Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Floy began to have the sensation that he was being watched , not by Balor or Snodgrass , but by other creatures , creatures who lived in this huge , dark forest , and crept out only under cover of darkness … |
| 2 | just to exist , was a very hard one , but they were home and many of those who lived in these remote parts had probably never been further away than the nearest celebration of Holy Communion . |
| 3 | The historical texts were confined to enumerating the kings who lived in those troubled years and do not give any indication that something important was occurring at that time . |
| 4 | The Yorkshire boxers ' misfortune at having to box twice so soon before the N-E Counties finals can only help the N-E division winners , who laid on another fine night of boxing at Gateshead Leisure Centre on Friday . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it is fair to say that he was far more conscious of the reductionist tendencies in logical positivism than were others who passed through this particular school of thought . |
| 6 | The dissenters who met in these new places of worship belonged to a Puritan tradition which disapproved of the decoration of churches , and the interiors of meeting-houses were thus kept bare and plain . |
| 7 | I thank all of you who supported me and particularly all those who helped in this non-target ward campaign . |
| 8 | I enjoyed this day , felt I had done something worthwhile and was grateful for the generosity of my sponsors who contributed to such worthy cause . |
| 9 | The Chancellor was Mr Major , who recognised in this diminutive capable figure an appetite for detail which rivalled his own . |
| 10 | Shock flooded her as she stared at the tall , dark-haired , dark-eyed man , who seemed in those initial moments not to be believing his eyes either . |
| 11 | The tweedy lady , very county , who suffered from some extreme fungoid disease of her feet , which were wrapped in many layers of polythene and which in a public cinema would have guaranteed her a whole row to herself , but at the NFT caused whoever was unfortunate to have the adjoining numbered seat to retain vivid Aromavision memories of particular films . |
| 12 | The inspectorate , who came into most frequent contact with the diversities of local procedures , were consistently interested in ‘ modernising ’ the selection system , and in some ways they were the single group most responsible for altering local authority activities . |
| 13 | And from that centre of chivalry , the Burgundian court , came the nobleman Jacques de Lalain in 1448 , to challenge James , brother of William earl of Douglas , ‘ neither for hatred nor envy nor any evil wish whatsoever , but to do the greatest honour in his power to one who came of such high descent , and was besides of such great renown and courage , that he desired his acquaintance more than that of any lord in the said kingdom of Scotland ’ . |
| 14 | Already she felt a sense of belonging , a need to protect this special place from the trampling hordes who came without any real feeling , who listened without understanding , and looked without seeing . |
| 15 | And it is a Scot who is credited with using the first ‘ cady ’ on the golf course , namely the Marquis of Montrose , who played on that delightful east-coast course in the 1620s and wrote in his accounts , ‘ payment of four shillings to the boy who carried my clubs ’ . |
| 16 | Striker who played in several senior games last season . |
| 17 | Thomas Fairchild ( 1667–1729 ) was already known for his City Gardener , with its advice on flowers , evergreens and shrubs suitable for London gardens and another member , Robert Furber , who experimented with many new trees and plants in his Kensington nursery numbered a horse chestnut with a scarlet flower amongst his novelties . |
| 18 | There was , however , one troubling group inherited from the Roman past , which remained a permanent feature of the social landscape of Western Europe : the Jews who existed in most Roman towns , in large numbers or small . |
| 19 | The grievance was taken to the union , the union just say er told the steward who belonged to that particular pit there , right , just call the men out , that 's it . |
| 20 | But in 1869 Uncle Elias , who belonged to this secret group , suddenly left America with all their papers , and so the group could not go on . |
| 21 | It was interesting to talk with a family who belonged to this high priest 's group and hear their side of the story . |
| 22 | The ones who began with such high hopes of the world , then put their trust in psychopaths and fantasists , invested their faith in boozers and hitters . |
| 23 | He glared at Mr Catlett , who quailed before this rare intimidation from a man who was normally jovial and kind . |
| 24 | Eadui Basan , a well-known Canterbury scribe who worked on several surviving de luxe manuscripts , forged S 914 , which purports to be a refoundation of the monastic community by Æthelred , possibly as some sort of safeguard at a time when Cnut was trying to force upon them , in his royal priest Eadsige , a non-monastic archbishop . |
| 25 | ‘ There are too many ‘ I-am-the-greatest ’ type people working in hotels , ’ says Roger Cole , who worked in several five-star hotels before joining London contract caterer High Table in 1986 . |
| 26 | Eric was a smaller , colourless man who worked in some clerical capacity in the production office . |
| 27 | Reduced sentences could also be given to those who confessed to any subsequent crimes . |
| 28 | They had taken the very unusual step of advertising in the local newspaper for anyone to come forward who knew of any ritual practices that might have been taking place in South Ronaldsay . |
| 29 | Because these men who knew with such unquestionable certainty the difference between right and wrong , and who blithely described the garotters as creatures capable of responding only to the fear of physical pain , were people who knew a great deal about physical pain . |
| 30 | During all the long years of the war it was she who kept up the morale of all of us , especially my father , who went through many difficult times . |