Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] was [vb pp] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But our Jack had n't kept his nose clean , being the sort of bloke who was born with somebody else 's silver spoon in his fist if not his mouth . |
| 2 | Popular psychological accounts in the press tell of a child who was beaten by his step-father and who turned into a self- important , paranoid and sadistic adult . |
| 3 | However , it will end sooner if someone else claims income support or family credit in respect of a child who was included in your family credit award . |
| 4 | However , it will end sooner if someone else claims income support or family credit in respect of a child who was included in your family credit award . |
| 5 | However , it will end sooner if someone else claims income support or family credit in respect of a child who was included in your family credit award . |
| 6 | She was carrying a young child who was slung in her arms and perched on her right hip . |
| 7 | Hercules was a strong , courageous hero who was known for his indulgence for food and drink as well as for his strength and heroic deeds . |
| 8 | ‘ The Selling of Chen Chen — Trade in Native Taiwanese Children ’ documents the life of a 13 year-old Native Taiwanese girl who was sold by her father when she was 11 and forced to work as a prostitute . |
| 9 | ‘ The Selling of Chen Chen — Trade in Native Taiwanese Children ’ documents the life of a 13 year-old Native Taiwanese girl who was sold by her father when she was 11 and forced to work as a prostitute . |
| 10 | A BOY aged 16 was last night charged with the rape of an 11-year-old girl who was attacked on her way to school . |
| 11 | ‘ There is a story of a Japanese potter who was commanded by his Emperor to reproduce a marvellous glaze he had chanced upon as a mere hazard of the fire . |
| 12 | As the product of a privileged background , he surely represented the type of rich Conservative who was inhibited by what Mrs Thatcher once called ‘ bourgeois guilt ’ ( see p. 246 ) , and a directionless consensus . |
| 13 | The Shipman 's Tale tells of a lovers ' triangle , involving a merchant who lives at St Denis ( France ) , his wife , and a Parisian monk who was regarded as their friend : indeed the monk and the merchant call each other cousin , as both are from the same village . |
| 14 | of No 35 Squadron who was killed on his 99th sortie . |
| 15 | This is Rupert , a 5 month old Barn Owl who was deserted by his parents at a few days old , but found in time to be saved and hand reared . |
| 16 | Moreover he was the very fisherman who was mentioned in Our Watering Place as mending a little ship for a boy . |
| 17 | At Gary 's funeral , 500 people packed the church and 200 more were outside to pay their tributes to the well-loved lad who was known to his friends as ‘ The Main Man ’ because he organised holidays , football and much of their social lives . |
| 18 | A WOMAN who was dismissed from her job at Europe 's biggest nursing home faces more delays before she knows the outcome of her appeal . |
| 19 | We describe the case of a 17 year old woman who was referred to our service for treatment of panic attacks . |
| 20 | The health ombudsman 's officer was investigating a case of a terminally ill woman who was moved from her ward in the King Edward VII Hospital in Windsor every weekend for 10 weeks because the ward was closed at weekends to save money . |
| 21 | After eighteen years of respected service in the parish he caused a scandal by having an affair with a young woman who was placed under his roof . |
| 22 | An inquest has opened on a woman who was found in her submerged car in the River Severn . |
| 23 | A former student who was jailed for her part in the Olivia Channon drugs scandal , has begun a new career as an opera director . |
| 24 | An ex-Portsmouth Polytechnic student who was told by her economics tutor that ‘ all girls who get through are going on to do shorthand and typing in the evening ’ . |
| 25 | He was a man who was isolated in his world , to such a degree that his immediate environment probably hardly mattered to him . |
| 26 | Detectives investigating the murder of a man who was killed at his engagement party say they 've had an encouraging response to their appeals for information . |
| 27 | A WISECRACKING RABBI who was sacked by his congregation for his saucy remarks failed in his attempt to be reinstated to his Southgate Synagogue . |
| 28 | Also known as the Cold Lad , a sad little GHOST of a stable-boy who was murdered by his lord . |
| 29 | He left Allied Dunbar last October , at the same time as chief executive Mike Wilson , 47 , a 20-year cohort who was viewed as his successor , and sales director Keith Carby . |
| 30 | Apparently , his son was the albino who was shot during your raid on our armoured van . ’ |