Example sentences of "who [vb past] [adv] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Local Stigmatic is about two Cockney thugs who beat up an actor in the pub because ‘ fame is the first disgrace because God knows who you are . ’ |
| 2 | Coppell , who turned down an indirect approach from Sunderland , has not been helped by the public criticisms of Noades . |
| 3 | The latest Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society resolves a question that came to light in the days of Lord Rayleigh , who showed how an idealised object called a black body radiates heat and light energy . |
| 4 | When Greig went for 116 , Snow supported Knott , who spent over an hour in the nineties before reaching the same score as his captain , and when the tail went quickly the total was 387 . |
| 5 | And Cambridge almost wrapped up the game in the first few minutes of the second half but were denied by Oldham goalkeeper John Keeley , who pulled off an excellent save to push away a curling , 20-yard Chris Leadbetter free-kick , then fingertipped a header from Mick Heathcote on to the crossbar . |
| 6 | As distinct from a personal tutelary spirit , who watched over an individual brave , the manitou patronised the entire tribe and was thought to be the long-ago founder of that tribe . |
| 7 | Most importantly , there was a cluster of writers , directors , actors and critics who gathered around an idea of a realistic , passionate , intellectual theatre which would have been a most fertile ground for Burton . |
| 8 | Of the various attempts that have been made to apply Althusser 's principles , by far the most wholehearted and discerning is the work of Nicos Poulantzas , who offered both an account of the state in capitalist societies and an analysis of what he saw as one of its exceptional forms fascism . |
| 9 | The vituperative messages which poured forth in a veritable torrent of abuse were repeatedly drowned by the dissenting majority who kept up an incessant chant : ‘ Return to work . |
| 10 | ‘ He has maintained his innocence throughout and has been fully vindicated by a jury who took only an hour and a half to find him not guilty . |
| 11 | The most probable source of this innovation , however , would seem to be the nomadic herdsman of Central Asia , who possessed both an abundance of rug-making material ( i.e. , wool provided by their sheep ) and the need to combat the harshness of climate and terrain ; it is likely that they discovered — possibly by accident — that by looping or knotting short lengths of wool through a flatwoven piece of material they could produce much more comfortable and durable rugs . |
| 12 | The operation was overseen by Pilger , who put in an occasional appearance in person with suggestions for improvement . |
| 13 | The battle to rid the canal of mink is being organised by Mow Cop AC secretary Phil Carr who put out an appear for other clubs with a mink problem to contact him . |
| 14 | A good soldier to the end , Mr Kuchma , who learned only an hour before Mr Kravchuk 's speech that the president would not support him , tendered his resignation . |
| 15 | And all this in a conflict fought halfheartedly by many Norfolk farmers who had only an eye for renewed state intervention . |
| 16 | With just four minutes remaining , though , the stalest of stalemates was broken by Chelsea captain Andy Townsend , who rounded off an immensely difficult few days for Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson . |
| 17 | Cheshire Fire Brigade who set up an emergency operation centre on site said the cloud had been taken by the prevailing wind east of Northwich . |