Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This figure declined slightly for older children , a growing proportion of whom lived with a natural parent and a step-parent . |
| 2 | However , Alistair Clark , president of the Law Society of Scotland , which represents 6,400 solicitors , criticised the decision to allow banks , building societies and other authorised practitioners who complied with a statutory code of conduct to charge for conveyancing . |
| 3 | Those who lived with a younger married couple were about five times less likely to receive a home-help visit than an elderly married couple . |
| 4 | Both he and Dame Agatha laughed as the commotion roused Ranulf , who woke with a muttered oath , smacking his lips , apparently quite refreshed after his short slumber . |
| 5 | In fact , Royal Oak equalised after only a minute when Finch 's cross came to Clinton Ford who scored with a snap shot . |
| 6 | They extended their lead 12 minutes later when McPherson 's back pass let in Thornley , who rode Glass 's crude challenge before slipping the ball to Beckham , who scored with a spectacular shot from 20 yards . |
| 7 | The ancient servitor , who drove with a slack rein and a sublime disregard of the pot-holes , seemed to take it as a personal affront that Miss Kyte had kept him waiting for more than two hours . |
| 8 | Mr Clancy sold it to a trickster who paid with a worthless stolen cheque . |
| 9 | Lucille watched the pretty girl in the diaphanous golden dress who danced with a tall and handsome officer in British cavalry uniform . |
| 10 | The paradox exemplified : next day , I 'm at Mile End Hospital with a patient who arrived with a pleural effusion , desperately short of breath , the previous night . |
| 11 | Penman said , ‘ Langley Dene ’ , to Murphy who indicated with a faint grimace that he knew his destination perfectly well already , and closed the door of the carriage firmly upon Alexandra . |
| 12 | The Adoimara had feasted the deputation and then , while they slept , had killed them all except one , who escaped with a shattered arm and numerous wounds . |
| 13 | Nicol , who escaped with a close call when he sliced an attempted clearance close to his own goal in normal time , suffered a costly relapse 10 minutes into the extra period . |
| 14 | Police are still hunting the gunman , who escaped with a portable telephone . |
| 15 | A closing 73 gave him victory by three shots over Bernhard Langer and Ian Woosnam who finished with a blistering 62 . |
| 16 | Full marks to Wallace , who finished with a seven feet putt for a 73 after almost holing his tee shot , a four iron , at the short 14th . |
| 17 | Ronan Rafferty , who finished with a 65 — one off the course record — for joint eighth place is still well down the points table . |
| 18 | There was a fine 8lb 4oz catch made by Simon Kent on a visit from Leicester , who fished with a Green Shrimp on the Mill Pool . |
| 19 | George and John , who started with a modern fun pub , discovered they were forever seeking a traditional pub for a good pint on their days off , so they decided to start their own . |
| 20 | And so they processed , the defiant and the hopeless , the resigned and those who pleaded with a silent desperation . |
| 21 | Working with a different pianist each night provided an infinite variety of the best and worst musicians in the country , and among the best were the few who listened with a different ear , who could lose the rest of the world and let voice and instrument be controlled by a joint spirit . |
| 22 | Another patient ( no 7 ) , who presented with a bulky tumour of the gastric body was treated with a polychemotherapy CHOP regimen ( cyclophosphamide , hydroxyldaunomycin , oncovin , and prednisone ) +radiation therapy . |
| 23 | The 14 patients who presented with an acute complication of gall stone disease had a median age of 70 years ( range 31–78 ) and seven were regarded as high risk for surgery . |
| 24 | A 44-year-old man , who presented with an abrupt onset of weakness in the right arm , was shown by computerised tomography to have a left lentiform nucleus infarct . |
| 25 | There was a knock at the door ; I opened it and there he was , a tall , slightly stooping figure who spoke with a gentle voice . |
| 26 | Jane was in the tiny kitchen talking quietly to Mrs Rooney , a tiny white-haired woman , who spoke with a broad Scottish accent . |
| 27 | I learned for the first time what it was to be a stranger , an immigrant from primitive parts who spoke with a funny accent and called things by their wrong names . |
| 28 | Erlich told Rutherford what he knew of the assassin who spoke with an English accent , and to whom the word ‘ Colt ’ had been shouted . |
| 29 | It was finally answered by a man who spoke with an artificial , lazy drawl and was suspicious when she asked for Urquhart by name . |
| 30 | To those who answered with a truthful ‘ no ’ , the good doctor could offer an injection of distilled water ( coloured ) for a snip at just twenty-five dollars . |