Example sentences of "whoever [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whoever made the protest did so against a state which proclaimed its non-existence , and against the state 's claim to lose citizens ' lives in a war whose existence was not officially announced within Libya . |
| 2 | Regrettably we have come to the conclusion that whoever made the decision to refuse Mr Warner access at 4.45 pm was very probably motivated by a desire to have one last chance of interviewing the appellant in the absence of a solicitor . |
| 3 | Whoever owned the cabin had wide-ranging interests — apart from several well-thumbed fishing journals and a variety of motoring magazines , there were numerous glossies that provided her with food for thought . |
| 4 | Surely , if this was a regular haunt for whoever owned the cabin , there would be another boat somewhere ? |
| 5 | You should address your reply to whoever asked the actual question , try and include the person who seems most important in the general sweep of your glance and look to the chairman if there is any pause between questions . |
| 6 | So whoever got the bike now still have n't changed the log book over to their name . |
| 7 | Whoever expected the little grey devils I had been assaulting with white arrows and rolling with white healing balls to reappear in my lung ? |
| 8 | All along the terrace , on the low wall that bounded it , stood the statuary his father had once told him had been placed there by whoever inhabited the place before Hilbert and Lilian came . |
| 9 | A glance at a short section of a DXF file , see Fig. 2 , might lead to the conclusion that whoever designed the format either had shares in a paper manufacturing company , or a grudge against rain forests . |
| 10 | ‘ They broadcast the show and at the end of it Christopher Trace [ one of the presenters ] said something like , ‘ Whoever designed the Daleks really deserves a gold Blue Peter badge ’ , which is the badge they only award for very , very special achievements . |
| 11 | WHOEVER judged the inflatable sumo wrestling bout at half-time must have been from the WBO . |
| 12 | It would be just like her to expect some recompense for whoever caused the crash . |
| 13 | But it is acknowledged in security circles that whoever fired the shots that killed the two soldiers and constables Alan Corbett in Belcoo , Fermanagh , and Jonathan Reid in Crossmaglen last month , has received army training in handling firearms and is a cool operator . |
| 14 | Whoever coined the title the loneliness of the long distance runner did n't have this in mind . |
| 15 | he should have known or whoever organized the fair should have known so really it does n't work unless you make one person responsible for that job . |
| 16 | The second could have been that whoever ordered the manuscript took seriously Rameau 's silly claim that the keyboard part was self-sufficient and that no one hearing a solo performance of this music would guess that anything was missing . |
| 17 | Whoever sowed the seed , the conference was due to meet within a few hours . |
| 18 | Whoever saw a beach of red sand , or a woman with a green face ? |
| 19 | R : in those days + when we were young + there was no local fire engine here + it was just a two-wheeled trolley which was kept in the borough + in the borough eh store down on James Street + and whenever a fire broke out + it was just a question of whoever saw the fire first yelling ‘ Fire ’ + and the nearest people ran for the trolley and how they got on with it goodness knows + nobody was trained in its use + anyway everybody knew to go for the trolley + well + when we were children + we used to use this taw [ t– : ] + it smouldered furiously + black thick smoke came from it and we used to get it burning + and then go to a letter box and just keep blowing + open the letter box + and just keep blowing the smoke in + you see + till you 'd fill up the lower part of the house with nothing but smoke + there was no fire + but just fill it up with smoke + just to put the breeze up + just as a joke + and then of course + when somebody would open a window or a door the smoke would come pouring out + and then + everybody was away then for the trolley + we just stood and watched all of them + + |
| 20 | I can not remember but I do recall thinking he must be sharing my feelings of pity and anger at whoever felt a need to make their mark in such a way . |
| 21 | The mere fact of Alfred 's death , whoever took the call , would be enough for the team to be sent and the police surgeon informed . |
| 22 | Erm , it might be an idea to try and get hold of him whoever took the message cos it might be something important , but anyway I 'm glad you phoned . |
| 23 | That meant that Macedon had to flirt from time to time with Sparta or whoever looked the strongest counterweight to Athens after Persia had recoiled from the Aegean in the mid-fifth century . |
| 24 | ‘ Whoever brought the message must have come across the wall , ’ Corbett murmured to himself . |
| 25 | Whoever did the cutting |
| 26 | Whoever did the planning on this job could n't have expected to find a second person getting into the car . ’ |
| 27 | Norma Thomson , secretary of New Deer Community Association , said : ‘ Perhaps whoever did the break-in knew there would n't be a policeman going back and forth and that he would be tied up at the meeting . ’ |
| 28 | She wondered who had been reading so recently on the carefully made bed , or if this fat book , which she now saw to be a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories , were a relic of the past summer , and the maid , or whoever cleared the house , was devotedly keeping her employer 's place . |
| 29 | Under a government order to discourage land speculation , whoever bought the island would be obliged to develop it within five years . |
| 30 | There used to be an honour board and I was on it and so was Miss 's brother , er Ivor because er who whoever won the scholarship , you see , their name went on the honour |