Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The terms and conditions also address such grey areas such as what happens if the buyer has possession of a work , but has not completely paid for it when it is stolen ( the liability is the buyer 's ) , and the duty of such a buyer who has partially paid for a work , to store the work separately from his own goods , not to export it , to retain the seller 's identifying marks , and to allow the seller or his agent access to the work . |
| 2 | Rod Stewart could liven up EastEnders , Princess Margaret ( who has already appeared in The Archers ) could add some class to Eldorado and Kenneth Branagh could make Ken Barlow feel inferior in Coronation Street . |
| 3 | There had been gossip about Bates and Suzannah , who has also written in The Guardian and Chelsea match programmes . |
| 4 | Still hammering away , the Institute has the satisfaction of knowing that it has at last brought home to the Ministry of Health , within whose purview this question comes , that things are not what they ought to be , and Dr Eichholz , who has just retired from the Chief Inspectorate of Special Schools , is at its request making a special enquiry . |
| 5 | Suppose for example that I am a smoker who has just heard about the dangers of lung cancer . |
| 6 | He looked like a man who has just stepped into an empty lift-shaft . |
| 7 | Though no more than five feet and seven inches in height , he was strongly built , with the air of one who has just emerged from the gymnasium or the boxing booth . |
| 8 | I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks . |
| 9 | This seems to be the view of Lord Donaldson , that truly sagacious Master of the Rolls , who has just called for a new corps of paralegal ‘ civil justices ’ to get people like me off the hook . |
| 10 | She is not smiling like a university lecturer who has just got off the train from Oxford , but like a peasant woman who has just arrived in a hard-class compartment from Saratov . |
| 11 | He looks not like a peasant from Saratov , but a Civil Servant Grade 5 who has just got off the train from Greenwich . |
| 12 | On social policies , our record has been appalling : on that , I agree strongly with the points made by my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition and by my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham , Small Heath ( Mr. Howell ) , who has just come into the Chamber , who strongly criticised the Government 's record on social policies . |
| 13 | I am very conscious of what I would not be putting forward but I would include Rachel Whiteread for her contribution to Documenta : I 'm watching Anya Gallachio who has just shown at the ICA , and I would include Angela Bulloch who has been understood abroad more than here . |
| 14 | That should guarantee Annadale maximum points in the 1,500 metres , as Lough , who has just returned from a training stint with the GB squad in New Mexico , clocked 3.40.2 … a personal best … at Loughborough on Wednesday night . |
| 15 | Walker , who has just returned from a two-week fact finding mission , is now preparing a detailed report for the Latvian authorities . |
| 16 | She is not smiling like a university lecturer who has just got off the train from Oxford , but like a peasant woman who has just arrived in a hard-class compartment from Saratov . |
| 17 | In June , we have a session by one of our own qualified teachers , Ilana Machover , who has since trained in the Alexander Technique . |
| 18 | for instance , in May 1987 it found John Craven of phoenix Securities to be the new chief executive of Morgan Grenfell , another assignment on behalf of Sir Peter Carey , who has since moved from the Department of Trade to become chairman of this major merchant bank . |
| 19 | Holiday , who has since apologised for the incident , also admitted causing £300 damage to bottles of wine , champagne , glasses , a chair and an electric fan . |
| 20 | Mr Rosie , who has since resigned from the council , had contacted Orkney and Shetland MP Jim Wallace and the Scottish Office to try to discover the cause of the delay in settling the matter . |
| 21 | The poison is seldom dangerous but anyone who has accidentally trodden on a sea-urchin while bathing knows how painful the swelling can be . |
| 22 | Kirov 's face bore the unmistakable look of a man who has deliberately walked into a cage of lions and emerged again unscathed . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ we should be looking for a man or woman with no background , someone who has suddenly appeared on the scene , but everyone we have talked to has their own little niche . ’ |
| 24 | The Midlands will make one change against the South-West at Bath , recalling the England hooker Brian Moore , who has twice withdrawn from the side late on with a twisted knee . |
| 25 | Herman Bosman , a friend of mine , has written about one of his regular clients , who has long resided in a mental hospital . |
| 26 | Anyone who has ever participated in a voluntary organisation , youth work or parents ' association will know what a central place is taken by jumble sales and selling raffle tickets ( see Table 9.1 ) . |
| 27 | Anyone who has ever suffered at the hands of military pomposity will relish the story of General Patton inspecting a hospital in France and screaming abuse at a man for not coming to attention in his presence , only to be told ‘ Run along , asshole . |
| 28 | In one such performance , James Luna promises to combine ‘ Indian mythology , Christian evangelism , and psychoanalysis to create a double-edged interpretation that has ‘ something for everyone who has ever believed in the romantic vision of the American Indian and bought into the guilt-complex of American history ’ ’ ’ . |
| 29 | Anyone who has ever played with a gyroscope will know that the object displays a distinct aversion to being turned upside-down ; in many ways the spinning Earth can be viewed as a sort of super-heavy gyroscope . |
| 30 | Includes every cricketer who has ever played in a first class match in the British Isles . |