Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [vb pp] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If necessary , Shaw then adds details ( who sued whom ) , and a panel of celebrities is asked who won and why , or who got sent down and for how long . |
| 2 | Leeds battled fiercely with Whelan playing well up front , holding the ball and putting decent balls in the box a lot ( he came on for Rocky at half time ) but when we did get back in it it was Deano who was in the box and looking like scoring who got hauled down and the ref points to the spot . |
| 3 | Bad luck on the Liberal Flemish Freedom and Progress Party ( PVV ) and the Francophone Liberal Reform Party ( PRL ) , who got left out and with a handful of other minority parties make up a discordant opposition . |
| 4 | He remains a bystander on the edge of God 's purposes , and one who has suffered grievously that those purposes might go forward . |
| 5 | But victory ran true to racing 's adage ‘ there 's nothing like experience ’ because the winner was ridden by Pat Leech , who has ridden more than 150 winners , while the two market leaders were partnered by riders with less than a handful of winners between them . |
| 6 | Writer BARBARA CARTLAND — who has written more than 520 books with more than 500 million copies sold — 34th richest with a £40 million fortune . |
| 7 | The police are anxious to hear from anyone who has lived in or visited the house recently or who knows of anyone who has done so . |
| 8 | ‘ A good example of the sort of player who should be a great beneficiary of this scheme is James Lenton — a tremendously hard worker who has struggled financially and once even had to quit to resort to coaching , ’ Lewis added . |
| 9 | It was a young Sharpe … who has slowed down since ( as players do when they hit 20 ) . |
| 10 | Garrett , who is based in the town , takes over from Ricky Westwell who has stepped down because of work commitments , but will remain at the club in another capacity . |
| 11 | Any candidate who has obtained more than 12.5 per cent of the registered vote ( around 18 per cent of the actual vote cast ) is eligible to participate in next Sunday 's run-off . |
| 12 | I asked Malcolm Hendry , who has built more than 12,000 aquariums in all shapes and sizes . |
| 13 | Mrs Linley , who has waited more than a year to swap her previous house in Trafford Close for a larger property , feared she might have to replace the lock herself . |
| 14 | Second , if a traveller goes eastwards halfway round the Earth he will have passed through 12 time zones and gained 12 hours with respect to GMT ; he will meet another traveller who has travelled westward and so is 12 time zones ( 12 hours ) behind GMT . |
| 15 | We wish to thank everyone who has contributed directly or indirectly to the preparation of this document . |
| 16 | Charlotte , who has seen more than 20 prime ministers come and go in Britain since she was born in 1877 , received her 15th telegram from the Queen . |
| 17 | CATHERINE GRAY ex-schoolteacher who has given up because of blindness , age about forty-five . |
| 18 | Currently the most widely known ( and also most widely criticized ) theory on the subject is that of Noam Chomsky who has pointed out that , although children have to learn the meanings of individual words from their elders ( which would make language a phenomenon of culture ) , they seem to know how to string words together so as to distinguish sense from nonsense long before they have acquired any substantial vocabulary . |
| 19 | This shows that the actualization of the infinitive 's event is not what such sentences express , an analysis supported by Coates ( 1983 : 100 ) , who gives a similar argument for the meaning of can in her discussion of She can swim , and Palmer ( 1977 : 5 ) , who has pointed out that a sentence such as ( 12 ) is impossible because can " is not used to imply actuality in the past " : ( 12 ) * I ran fast and could catch the bus , Example ( 13 ) however is quite acceptable because it implies that the event did not take place , being seen merely as a possibility in the past ( i.e. a potentiality ) . |
| 20 | But McGilligan , who has made more than his fair share of sacrifices in a long and distinguished career in the Derry jersey , frowns on the impinging mercenary attitudes . |
| 21 | MENTION the Liphook Golf Club to anyone who has played there and a faraway look will come into their eyes as memories of the classic heathland course flood back . |
| 22 | It amounts to a lack of faith in a God who has done more than they could have dreamed of to demonstrate his own faithfulness . |
| 23 | The influence of the adult experimenter on the child 's performance is one that has concerned Donaldson , who has shown convincingly that the child does not always interpret adult meanings as intended ( McGarrigle and Donaldson , 1975 ) . |
| 24 | The Roker Park men are desperate for more drive and Brnovic , who has won more than 30 Yugoslavia caps , could provide it . |
| 25 | It should be within the competence of everyone of moderate ability who has worked properly and who directs his mind to what he is being asked . |
| 26 | Our gratitude and thanks go to who has worked hard and contributed so much to this post . |
| 27 | Although , as we have seen , it is possible to step outside this framework , and find an alternative that seems to fit the life style of the person who has died better than a traditional church funeral , in practice it is extremely difficult to do this . |
| 28 | But Mansell , who has clashed verbally and physically with the triple champion said : ‘ My boss Frank Williams has told me he ca n't stop people like Ayrton phoning him or coming to his room . |
| 29 | In cases of doubt , a trustee may protect himself by obtaining , at the cost of the trust property , the direction of the court , and the Trustee Act 1925 , s. 61 , had enabled the court to relieve a trustee , who has acted honestly and reasonably and ought fairly to be excused , from liability for breach of trust . |
| 30 | Now the 38-year-old player-manager , who has spent more than £4m in 17 months at the helm , will back Wednesday with a pledge of his own , signing a long-term deal within the next fortnight . |