the 1950s , not to mention Presley , whose subversive pelvis was banned from television in some American states where it was only permitted to film Elvis-the-Pelvis from the waist upwards . |
| 20 | A FORMER soldier who blew up a motorist with a home-made bomb because of a £140 debt was jailed for 12 years yesterday . |
| 21 | A MAN who blew up a motorist with a home-made bomb , has been jailed for 12 years . |
| 22 | By lunchtime the department was manic and the pace relentless but it still did not stop the old man who brought back a kettle complaining it did not work . |
| 23 | At a joint one-day Wedgwood and Sotheby 's identification and valuation event at the Westfries Museum , in Hoorn , Lynn encountered many Dutch visitors who brought in a variety of heirlooms or pieces they had collected . |
| 24 | So , the sort of man who took on a mansus absus might have been an immigrant attracted by freedom from labour services ; or a son who feared that his patrimony , or his share of it , would not be big enough to support his family ; or a rich peasant with several adult sons and labour to spare . |
| 25 | I know of a fellow of over sixty who took out a policy . |
| 26 | It 's a far cry from the plight of the 1988 borrower , who took out a loan at a rate of under 10 per cent . |
| 27 | What I do know is that it is disgraceful and defamatory to label as stooges the people from the Borough Community Relations Council who gave up a day 's work to act as observers , and who have made it clear that they would have reported whatever they had seen , good or bad for police . |
| 28 | KATRIN DORRE , from Leipzig , who gave up a career as a medical student to become a full-time athlete , saved the blushes of the organisers of the 12th ADT London marathon when she managed to lead the field of over 25,000 across the line on Westminster Bridge yesterday . |
| 29 | Hunt , who gave up a career in medicine to be a racing driver in 1967 , was given his chance by Lord Hesketh , the British peer who ran his own motor racing team . |
| 30 | Another gesture symbolising true Christian Aid was made by Mr Moore , our dynamic Church Officer , who gave up a week of his annual holiday so as to be with us throughout . |