Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 In short , he had developed a habit of increasing muscular tension whenever he started reciting .
2 Stock management is a very important factor in ensuring that the printed collections are properly and reliably controlled , and are available for readers whenever they wish to consult them .
3 Darren , at age 4 , had breath holding tantrums whenever he had to get dressed .
4 shouts from Madam Sweaty Pie to enable the older of the canned bus company to leap this obstruction whenever they wish to dismount .
5 They make it easier for teachers to use the video machine without being tied to its side whenever they want to stop or start it .
6 Vacuum at least once a week and shampoo whenever it starts to look grubby — probably once or twice a year .
7 Tax inspectors , who can already ask that bone-poor lawyer how he managed to afford a BMW and a five-bedroom house , may now also check his electricity bills and his credit-card spending ; one Santorini tourist shop turned out to have reported only a tenth of its credit-card takings .
8 She was not reluctant to talk about herself , and described with glee how she had left Scaraby through the sewers , emerging on the northern verges of Haling Heart .
9 The acquirer 's solicitor should reserve the right to incorporate additional warranties when he has received all the information about the target , read the accountants ' report and read the draft disclosure letter .
10 Nurse found the worst patches around his ears where he had scratched the scalp sore .
11 I asked the Corporal why he had saluted and he explained that it was because the Legion was the senior arm of the French Armed Forces .
12 and er er er er the situation is that you can , in , in some of these nursing schools where they have taught you and it is their letterhead that 's on your pass-out , they still are n't in a position to say oh well there 's a job of course because you do n't need to have passed out top , you know , to be guaranteed a job , there ai n't no jobs guaranteed for no one .
13 but I have actually worked for organizations where they do see it in terms of those centimetre arr erm measurements and that 's a you know I mean it 's funny when I 've been giving talks on communications erm one of the things I say to people is erm where your stuff appears is crucial do n't worry about one and page three .
14 In practice however he has to comply with it , because , if he does not , that fact is evidence against him and , if he does , he has a complete defence .
15 She was n't sure if he would come , but it never occurred to her not to go to the rock where they had met before .
16 He picked the hambone off the rock where he had put it and held it out to Michael .
17 The things like a case study where you have to gather lots of information and analyze it , I mean that 's just what the reflectors like , cos they want to feel that there 's you know they th working is not just it 's actually working on some fact .
18 And gradually dust or you 've seen these er chemist shops where you 've got lots of er drawers in .
19 Between these , gold-dark , dark-gold and violent pink , lay Lady Rose Martindale , solid but not fat or for in less , indeed very woman-shaped , in pink-and-brown striped silk bathing suit , with gold hair spattered softly over the brown flesh of her shoulders and whitish sand speckled on the gleam of her thighs where she had rolled from side to side .
20 They did it laughingly , but they did it ; so that cut out forever the grace that says , what we are about to receive , so he only gives thanks when he 's got it down . ’
21 She could have been stoned , people would have mocked her as she passed in the street , as they jeered and booed that girl Serafina when she started getting bigger and everyone knew who 'd done it but they could n't do anything about it , not even kill him , because he was the son of a nobleman -Rosalba shuddered , remembering the way Serafina had thrown up her chin and turned and screamed at her tormentors , ‘ And which one of you is so good that you can point at me ! ’ , then dropped her head and run away down the street , holding her heavy breasts as she ran .
22 Notwithstanding the views that have found favour with others I consider this to be a reasonable construction of the statutory provisions and I am comforted in the fact that , apart from an attempt to tax airline employees , which was taken to the special commissioners who decided in favour of the taxpayer , this has been the practice of the Inland Revenue in applying the relevant words where they have occurred in the Income Tax Acts for so long as they have been in force , until they initiated the present cases .
23 The boldness of her eyes when she had greeted him had spoken of no social fear .
24 Here , nothing grew except needle-like blades of sparse grass , which made Dauntless 's horse curl back his lips and roll his eyes when he 'd tried to eat it .
25 The days on Capitol Hill when she had to paint in her limited spare time seem far off now .
26 Huy said nothing , resisting the urge to ask Merymose why he had told Kenamun of his meeting with Surere , and wondering if the Medjay would give an explanation .
27 He 'd never once forgotten to lock up the hens when she 'd asked him .
28 At seven-thirty she had started the engine of the Subaru when he came running out of the house .
29 Instead , Blanche asked Blufton where he had bought the mechanical canary .
30 that have got six months where they want to get in before they get stuck into their studying again .
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