Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] on [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crossbow , most useful in defence when the crossbowman , who needed protection for the time required to wind up his weapon , could hide himself behind a wall , was an elitist weapon , most effective in the hands of Gascons , who fought in Wales for Edward I , and of Genoese , a large contingent of whom fought on the French side at Crécy . |
| 2 | He assumed she was the younger daughter of the couple who lived on the second floor , until she spoke . |
| 3 | Sir Eric and Lady Paignton were there , a kindly , elderly couple , who lived on the other side of the village , and one or two people from Clyst St George ; and a fat , over-dressed little woman who turned out to be Mrs Blessington-Dalrymple . |
| 4 | I ca n't remember exactly who lived on the right hand side , I 've forgotten but th I know the Chief Clerk lived just a little way down , you see , er |
| 5 | It was true however that Doris Smythe , an elderly widow who lived on the opposite side of their suburban road in a small rented house , did n't like too much bustle around her . |
| 6 | Sommerville , of Redburn , Bonhill , Dunbartonshire , admitted stabbing and murdering Mr Friel , who lived on the same estate , in the local shopping centre on 30 October last . |
| 7 | POLICE are hunting a masked attacker who pounced on a young woman on Saturday night . |
| 8 | It is true that Spain 's only military contribution to the fighting was the despatch of volunteers ( the " Blue Division " ) who fought on the Russian front as part of the German Army , and that Spain did not declare war on any country . |
| 9 | The gathering was small but that did not diminish the effect of the occasion as two of only 12 remaining Scottish survivors — out of 500 Scots who fought on the republican side in the Spanish Civil War — gathered with district council representatives to pay their respects at a simple ceremony . |
| 10 | Some pupils who failed on the first occasion might subsequently succeed because of increasing insight into a concept or because a skill has been practised . |
| 11 | He left the chamber without answer , knowing the fate of those who failed on an imperial mission . |
| 12 | It consisted of a team of people who met on a regular basis and who made themselves available to share their expertise with parents . |
| 13 | Sailors who chanced on a sudden sand blizzard or capsized in the Neck of Mithridates were rarely rescued . |
| 14 | However , it was obviously not deemed grand enough by the Moon of the manor at the beginning of the seventeenth century who built on the exquisite Renaissance porch in Purbeck limestone . |
| 15 | Whitby police are looking for thieves who preyed on an elderly woman living alone and made off with family heirlooms worth £15,000 . |
| 16 | On his way home from Asia Minor Stephen Lazarević called on the Byzantine emperor , Manuel II Paleologus , who conferred on the Serbian leader the title of despot . |
| 17 | ‘ How 's that ? ’ the girl asked , but then the phone rang and there was no time to worry because they were swinging into action with the RTA , two victims of a car smash who came on a blue light with sirens wailing . |
| 18 | The Eastern National , in 1929 , took over followed by United Counties who came on the local scene in June 1928 . |
| 19 | Of course it 's a great challenge , but you can end up losing your own personality , because you 've got to ‘ be ’ somebody else if you 're playing these old songs , or maybe just following someone else who played on a particular album … ’ |
| 20 | Honorary Finance Officer , Maureen Ronan who played on the Plate-winning team from Tralee/Mullingar |
| 21 | These tended to be white , middle-class academic English women who expounded on the latest dogmas of feminist political theory with a vigour reminiscent of evangelism . |
| 22 | Although most of those who commented on the proposed SAS support the need for a new Standard , there are two particular aspects that concern many commentators . |
| 23 | British UN troops shot dead three Croat gunmen who fired on a Muslim aid convoy near Vitez in central Bosnia today after Croat forces had shot and killed eight of the convoy 's drivers . |
| 24 | In New York , UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali informed Alatas that the UN was studying the report of his special envoy , Kenyan Attorney General Amos Wako , who arrived on an official visit to Indonesia on Feb. 8 and made a two-day visit to East Timor on Feb. 13-14 . |
| 25 | Acquired by Ormond Haydon-Baillie in 1977 along with seven other Spitfires , ‘ 298 eventually ended up in the USA , passing through several owners until being purchased by David tallichet who embarked on the full restoration to flying condition of this rare mark of Supermarine 's famous fighter . |
| 26 | Nothing further was heard from him on that subject but in the meantime Whitbread had made contact with a Bedford surgeon , Samuel Young , who embarked on an extended trial of the remedy over the course of the following three years . |
| 27 | AN AMERICAN accused of killing a Japanese exchange student who knocked on the wrong door while looking for a Halloween party said he acted in self-defence when his trial opened yesterday . |
| 28 | War heroes who served on the Russian convoys had given up all hope of receiving the award issued by the old Soviet Union . |
| 29 | The first two training colleges also had schools for deaf children attached to them , and teachers ' certificates were awarded to students who taught on the oral system to the exclusion of any other method . |
| 30 | Next morning , 19th July , all is quiet , and after breakfast I decided to pay a visit to the other Commando units ; 4 Commando and 3 Commando , lots of new faces , not many of those who landed on the 6th June are left . |