Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [prep] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge agreed to this , but continued to question the youngster , who admitted to be a professional pickpocket . |
| 2 | Ianthe was the only child of elderly parents , who seemed to be a whole generation removed from those of her contemporaries . |
| 3 | One of these referred to the old man who seemed to be the self-appointed guide to the Bowder Stone , that most popular tourist attraction , which hangs precariously , as it hung then , in Borrowdale . |
| 4 | Seen taking snaps of the mud ( yes , we said mud ) divers on the Sunday was cult film-maker JIM JARMUSCH who seemed to be the only one interested in watching what was otherwise a truly sad spectacle . |
| 5 | With Home Guard revolvers in the question , it would be a foolish man indeed who claimed to be a Nazi warlord . |
| 6 | Paddy made for Dad , who happened to be the only customer standing at the bar counter , awaiting his change . |
| 7 | Keith Lockyer , 16 , who dreamed of being a professional golfer , was last seen outside Ritzy 's club at Kingston upon Thames , south London , four days before Christmas . |
| 8 | Further changes to the infrastructure were also a feature of the post-project era , and again it was the deputy head who appeared to be a driving force . |
| 9 | The sensual Margaret Tudor very quickly stirred up trouble by taking a second husband , the sixth Earl of Angus — a Red Douglas , who proved to be a greedy bully and unsuitable either as a husband or a stepfather . |
| 10 | I was delighted to have the opportunity to meet , and work with paul , who proved to be a lively , fun-loving character and a patient , helpful , inspiring tutor . |
| 11 | Mary Benson recalls Orton Chirwa in Britain 40 years ago when he came to this country to protest against imposition of the Central African Federation : ‘ How vividly one recalls Orton , the slight , bespectacled , amused young lawyer who proved to be an articulate , passionate speaker whose wit enlivened public meetings from London to Edinburgh , while Banda , then a GP in Willesden , embarrassed organisers with his tub-thumping rhetoric — Banda the medical doctor , who was to subject Orton and Vera Chirwa to such extremes of suffering , remaining impervious to every appeal and protest on their behalf . |
| 12 | Peter Briggs , who proved to be an astute campaign manager , has resigned his membership . |
| 13 | This would be ideal for any doctor who wished to be a clinical tutor , or who had a special interest in education . |
| 14 | The answer , ask someone who had to be a true native . |
| 15 | After all , it was they who tended to be the main victims of burglary , assault , and other forms of violent crime . |