Example sentences of "who [verb] a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be a brave character who pinned a large notice with the words ‘ Here sits a wonderful teacher ’ above her chair in the staffroom , for example . |
| 2 | Similes may be dangerous , but it can be suggested that the man who produces a well-made brick makes a better contribution to housing than does the man who builds a large mansion on insecure foundations . |
| 3 | Its name came from Jordan De Cave who owned a large amount of land here many years ago . |
| 4 | King George III used every means to manipulate the House of Lords into throwing out the India Bill and in Lord Rosebery 's rotund phrase : ‘ The Peers , who yearned for lieutenancies or regiments ; for stars or strawberry leaves ; the prelates who sought a larger sphere of usefulness ; the minions of the bedchamber and the janissaries of the closet ; all , temporal or spiritual , whose convictions were unequal to their appetite , rallied to the royal nod . ’ |
| 5 | Editor Richard Felton , who writes a large proportion of the magazine himself , flew out to report on Shell Brazil 's initiative to fund sport and dance programmes for the street kids . |
| 6 | There 's an unelected civil servant in who has a large element in deciding where they are , and that is wrong . |
| 7 | The title derives from the nickname of the hero , who has a large butterfly ( Fr. papillon ) tattooed on his chest . |
| 8 | Luke , who has a large scar from heart surgery from his throat to the left side of his body , needs regular medication to prevent fits . |
| 9 | There was a celebrated individual who devoted a large part of his life to carefully recording everything that he observed ; upon his death , this complete set of observations was presented to the Royal Society in the hope that it would be of use to scientists . |
| 10 | Anyone who shows a large number of the symptoms listed in Table 2 should consider the possibility that they are hyperventilating . |
| 11 | Gairdner , who examined a large number of normal children during their first five years of life , observed that at birth only 4% of children had fully retractile prepuces , while in half the prepuce was partially retractile . |
| 12 | I say their contemplation can give no-one pleasure ; they are there because their absence would be resented by the average man who regards a large amount of futile display as in some way inseparable from the conditions of that well-to-do life to which he belongs or aspires to belong . |
| 13 | Madam Deputy Speaker there is course another matter of er of er broader significance and that is that er whilst these orders er er er cover erm certain financial institutions , they do n't erm they do n't cover others , they do n't cover Lloyds of London in so far as I could see , erm I 'd half expected to see the honourable member for Gloucester West er in his place to pursue his campaign that apparently he er he he is not able to be here and indeed er others who sit on the benches opposite who lost a large sum of money in Lloyds , er but they might have had something to say about it as it does seem odd that Lloyds has not been covered , no doubt the minister would tell us that needs primary legislation and I I 'm quite sure this government would move heaven and earth not to introduce another Lloyds bill er because of er the problems that that would no doubt attract . |
| 14 | The Long Beach of those days was just emerging from the sleaze of being a naval base ; its downtown was full of porn-movie houses , run-down discount shops and ‘ boutiques ’ for the geriatric , who formed a large part of its population . |
| 15 | Soon , Wolf Riders began to report news of the Empire army 's advance to Gorbad , who sent a large force of Orc Boar Boys , Wolf Riders , Forest Goblin Spider Riders , and chariots to meet it . |
| 16 | Where is the accountability in a Government who take all controls off local authorities , and let spending rip ; who switch a larger burden of tax-raising to profligate authorities and abandon the interests of oppressed residents ? |
| 17 | The study shows that men who had a small head circumference or were thin at birth , or both , had higher rates of cardiovascular death than those who had a large head circumference or were fat . |
| 18 | It was once won by an archer who had a large family of young children who were fascinated by the spoon , which has a silver chain with a hook at the end in the form of a swan 's head and neck . |
| 19 | It was Mr Boldwood , who had a large farm in Weatherbury . |
| 20 | He tried to think of a wife who had a larger car than her husband 's and he could n't think of one . |
| 21 | Although the bureau manager who supports a large team of very part-time volunteers craves the injection of hours that the unemployed can offer , they equally crave stability and escape from the greater supervision needed by new staff . |
| 22 | Baldwin and Sons who have a large display of Coronation medals from James I to the present ; Adam Gallery , Bath , who specialise in British Impressionist and Modern pictures and are showing works by E.A. Hornel , Terrick Williams and James Patterson among others ; decorative , topographical and sporting print dealer Julian Armytage ; and Julian Simon Fine Art Ltd of Pimlico who will be showing a large and detailed topographical view of Paris by Louis Charles Wuhrer , shown at the Paris Salon of 1891 . |
| 23 | The Bristol and West claims that unmarried couples , friends buying a home together and couples who have a large family are ‘ high risk ’ groups . |
| 24 | A salesman who makes a large number of sales every day would probably prefer a weekly target to give him a continued sense of achievement . |