Example sentences of "who [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And who unkindly told her the truth ? ’ |
| 2 | A host of examples can be cited throughout the period of Stewart rule up to 1542 ; the fate of the mighty earls of Douglas at the hands of James II in the mid fifteenth century , the case , enshrined in ballad , of the over-confident border reiver Johnnie Armstrong , who suddenly found himself the victim of the utter ruthlessness of James V , tell the same story about how royal power was exercised in Scotland . |
| 3 | But it was n't Jozef who finally told me the truth — which of the three suspects had taken the pieces of silver . |
| 4 | They sat at one of the marble-topped tables and ordered coffee from a bored waitress who scarcely spared them a glance . |
| 5 | But this year the race itself became less American and even more international when it lost the 58-year-old veteran competitor who best embodies what the Indianapolis 500 represents . |
| 6 | The only person who ever explained what the operation was for was the nurse at the hospital , or I would never have known . |
| 7 | Thanks to Pamela Crooks of Hertfordshire , who also sent us a Valentine 's card . |
| 8 | As for yours truly , yes , there is someone who I met quite recently , who probably needs me no more than I need her , someone who brings out my poetic streak , and makes me believe in the little people . ’ |
| 9 | I think he 's a charming man and he 's certainly better than Major or Kinnock , who both give me the creeps . |
| 10 | Saddam , a polished television performer , made considerable use of the medium for propaganda purposes , as when he conducted a conversation on camera with a British child caught up in the war who now found himself a ‘ guest ’ of the Iraqi regime . |
| 11 | Williams J. said , ‘ In effect , ( the former husband ) says to ( the former wife ) : ‘ If you , who now owe me no duty as a wife , will agree to my stipulation , I will , so long as you observe that stipulation , pay you £6 per month . ’ |
| 12 | These same people the , even when faced with the blatant facts of their mistakes , still hurl at the hapless retailer who unwittingly sold them the five 3″ goldfish that they tried to cram into a small glass bowl full of raw tapwater . |
| 13 | Charman , who originally considered himself a bass player , was not sure whether he was in the right band . |
| 14 | Who even knows what the Multilateral Force was , or could differentiate between NEDO and NEDC ? |
| 15 | I first turned to them out of desparation in a case where I was making no progress and after some initial success my enthusiasm was further stimulated by talking to Richard Pitt a member of The Society of Homœopaths who kindly sent me a photocopy of the article by Dr. Robert Schore which is reprinted here . |
| 16 | The adjudication system places the position of an unfinished game before a moderately strong player ( usually about 2200 ) , who then decides what the result ought to be . |
| 17 | from Gladstone and Gannon , and er he gave an awful lot of people at the S U and at Alcuin J C R a lot of grief over the provost , who then wrote them a letter saying I , Jim am the fault of all this and just generally made the students look even dafter for |
| 18 | The mill , like much of the surrounding land , which now largely consists of gravel pits , belongs to the Amey Roadstone Corporation , who fortunately realise what an important and interesting property they now have . |
| 19 | Blatcham station never exuded sweetness and light at the best of times , but the last train from London pulled into an atmosphere of peculiarly depressing gloom and resentment : gloom of the fatigued and silent travellers , and resentment of the station staff , who evidently considered it a gross imposition that they were compelled to keep open the station until 11.20 for a handful of passengers returning from some nocturnal debauch in the metropolis . |
| 20 | NOW that Lennox Lewis has earned a world-title shot it 's interesting to see so many people who previously dubbed him a Canadian imposter jumping on the Brit-for-Champ bandwagon . |
| 21 | *the decider — who actually determines what the outcome of the purchase motivation will be . |