Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I picked her out almost as soon as she arrived , the only woman present whom I did not know or , in the case of George 's sisters , could not identify . |
| 2 | D'Arcy recognised the faces of several ex-special forces personnel whom he had not seen for some time . |
| 3 | ‘ But then , ’ he excused , ‘ I 've had but a short while to suspect — when you were prepared to leave without fulfilling your agreement to your sister whom you love so much — that you might , dare I believe it , be running from me because you loved me and had been badly hurt by my ‘ clinging ’ accusation . ’ |
| 4 | To command the army , Saddam would rely on his own family and clans whom he had traditionally promoted . |
| 5 | He left with a young , red-haired whore whom he had never seen before . ’ |
| 6 | The new Eve momentarily wants to be a tragedy queen ; for a few flickering instants , she wants to be like almost ali the characters in literature whom we find most beguiling — Cleopatra , Anna Karenin , Madame Bovary , Eve herself in Paradise Lost — a figure who has risked everything for the sake of une grande passion . |
| 7 | yeah , well yeah I mean one of the blokes I he said just over a pair of |
| 8 | And then he had a job , they had a job for him you know , and of course I he did n't want to leave me , Well I said , You can go , I said , it 's alright if I 'm going to sell , I said , that would be alright . |
| 9 | He interviewed , one by one , some of the other names put forward by Fisher , to see what they were like in comparison with Ramsey whom he knew already . |
| 10 | In one of the supporting in-depth interviews , one respondent said : ‘ We have one lawyer whom we contact once a month on average for disputes or land deals and so on and another one who specialises in debt collecting who may be chasing about 20 customers at any one time . |
| 11 | For the next thirty-five years he published a spate of pamphlets and books on the subjects about which he felt strongly and the authors whom he admired deeply or disagreed with emphatically . |
| 12 | An enigmatic amalgam of cold ruthlessness and surprising kindness and sensitivity , he was capable of striking terror equally into the enemy and any of his own side whom he considered too timidly orthodox . |
| 13 | Anyone at the assembly can nominate a person or persona whom they consider most appropriate to take on certain responsibilities . |
| 14 | Apparently he was under the impression that she had arranged to see Richard again tonight ; he was also under the delusion that Richard was a Belgian whom she had just happened to pick up . |
| 15 | She was alone , at night , in a deserted unfamiliar area , with a stranger whom she had only met 5 minutes before . |
| 16 | Clothes were irrelevant … only flesh mattered to her where Damian was concerned , because she did not just want the hard , ambitious chairman of the board , but the man of flesh and blood whom she loved more powerfully than she could put into words , and only the silent communication of their bodies allowed her to express that love … |
| 17 | The Reverend Peter Green warned in How to Deal with Lads ( 1911 ) of how ‘ the club is rushed by a swarm of rough lads whom you do n't know and over whom it is impossible to exercise any control ’ . |
| 18 | Say the distance between two species is the number of characteristics which they do n't have in common . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've also got an old ‘ 57 brown sunburst which I do n't take out on the road , as last time it got knocked over twice , and I do n't want it to get battered any more . |
| 20 | When the line-up was finalised with Charman in the spring of 1985 , they already had a set of six songs which they rehearsed repeatedly . |
| 21 | He 's twelve , and he 's got a horse which he rides sometimes . ’ |
| 22 | It was also a revelation to see the wildlife — birds and animals which I had only seen in Zoos were free for me to enjoy . |
| 23 | Increasingly underwriters took blocks of stock which they moved on to clients . |
| 24 | A difference of one thousand one hundred in the base dwellings stock which I 've not discussed and do n't propose to go into . |
| 25 | Now it was that I had a chance of discarding or of adapting to my own purpose the fine words and infinite variety of constructions which I had formerly admired from afar off and imitated in fairly cold blood . |
| 26 | The letters gave him the chance of ‘ discarding or of adapting to my own purpose the fine words and infinite variety of constructions which I had formerly admired from afar and imitated in fairly cold blood . ’ |
| 27 | As appears from the chronology which I have already recited the purpose of the December charge being executed in favour of the mortgagees was simply to replace the defective charge that had been given in September . |
| 28 | Zen sat down on the large sofa which occupied most of one wall , thinking about that last card which he 'd fondly thought he had up his sleeve . |
| 29 | Moreover , Truman was ready to act decisively , following the advice of the card which he displayed prominently on his desk : " The buck stops here " . |
| 30 | Can you tell Mummy which one to put on ? |