Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [adv] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the police series go to great lengths to ensure an authentic feel ( otherwise the companies get shoals of complaints from the policemen who avidly watch such shows , and sometimes begin to model their behaviour on what they see ) . |
| 2 | Small meetings , regular get-togethers of people who mostly know each other , are not so much my concern here , because they will probably run to an agreed format and be fairly self-contained . |
| 3 | Meet the man with the surname everyone knows , Giorgio Armani , who arguably adorns more bodies worldwide than any other living designer . |
| 4 | A survey found that many employers left nearly all travel arrangements to their secretaries who rarely got any thanks . |
| 5 | The venturer who successfully completes this abc journey will have experienced a logical but unexciting event . |
| 6 | Candidates who successfully complete this qualification can often gain direct access to a master 's degree . |
| 7 | Hoskyns , who only had another year to live , was angry at his university . |
| 8 | But her screams still echoed in his ears , ringing out into the night , summoning all his enemies , the whole world , who only wanted this opportunity to hound him , to tear him . |
| 9 | What is particularly interesting is that the report implies that it was MI5 who endlessly delayed any decision rather than the prison authorities . |
| 10 | The living room ceiling was hung with bunting , the kitchen smelt of roast turkey , the house was full of people who all knew each other intimately , the videos had been ordered and the sideboard was laden with drink and in fact everyone behaved just like it was a real family Christmas , except that Boy had sex with two other men in the bathroom , and they did n't even bother to lock the door because they knew that no one else there would mind , knew that they did n't have to hide what they were doing from the rest of the party . |
| 11 | Like tonight , faced with the ordeal of going to a grand dinner party with people who all knew each other and were far removed from her experience , she had acquitted herself proudly and well . |
| 12 | McLeish repressed a grin and bustled into the big noisy pub on the corner , receiving an instant acknowledgement from one of the bartenders , who all knew any member of the C1 hierarchy . |
| 13 | Typically they are geographically mobile , living relatively far away from kin , work and friends ; they separate work from leisure and do not always socialise with the same group of people who all know each other . |
| 14 | In the final confrontation Jaq and Grey Knights had fought through savage ranks of cultists who all showed some mark of Chaos — a tentacle , a sting , tendrils instead of hair , suckers , claws ; through to the warlock of the coven ensconced deep within the caverns where young captives whimpered piteously in cages . |
| 15 | My wife uncovered the man 's secret through her friend 's husband , who apparently knows this teacher well . |
| 16 | Even if the desire is never satisfied in any but the fantasy way , the man who constantly has such desires is to be condemned , for he is gaining satisfaction from a person whom he has divested of personhood and turned into a slave . |
| 17 | As throughout the tour , Ashenden had observed the opportunist self-seekers at the front of the queue ( as ever ) for the room-keys ; and in the rear ( as ever ) the quieter , seemingly contented souls who perhaps knew that being first or last to their rooms would make little difference to the quality of their living . |
| 18 | If it is possible to mention something in the programme it will allow other fans who perhaps have little contact with the club , to use this excellent free facility . |
| 19 | Contemporary critics who pompously reclassify all novels and plays and poems as texts — the author to the guillotine ! — should n't skip lightly over Flaubert . |
| 20 | It has certainly amplified those voices who persistently argue that viewpoint . |
| 21 | The newly formed Requalification Group began exerting pressure on the Bulgarians who finally committed some resources to this work . |
| 22 | Would the two who already knew each other be together ? |
| 23 | His ‘ pre-verbal ’ concept of the self could only be predicated of beings who already had some grasp of language . |
| 24 | These are learned from others in the group who already exhibit these characteristics . |
| 25 | But naturally a person who already has these qualifications starts with an advantage . |
| 26 | Joint course with Department of Education , intended for those who already have some teaching experience . |
| 27 | The Association of British Insurers points out an increasing trend among major insurers to offer selective cover for people who already have some elements of cover under existing household and life policies , or free with their credit and charge cards ( NatWest 's Gold card offers the only truly standalone , comprehensive travel cover ) . |
| 28 | Firstly , to attract bright and enthusiastic people into our operation who we could then train up from scratch , and secondly , to provide a channel for individuals who already have some bakery or catering experience , and for whom our kind of operation could offer the opportunities for management development denied them elsewhere . |
| 29 | Twins are more likely to be born to older mothers who already have several children ; they are likely to be born prematurely and/or have difficult births . |
| 30 | Even the freeholders in the fields — who were willing to have enclosure so that they could farm more efficiently or sell land for building — were helpless in the face of the burgesses who might have no land but who hoped to get a piece in time , or who already held these rights to graze their cattle and sheep . |