Example sentences of "[noun] [Wh pn] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corporal Wix was the retired soldier who now worked for General Francis . |
| 2 | Some might need to be tossed out ; indeed it was these younger fry who mostly glared at one another . |
| 3 | Because on this occasion the fame seemed such a foregone conclusion , there was less talk than usual about its progress , which was a disappointment to those on our side who desperately wanted to be able to display modesty about their achievements . |
| 4 | Ballymena worked hard but it still was n't enough against a low-key Portadown side who only clicked into gear at the finish . |
| 5 | In the second half , Picksley , Mycoe , Plange and McAlister added touchdowns against outclassed opposition who never looked like getting into the contest . |
| 6 | The bearded head gardener who is always tending the apple tree ; the wise old sea-captain who never rushes to judgment ; the character you 're not quite introduced to , but who is giving you a creepy feeling by Chapter Four … pack them off into storage , all of them . |
| 7 | Another outsider who probably arrived in the area under Gloucester 's aegis was Ralph Willoughby , a younger son of the Willoughbys of Wollaton ( Notts. ) , who acquired landed interests in East Anglia through marriage to the widow of Henry Castell of Raveningham ( Norf . ) . |
| 8 | Another outsider who probably arrived in the area under Gloucester 's aegis was Ralph Willoughby , a younger son of the Willoughbys of Wollaton ( Notts. ) , who acquired landed interests in East Anglia through marriage to the widow of Henry Castell of Raveningham ( Norf . ) . |
| 9 | This task is admirably carried out by Geoffrey Douglas Madge , the Australian pianist who now teaches at The Hague . |
| 10 | Such an MNP will have to obtain separate indemnity cover for overseas branch offices ; only the gross fees of the MNP 's offices in England and Wales will be taken into account in calculating its indemnity contributions ; and those partners in the MNP who normally practise from overseas offices will not be included in the number of principals for the purpose of calculating the contributions . |
| 11 | Or , the Doctrine of the Sabbath ( 1649 ) ; the licence in this case granted by Joseph Caryl , a divine who frequently preached before the Long Parliament . |
| 12 | Mr Harper also receives support from Susan Beecham and Liam Johnstone who also assist in the 50 homes they visit in Darlington , Catterick Garrison , Richmond and elsewhere . |
| 13 | Secondly , the young stranger who also passed through Godstowe at the same time — was it just a coincidence , or was he connected with the murder victims ? ’ |
| 14 | It is a tremendous achievement for the twenty-nine people of the department who all contributed towards the donation . |
| 15 | Also , in contrast to the golden years of the multi-racial , multilingual , multi-ethnic Commonwealth , Poland was unhappy about the number of non-Poles who now resided within its borders . |
| 16 | It is apparent that the dominant holders are the insurance companies and pension funds who together accounted for around 50% of all holdings . |
| 17 | The Committee is also Ulster owned and his trainer is the man who also saddled Rhythm Section , Ulster exile Homer Scott who now operates from Kildare . |
| 18 | Thus , low CD4 counts without HIV infection , immunosuppressive therapy , or other known causes of immunosuppression occur in Ethiopian Jews who recently arrived in Israel . |
| 19 | The cause of all this activity was an illfated meeting in December , up north in the District of Columbia , between Mr Marion Barry , DC 's mayor , and Mr Charles Lewis , a St Thoman who once worked for Mr Barry 's government . |
| 20 | It was by chance and with the support of a visiting teacher of drawing who also happened to be a lecturer at Goldsmiths College that I succeeded in getting a place at art school , the first and last totally blind student to have ever done so in Britain . |
| 21 | All of these accoutrements are dispensed in a once-in-a-lifetime , never-to-be-repeated , Chrysalis carrier bag to the 94 Brits and 60-odd continental journalists who finally file into the International Press Centre at 2 pm Brussels time — primed , not-so-primed , willing , able and ready to pit the wits of the two South London jokers with attitude . |
| 22 | At one end was a compartment for the two armed guards who always travelled with a consignment of this kind , and in the partition between their compartment and the portion where the bullion was stored , there were portholes , or bull 's eyes , of stout glass , so that the interior was always under their view . |
| 23 | The China Inland Mission 's early years inland were hazardous with riots , some internal dissension , and opposition from established missionaries who especially objected to the use of Chinese dress . |
| 24 | And , finally , the views of a physicist who also teaches in the field of environmental science : |
| 25 | Barker and Greenfield were working-class lads who both arrived at Cambridge University in 1968 and were repelled by their first ever contact with the upper classes . |
| 26 | Godoy , Prince of the Peace , was neither a reactionary nor a brutal tyrant ; indeed he was a mild progressive who consistently posed as the friend of enlightenment , earning for himself that hatred of priests and monks which contributed to his fall . |
| 27 | The small-ad columns of Scam magazine are full of remote-control hookers who just sit by a telephone all day for money , like Ossie Twain . |
| 28 | But most poignant of all was the deserted Ministry of Culture , Slovak Republic stand staffed by a collective of solemnly seated , moustached , chain-smoking , dark suited gentlemen who clearly wanted to be somewhere else . |
| 29 | Besides , primaries used for the selection and ranking of persons proposed for inclusion in party lists would be open to much the same objections as were raised earlier in these pages against choice by the electorate at large among candidates who actually figure in those lists . |
| 30 | The Belgian authorities immediately commenced an investigation with the active participation of the UK accredited representative , Geoffrey Wilkinson ( who happened to be top of the list at the time ) , and his team of advisers comprising Geoffrey Feltham , who subsequently took over as head of the AIB engineering section , Jimmy Lett and the RAF consultant pathologists who normally worked with AIB . |