Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | STUNG by the jeers and booing which greeted last year 's avant garde production of The Gondoliers , the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company says it has toned down the designs for its new version of The Mikado — despite the presence of a Lord High Executioner in flourescent pink leggings and yellow platform shoes , writes James Delingpole , Arts Correspondent . |
| 2 | This is in contrast to HWIM which designed individual interfaces for each of its components . |
| 3 | The understated beauty of her face was framed by the dark curls of her shoulder-length hair — looks which attracted covert glances from other men in the restaurant . |
| 4 | A few thousand years ago , some violent explosive phenomenon occurred which hurled numerous bullets ( ‘ shrapnel ’ ) into the molecular cloud with velocities probably in excess of 400 km s -1 . |
| 5 | During the war , under Lloyd George , a policy had been pursued which combined vigorous prosecution of the war with all-round reconstruction on the home front . |
| 6 | This was partly because of the structure of the lexicon used which enabled efficient storage and search , and cut off non-productive alternatives at an early stage . |
| 7 | Then I would much like to know what caused that explosion in the engine-room . |
| 8 | They but they do n't know what caused that fire er they reckon it was an electrical fault from the generator that er supplied the it was a s a fifty watt bulb in each room and there was mainly for the radio . |
| 9 | ‘ I just do n't know what happened that day . |
| 10 | ‘ I still do n't know what happened last night , when Markham came round . |
| 11 | I 've had to go back up in to him , yeah , but I do n't know what happened last night , I do n't know whether he was not quite tired enough , erm , he must of got up as soon as I put him down and started sort of moaning then I went into the girls and I sorted them out he started screaming he did , so I had to go to him in and lay him down and making him lay down |
| 12 | down to , I d I do n't even know what happened last year . |
| 13 | stirred I must of , do n't know what happened this morning , I put the alarm off and turned over and went back to sleep again , it was about ten to eight before I finally got up . |
| 14 | The Christian Social Union ( CSU , part of Kohl 's coalition government ) and organizations specifically representing the 12,000,000 Germans who fled what became Polish territory after 1945 , had called for the treaty to include a " right of return " , and for German " topographical designations " to have official status in the traditional settlement areas of the German minority in Poland . |
| 15 | Above all , place what transpired last month into its right perspective , for a lunar eclipse in Aquarius on August 6th appears to have coincided with some kind of an emotional conflict or watershed and you still need to face up to certain harsh realities . |
| 16 | The curricular review for the age group 5–14 years presents exciting challenges and during the year a very successful primary pilot was undertaken which involved 100 schools throughout Scotland . |
| 17 | ‘ Betrothed ? ’ she managed , and immediately fell into a helpless fit of coughing which sent another stab of pain through her stomach . |
| 18 | Outspoken speeches were given which received spontaneous standing ovations . |
| 19 | I 'm not going to do a match report either , I 'll leave that to someone who 's a bit more eloquent , and who 's got a better memory , I ca n't even seem to remember what happened 10 mins ago let alone 2 days . |
| 20 | he describes what happened that night and talks about how the memorial is important because he never went to the funerals ofhis colleagues . |
| 21 | he describes what happened that night and talks about how the memorial is important because he never went to the funerals ofhis colleagues . |
| 22 | It seemed they would only be remembered for the effervescent day-glo Sixties pop which took popular root in Manhattan 's late Seventies downtown scene , where the songs Rock Lobster and Planet Claire first became free-spirited party anthems . |
| 23 | After many long hours of negotiations between the key delegations , however , and increasing support among South American and African countries for a total ban on drift-nets , a compromise text was agreed which involved substantial concessions by Japan . |
| 24 | After that , Dinah should disappear for a little ; they must not grow accustomed to her , and he himself had a leading part waiting which demanded full passions ; that of Tamburlaine . |
| 25 | On the same day a water bill was approved which covered water-related projects in 17 western states . |
| 26 | The SD agency in Würzburg even reported criticism of the fanaticism shown by Hitler and Göring which dispelled any hope of coming to terms with the enemy and meant the continuation on all sides of the ‘ war of annihilation ’ . |
| 27 | Held , allowing the appeal , that section 69(1) of the Housing Act 1985 imposed a duty on housing authorities to exercise their discretion in deciding what constituted suitable accommodation for persons whom they had a duty to house under section 65(2) of the Act ; that any decision on suitability necessarily depended on the circumstances prevailing at the time and called for a subjective judgment by a housing authority to be made before the performance of the executive act of securing suitable accommodation for an applicant ; and that the duty imposed by section 69(1) was to be exercised by housing authorities subject only to challenge by way of proceedings for judicial review in the High Court , and not on their merits by an action in the county court ( post , pp. 213E–H , 214B–C , 218A–C ) . |
| 28 | Do you remember what started this conversation ? |
| 29 | It is important to remember that a very confused person lives just in each moment , the ‘ now ’ , even if they do n't remember what happened five minutes ago . |
| 30 | Look what happened last year when the three of them nearly went bankrupt . |