Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Edward Thomas entered the History Eighth at St. Paul 's in January 1894 , he was at least seventeen months younger than the seven pupils who had joined the class in the previous July or September and who were to leave it the following June . |
| 2 | He started living lavishly and tried to extort more and more money from the government who were paying him a tax-free pension of $1,050 a month . |
| 3 | I think the answer is that simply as it who were doing what the name would otherwise have done , erm for the reasons your Lordship has given and , and your Lordship has seen of course that the analysis of the relationship between the name and the agent , erm , certainly as far as Mr is concerned , indeed we said it certainly it follows from what , what article eighty five does , it does n't effect the extensible authority point but and the |
| 4 | I just wan na find out who was writing them the letters and then I can finish . |
| 5 | After my fourth or fifth lesson I was able to see that it was I who was causing myself the discomfort . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll have your name , and I 'll see that lady who was telling me the other day that Brownie girls do n't raid orchards . ’ |
| 7 | It says much for the calibre of Mrs Kirkley that , after greeting Aggie with an inclination of her head and a smile , she looked at Millie , who was handing her the present , and said , ‘ Oh , thank you very much , Millie ; I 'm sure they 'll be delightful . |
| 8 | You had to go to such trouble to persuade the subject to accept the poison and when ( or rather , in his case if ) you managed it , your very intimacy made it all too clear to everyone that you were the one who was slipping them the doctored crumble , the dodgy spaghetti bolognese or the potato salad unusually rich in mineral salts . |
| 9 | ‘ Who was selling her the stuff , this same man ? ’ |
| 10 | But anyway I gave , it 's fifty P I gave the lass who was selling it a pound you see and she said here you are waiting to give me my change , I said no , no and she said and I said to her I said you know you need it more than I do and she she got tears in her eyes and I I thought I mean I I do n't know if I can articulate this properly . |