Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] [vb past] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE condition of an RIR soldier who lost both legs in a booby trap bomb blast in Lurgan is described as ‘ stable ’ . |
| 2 | The speech was welcomed by the opposition who saw these developments in sharp contrast to the more cautious approach to change signalled by Iliescu during the election campaign . |
| 3 | Thus , a litigant who claimed any form of injunction had an unfettered right of appeal . |
| 4 | We saw earlier did n't we when we talked about , about future who did that ? |
| 5 | But there can be nothing irrational about preferences which are reflectively consistent , so that the agent who pursued all of them would have no regrets . |
| 6 | ‘ One of the cruellest had a girlfriend who had many friends involved in the struggle against the regime and he would go with her to cafes , where they would sing songs against the dictatorship . ’ |
| 7 | He matured into a distinguished mathematician who enriched many branches of the science before he died at the age of only 44 from a ruptured appendix . |
| 8 | Indeed , it seems that a hearer who interpreted this utterance as conveying a specific proposition or set of propositions would miss out on much of its intended relevance . |
| 9 | Centre-forward Tom White was Manager Bert Head 's primary target at Pittodrie , but he brought John McCormick back with him as well from the Granite City for a mere £1,500 — and it was the craggy defender who became such a staunch and resolute pillar of Palace rearguards and helped guide the club through to 1st Division security . |
| 10 | At that time he was like many young men of energy and ambition who saw little prospect of self-advancement in Ireland . |
| 11 | Just before the outbreak of the First World War , H. N. Brailsford , a liberal socialist who did much to popularize Hobson 's ideas , coined the phrase ‘ dry war ’ to describe relations between the European powers : |
| 12 | Gurus of gossip The Hollywood Kids recently circulated a story about a hunky heart-throb labelled Pig Pen on the set of his latest film , whilst Movie Line magazine carried an item about an actress who had such a problem that her action hero leading man vowed never to work with her again |
| 13 | Not all may agree with one critic who termed these ‘ the finest fighting men of the Middle Ages ’ . |
| 14 | I seem to recall being the culprit who caused this trouble . ’ |
| 15 | I once read about a boxer who did that . |
| 16 | A diplomat who spent most of his working life in foreign capitals could easily feel himself part of an aristocratic international to which national feeling was hardly more than a vulgar plebeian prejudice . |
| 17 | I should perhaps add that I was not a member of the committee who heard these appeals in the first hearing since I became involved only when your Lordships who sat in the first hearing suggested a second hearing under my chairmanship and accordingly I have not been asked to consider this matter apart from the discussion of the extracts from Hansard which have been put before us in this appeal . |
| 18 | Silly crybaby Sally Anne , who belongs to the circus , is caught by the baddy Professor Coldheart , a Rik Mayall-ish type who deserved all the boos and screams he got . |
| 19 | Born deaf , and educated partly at the Langside Institution , Glasgow and partly at William Van Praagh 's Oral School in London , George Edward was a fine designer of silver cups , challenge shields and the like , and also a fine yachtsman who won many trophies in his racing yachts Osprey and Majel . |
| 20 | ‘ It must 've been a pretty powerful bloke who did that ; father was no weakling . ’ |
| 21 | A MOTHER who was involved in a hit-and-run horror , only weeks before she was due to give birth , last night cuddled the little baby boy who dispelled all her worst fears of what could have happened . |
| 22 | Most persistent was an aristocratic-looking Japanese boy who returned several times to his protest . |
| 23 | I know a little boy who had that |
| 24 | Had the man who wrote the foreword been at No. 10 in those days he would doubtless have seen to it that this cricketer who displayed such honourable patriotism and high personal standards was given some decoration or other . |
| 25 | Jess the collie was a laid-back sort of hound who spent most of his life stretched out on a fireside rug in his large Surrey home . |
| 26 | A dear , wonderful lady who sacrificed all for her children . |
| 27 | I 'd be interested to know the lady who mentioned that , er she got help from friends , what sort of help did she get from her friends ? |
| 28 | And you were the kind lady who gave little Afgie the leprechaun , ’ she added with a warm smile . |
| 29 | A country-lover who spent most of his life in the great outdoors has died suddenly in the Yorkshire Dales . |
| 30 | A consultant who treated more patients would shorten the queue and attract more patients without attracting more resources — more anxiety and no reward or means to do the job . |