Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Bannister , who has hit five goals in eight games , said : ‘ If I get 20 this season then I could earn myself an extension of the contract . ’
2 Another Pocket original superlead , out in March 1995 , is a ‘ breakthrough novel ’ by Debbie Fowler , who has written three novels for Sphere and a romance for Century/Arrow , as well as a non-fiction account of her adoption of a Romanian orphan .
3 Another is Ryszard Kapuscinski , an expert in what he calls ‘ confusion ’ , who has attended twenty-seven revolutions in the Third World .
4 This may seem like an impossible demand to make on someone who has smoked 20–60 cigarettes a day , but psychologically it works better for most people than attempting the ‘ slowly does it ’ campaign of a cigarette less every day .
5 Only two outsiders are permitted to eat from the kitchen — the governor , who has to sample one meal every day to be able to answer any complaints the following day , and the doctor , who tastes the food two or three times a week to ensure that it is balanced and nutritious .
6 Sandy Spence of the DUP , who has served 16 years as Mayor of Ballymena .
7 Sandy Spence of the DUP , who has served 16 years as Mayor of Ballymena .
8 Reformed junkie Davies , who has served two prison sentences , met stunning Fiona Brown , 28 , when he was given a two-year probation order for theft .
9 Christie will be bridesmaid when Anna Moore , who has served ten years of a life sentence , marries a loyalist killer , Bobby Corry , who is serving life for killing three people in a pub bombing in 1972 .
10 Dave , 45 , who has run 42 marathons , will wear top hat , tails … and shorts .
11 Sandra Bates is a trained caterer who has run three restaurants .
12 Midfield man Robson , who has missed four games because of a mysterious eye infection , warned : ‘ It 's so important we keep our run going .
13 Left-back Chapman , who has missed three matches with a twisted ankle , is in Brighton 's squad , and Curbishley makes his 400th League appearance .
14 I would still find it very hard to believe that any evidence of mitigation would justify a non-custodial sentence , to someone who has broken twenty-three bones in their child 's body .
15 However in South Armagh the security forces are understood to be facing a blank wall in their search for an IRA sniper who has killed three members of the security forces and for the IRA 's mortar team .
16 Robinson has a daughter who has to wait 12 months for an operation , it is no use telling her that 10 , 20 , or 25 years ago the situation was similar or much worse , because Mrs. Jones or Mrs. Robinson will still consider that the NHS is unsatisfactory today , and will naturally blame the Government .
17 Is n't s/he a figure who has exchanged one kind of incompleteness for another ?
18 ANOTHER long-serving employee to retire is senior design engineer Keith Ashcroft who has completed 36 years in the industry .
19 Edward Hulmes , who has contributed one volume to the Effective Teacher Series on Education and Cultural Diversity ( Hulmes 1989 ) has many times noted that RE is for teachers as much as for pupils .
20 The pace of Taylor has been complemented by the kicking form of captain Nick Edmonds , who has contributed 342 points so far .
21 He was like a man who has made one step forward into unknown territory and stands looking for a path .
22 Potential sales of his device could be huge , says Mr Garnett , who has made two trips to the US to visit officials from the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency .
23 She wrote to Miss Betty Vacani , the legendary dance teacher who has taught three generations of royal children , and asked if there was a vacancy for a student ballet teacher at grade two level .
24 Jones , who has played 52 Tests , said : ‘ I do n't know where this leaves me with my career and it 's going to be a pretty hard blow to get over .
25 Latzsch , who has played 56 times for her country , made the first goal then got Germany 's winner with a sensational solo effort , after England equalised .
26 Robinson , who has scored 246 tries for West , is a former county captain who has played 60 times for Durham .
27 It sounds like a man who has squashed five centuries of a nation 's literature in his palm .
28 Robinson , who has scored 246 tries for West , is a former county captain who has played 60 times for Durham .
29 Saunders , who has scored 11 goals in 35 international appearances , has not been on a losing side since August 23 .
30 But Deane , who has scored four times this season , says : ‘ There 's more to me than being just that .
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