Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [Wh pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same issue of the ‘ Guardian ’ I cited above was a news report headed : Jail for PC who stamped on man . |
| 2 | Some languages have case inflections which indicate the relationship between the elements in a clause , for instance who does what to whom . |
| 3 | In England and Wales in 1989 , of the 89,316 defendants committed for trial who pleaded guilty 52 per cent . |
| 4 | The mistress , named Sugar , is written off as gold-digger who likes sex and specialises in husband removal . |
| 5 | We saw earlier did n't we when we talked about , about future who did that ? |
| 6 | Only 13 anglers braved the Bristol Avon at Staverton , and it was unlucky for ren who dry netted . |
| 7 | Five and a half years … second sentence for inmate who kidnapped a prison officer . |
| 8 | ‘ In France they have a Minister For Rock who goes round and investigates the need for venues and rehearsal space , ’ says Salli . |
| 9 | Celebrations for soldier who survived explosion |
| 10 | This subtle humour was used when Pip , Joe and Mrs Joe had some very difficult guests for tea who kept putting Pip down . |
| 11 | For this reason , gastrin results are not available in two of the 11 duodenal ulcer patients before treatment and two of 10 duodenal ulcer patients after treatment who entered the study later . |
| 12 | When the string of horses goes out for exercise who takes leads er , leads them out ? |
| 13 | What we will end up with , no matter who wins , is a Minister for Sport who sits some distance from the corridors of power , who will likely be attached to some other ministry like Agriculture and Fisheries ( file ‘ Sport ’ under ‘ Codswallop ’ ) and who will spend a parliamentary career powerless , penniless and potless . |
| 14 | Its child protection procedures have information about what to do if a child is worried about HIV , and how to make an appropriate referral if HIV/AIDS came up as an issue for child who has been sexually abused . |
| 15 | Spoke to him about child who had epileptic fit in coach on journey to School this morning and he supplied further details . |
| 16 | From the moment Alexander II ( 1855–81 ) took power , an image was built of the ‘ Tsar Liberator ’ as a resolute and liberally minded champion of progress who imposed his autocratic will over the objections of subservient nobles and bureaucrats . |
| 17 | The most deeply spontaneous , the gut reaction , from every viewpoint except the destitute , or of a criminal ready to pay for the advantage of robbing by the risk of himself being robbed , or of the kind of anarchist who acclaims private theft as a blow to the oppressive institution of private property , is of being threatened . |
| 18 | Second to Henry Yevele , Wynford was an architect of genius who transformed and unified English building . |
| 19 | If he is to succeed , Simpson might have to rely heavily on his father , Gordon Simpson , a former finance director of Shell who has come on board as deputy chairman . |
| 20 | Those fellow-travellers of communism who sought to dupe the American people into arms control at lower levels were not identified but implied . |
| 21 | And , as many have pointed out , he is working with the nomenclatura of communism who have served their political masters faithfully for the past 40 yerars . |
| 22 | The decision , taken in the presence of the current Minister of Religion Nicolae Stoicescu ( an old acquaintence of Teoctist who had shared responsibility for religious affairs under Ceausescu ) , was not universally welcomed . |
| 23 | In the absence of anyone more nearly related I had been designated next-of-kin , and now I wrote to the Court of Protection who had been dealing with her affairs , asking what my responsibilities would be if she died . |
| 24 | Fortunately there is a kind of illustrator who remains acceptable to the adults and respectful of the young reader . |
| 25 | It was a wise old friend in the College of Agriculture who said to me once , ‘ I never go out into the field without discovering that I have more to learn than to teach ’ . |
| 26 | Fudah , 47 , was a professor of agriculture who had unsuccessfully stood as a candidate in legislative elections , most recently in 1990 . |
| 27 | I visited a one-man research station of the Cyprus Department of Agriculture who invited me to taste the products of many combinations of variety and soil . |
| 28 | JOHN DUTTON , 47 , a graduate of Lancashire College of Agriculture who started his journalistic career as a Press officer with the Milk Marketing Board has been appointed Editor of ‘ British Farmer ’ , the official journal of the NFU . |
| 29 | Whereas the future admiral was comptroller of the ordnance ( in charge of field artillery ) in the parliamentary army of Robert Devereux ( Earl of Essex ) and Philip Skippon [ qq.v. ] and then in the New Model Army , subsequently a colonel of foot , and eventually major-general and temporary commander-in-chief in Scotland ( in 1652 ) , his cousin was a captain of foot who became secretary or chief clerk to the army committee of the Rump Parliament from 1649 to 1653 . |
| 30 | In spite of the distances of time and culture , we also discover that we can learn from the great men and women of faith who lived before us . |