Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abolitionists began to create their own pantheon of heroes , veneration of whom contributed both to longitudinal solidarity over time and horizontal solidarity between groups . |
| 2 | T. Behrens 's book commemorates a young couple who lived together for seventeen years in a solitude à deux and who then took their own lives — incompetently and lingeringly . |
| 3 | In the course of their many arguments , Amanda once asked him to consider the domestic condition of the Fergusson family , who lived together with strong bonds of affection , and declare whether they too were the consequence of chaos , hazard and malice . |
| 4 | Over the farmhouse door is a date stone , 1712 , referring to Roger and Isabella Taylor , who lived there at that time . |
| 5 | The question wanted to know who lived there in Roman times . |
| 6 | So too have three successive American presidents , who argued publicly against unitary tax . |
| 7 | This was started in 1966 by a group of Irishmen domiciled in the London area who met occasionally for social reasons . |
| 8 | School was so long ago that we had passed into each others ' mythology , like people who met distantly in another country . |
| 9 | After all , what sort of threat was a group of film people who got together with interested artists , writers and sculptors on Sunday evenings to screen foreign films ? |
| 10 | Off Coleshill Road , north of the city centre , is a short street called Cash 's Lane , named after the Cash brothers , John and Joseph , who built there in 1857 Cash 's ‘ Top Shops ’ . |
| 11 | These lovely girls with long fair hair were actually blood-sucking VAMPIRES who preyed exclusively upon young men as they lay sleeping . |
| 12 | Hours of teaching practice varied between 90 and 630 , and supervision ( ignoring those who listed upwards of 100 hours ! ) was often for less than 10 hours in total — noticeably less than for English on average . |
| 13 | A series of tests was carried out among the prostitutes who came voluntarily to venereal-disease clinics in late 1989 . |
| 14 | At a nod from his father , the undertaker beckoned towards a group of men who came forward with subdued eyes , eager to express their sympathy in the one manly way that was open to them . |
| 15 | It was they who controlled the way in which performers , who came largely from working-class backgrounds , developed and packaged popular forms into acceptable acts . |
| 16 | In Europe their mission found a receptive audience in the groups of holy women , mulieres sanctae , who came together in various ways to pursue life-styles which they thought best furthered their ideal of a Scriptural vita apostolica . |
| 17 | According to Le Monde of Nov. 22 the number of asylum seekers ( who came especially from eastern Europe ) had risen to 1,700 per month , and a new law to speed the processing of asylum applications stipulated that these should be processed within two months , after which an applicant recognized as a refugee could take up provisional residence while waiting for a definitive decision . |
| 18 | Colin Montgomerie , a British Ryder Cup player last year , who was also making his first appearance , had a 72 but David Feherty , who played steadily for 12 holes , ran up a seven at the 13th and had to settle for a 73 . |
| 19 | A draw seemed the most likely result until five minutes from time when Caci 's goal-bound shot was parried into the path of Hackney who lobbed home from close range . |
| 20 | It was Paviour who stirred again in uneasy protest . |
| 21 | Gordon Watson , who scored twice in last week 's Coca Cola Cup seven-goal rout of Leicester and again in the reserves on Thursday , now looks certain to fill one of the strikers ' roles . |
| 22 | The guests , who consisted mostly of green types and sensible eaters , were lectured by Jonathon Porritt , director of Friends of the Earth and very important Green Party spokesman , on his concern for the ill effects of Western food on the health of Europeans , and for the devasting results of exporting processed food to developing countries . |
| 23 | Grateful acknowledgements are due to , who commented constructively on earlier drafts of this article . |
| 24 | Michael Rummenigge released the deadly Swiss striker Chapuisat , who fired home from 14 yards . |
| 25 | We ask people tokeep an eye out for anyone who returned home with bloody clothing |
| 26 | The Rock was made in the back of the shop and sold to holidaymakers who returned home with lettered Rock for family and friends . |
| 27 | Among those who campaigned tirelessly for gifted youngsters , knowing full well that there was more at stake than mere survival , was Greta Burkill . |
| 28 | A GOBLIN who figured prominently in French folklore , particularly around the Normandy region . |
| 29 | Marc Pajot , skipper of Ville de Paris , says that Jacques Chirac has pledged continuing support from the City of Paris , together with Yvon Jacob , of Legris Industries , who stepped aboard as principal sponsor of Pajot 's second Cup campaign . |
| 30 | None of the islands was inhabited , nor were they often visited , except by woodcutters from both shores of the Straits who landed periodically to fell timber in the luxuriant tropical forests that clothed the islands . |