Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The late Victorian period was the first in which there were considerable numbers of agnostics , atheists and opponents of organized religion who led lives of exemplary respectability ; it could not be urged of Huxley , Clifford or Tyndall that they were irreligious because they were libertines , like the earlier ungodly . |
| 2 | ‘ We have nothing to add at the moment , ’ said a spokesperson for the betting shops association who advised bookies to withhold winnings after Jo N Jack 's success eight days ago . |
| 3 | A soldier who feared flying was fined £600 yesterday for endangering a civil aircraft and disobeying the captain 's orders . |
| 4 | Macedonian soldier who became King of Egypt ( 305–282 ) and founder of the dynasty that ruled until 31 BC . |
| 5 | Celebrations for soldier who survived explosion |
| 6 | A SOLDIER who supplied transport for two younger youths intent on burglary , and kept watch for them as they carried out a theft , was fined over £300 by Alton magistrates on Tuesday . |
| 7 | Sixteen of these were from patients with sarcoidosis who underwent biopsy of the lung ( nine patients ) , lymph node ( six patients ) , or skin ( one patient ) . |
| 8 | For he was the Queen Mother 's steeplechaser who belly-flopped yards from the Grand National winning post , the horse who grabbed defeat from the very jaws of victory in such a way that even those with no interest whatsoever in the sport of racing still recall the sight of ‘ that horse who jumped the fence that was n't there ’ . |
| 9 | Mind you , rumours also link Wahl to Northern Transvaal , although Transvaal , the side who ditched Wahl in 1989 , will make a strong bid for the flanker 's services . |
| 10 | Tranmere now were not only confident but cocky , and as Spurs deteriorated into a formation as ragged as a returning Battle of Britain squadron it was the Third Division side who found space and time . |
| 11 | On Sunday , he will have an important role in the final against a Galway side who stunned Tipperary at the semi-final stage . |
| 12 | Bath 's 13–3 victory at rain-swept Welford Road was achieved against a Leicester side who lost captain Dean Richards on the morning of the match with a calf injury . |
| 13 | Luton ( 20th ) should be unchanged from the side who beat Wimbledon last week , with Kamara recovered from a back injury . |
| 14 | Todd did appear in the Raiders side who beat Balmain in the Sydney Grand Final , but was replaced in extra time by Peter Jackson , who went on to score the winning try . |
| 15 | Liverpool have been putting hard-tackling left-back Stig Bjorbye through his paces at Anfield , while members of Norway 's Under-21 side who beat England last month have been on trial at Leeds , Sheffield United , Oldham and Forest . |
| 16 | Levein is , co-incidentally , a survivor from the side who defeated Argentina during their reign as world champions . |
| 17 | The daughter of a sea-NYMPH and HELIOS the sun god , Circe was a powerful sorceress who despised men and would poison and trick them whenever she could . |
| 18 | Of the 44 per cent of the electorate who took part in the poll , 73 per cent supported the plant . |
| 19 | Swings were highest amongst those who relied more on television than the press for help in deciding how to vote , rather lower amongst those who relied more on the press , and lowest of all amongst the 40 per cent of the electorate who found television and the press equally useful . |
| 20 | If the bar conversation was anything to go by , the people of Oswaldston were going to react to their newly famous son by first denigrating him and then resenting any outsider who made claim to him . |
| 21 | As Nicholson went on , telling him how King Morken died and his children swore to kill Kentigern who came south to Carlisle and then — learning of the paganism of the fell people — into the heartland of the lakes where he founded many churches , established missions , stood up to his neck in Derwent Water to read the Psalms and then went down into Wales … |
| 22 | The fund will be available on a claims-made basis to cover any loss suffered by a former shareholder who held shares during the period April 16 to December 1 1990 , and sold that stock at a loss as defined in the settlement agreement . |
| 23 | Francis Magniac was a French Huguenot goldsmith who made clocks and watches for the Chinese market . |
| 24 | wife of a London goldsmith who became mistress to King Edward IV about 1470 . |
| 25 | Cus D'Amato , the famed trainer who shaped Tyson 's career , was dismissive of teachers who believe that tall boxers were made to jab and move , relying mostly on their reach and mobility . |
| 26 | Such men earned their profits by steering human cattle into the holds of shipping companies anxious to fill them , towards public authorities and railroad companies interested in populating their empty territories , mine-owners , iron-masters and other employers of raw labour who needed hands . |
| 27 | The Palestinian news agency WAFA identified him as Hamza Abu Zayd , " an infiltrated agent who had ties with a traitorous party " . |
| 28 | THE Tory election agent who helped Harold Macmillan 's grandson to become an MP has been sacked — because of the recession . |
| 29 | The plaintiff called an expert estate agent who gave evidence that it was a matter of considerable significance to both vendors if there was one purchaser interested in acquiring both properties . |
| 30 | Watson was a Yorkshireman who studied medicine in Edinburgh and came under the influence of Sir William Hooker . |