Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next to him his wife , a tall rangy woman whom Sven Hjerson somehow saw even here as being astride a hunter , was leaning forward tapping the tips of the fingers of each hand one against the other . |
| 2 | Aleksei Ermolov , the Russian commander in the Caucasus whom Paskevich replaced in 1827 , had been pursuing a conciliatory or " regionalist " policy for more than a decade . |
| 3 | Many of the prisoners to whom ITN spoke were too scared to talk in front of the TV cameras . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course , it is terribly important whom Edouard marries … , ’ she began thoughtfully . |
| 5 | Like her husband , she had sharp and brilliantly intuitive instincts for people ; she knew at once whom Edouard could trust . |
| 6 | Generous to a fault , he had booked the ballroom suite at the best hotel in Lexington and a popular jazz band to entertain the several hundred guests whom Cora-Beth had invited for Harry 's party . |
| 7 | ‘ You still maintain you are not the woman with whom Garry is having an affair ? ’ he asked , and she shivered at the threat in his quiet voice . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't suppose ‘ Mrs Smith ’ is the first woman with whom Garry has deceived his wife , and she probably wo n't be the last , ’ she said , her desire for him disappearing at the contempt in his tone . |
| 9 | His lore says that Abraham Stoker , a graduate of Trinity College , Dublin , had given faithful service as general amanuensis to Sir Henry Irving , the fearsome Victorian actor-manager — for whom Stoker had given up his civil service career . |
| 10 | Welsh rulers , with whom Offa may have been at war and who possibly ruled in British territory subject to him , could have been among the kings of the Scots ( Irish ) who recognized the lordship of Charlemagne . |
| 11 | The man whom Patrick had seen through binoculars was using an artillery sight to fine-tune the angle . |
| 12 | I remembered all kinds of girls whom Harvey had wanted to marry at some time or other . |
| 13 | He considered [ 1991 ] B.C.C. 658 , 662 , however , that in Cloverbay [ 1991 ] Ch. 90 the Vice-Chancellor ( with whom Nourse L.J . |
| 14 | The apprentice boys whom Grimes mistreats are attendant angels of his fallen state . |
| 15 | He is probably to be identified with the ‘ patrician ’ ( the term signifies an individual of very high standing indeed ) called Moll to whom King Eadberht and Archbishop Ecgberht gave the monasteries of Stonegrave and Coxwold in Yorkshire , seized by them from Moll 's brother , Abbot Forthred , for which action Pope Paul I reproved them . |
| 16 | John Buddle , a mine inspector and owner 's agent with whom Davy had consulted , wrote to Davy on 1 June , 1816 : ‘ I am convinced that with the happy invention of the safe lamp large proportions of the coal mines of the empire will be rendered available , which otherwise might have remained inaccessible . ’ |
| 17 | Duncan McKenzie was indeed the lad with the touch of an angel whom Clough bought . |
| 18 | Nerina was someone — is someone — whom Bernard tried to help . |
| 19 | There was only one person to whom Jerome would be reporting with so much fervour ; Bénezet , naturally curious about anything that might serve his turn or redound to his profit , was not averse to picking up a few crumbs of useful information by the way . |
| 20 | Everyone was into existentialism , along with the beginnings of meditation , Zen and some other odd philosophies practised and preached by one of Dean 's advisers , a male witch named Samson DeVreer , who was often in company of another of Dean 's odd acquaintances , the television hostess named Vampira , because she looked like one , of whom Dean once said — when asked by Hedda Hopper if he was seeing her — ‘ I do n't date cartoons . ’ |
| 21 | They had a son , Alfred Samuel , by whom Goodridge 's practice was continued after he retired , c .1855 . |
| 22 | The man upstairs , the first husband whom Maria is to leave , is not ‘ self-aware ’ — unlike Zuckerman , who declares , on behalf of the self-aware , that he has no self and that the self is a joke . |
| 23 | In the forest of intellectual midgets with whom Janos Kadar surrounded himself , Imre Pozsgay , the powerful orator , became a star . |
| 24 | There was an edge of disdain in her voice which Judith presumed to be a comment on Mrs Klein , wife of the community 's President , with whom Karlinsky would be staying . |
| 25 | Western Wolf , on whom Cauthen won over the course last month , should follow up , but faces several threatening rivals , notably Single . |
| 26 | It was immediately clear , as Max had said , that there had earlier been much blood ; soon clear , too , that the body was that of a comparatively young man ; the body of the man whom Morse had interviewed ( with such distaste ) the previous evening ; the man who had been cheated of the Wolvercote Jewel — and the man who now had been cheated of life . |
| 27 | Then they crashed 3–7 at home to third placed Marconi ‘ A ’ for whom Ian Cooper won all three and Graham Taylor and Simon Turner two each . |
| 28 | He then made 93 at Hadleigh , for whom Ian Piddington ( 90 not out ) and Olly Magnus ( 64 not out ) added 137 for the second wicket without being separated . |
| 29 | It is at this stage that it becomes necessary to record a debt of gratitude to Headingley , for whom Ian had played at club level and who suggested he might be interested in coaching . |
| 30 | Patrick Kelly , whom Dan would look on as an ill-educated lout , had actually spent time on her enjoyment . |