Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In " ideal " circumstances , the male joker releases his frustration by joking about the woman with a second male — an inhibitor of the desired intimacy — who thereby becomes a conspirator with the teller in the indulgence in smut as a substitute for the sexual act . |
| 2 | Although Scotland fans remember Jimmy Johnstone as the drunken hero of the Largs boating trip , a passing thought should be spared for a couple of local brothers , John and Tam Halliday , two old men who luckily owned a boat and had a lifetime 's knowledge of the maritime area . |
| 3 | and was inclined , any man who accidently put a hand on her |
| 4 | Headhunters , who mostly have a fee based upon one-third of the first year 's guaranteed compensation , did very well for themselves in the 1980s by recruiting many of these people who can make an outstanding contribution in terms of revenue to their organisations . |
| 5 | There was , nevertheless , an unusually large crowd , including one or two golf journalists who rarely saw a golf course . |
| 6 | On the contrary , the CBI takes a long-term view — unlike Opposition Members , who rarely take a view longer than 12 months — and it commends the fact that manufacturing investment is now a third up on the level of 10 years ago . |
| 7 | We stood in silence to remember David Pym who rarely missed a Keele Convention and who had organised two of our speakers . |
| 8 | The restrictions often affect the most vulnerable people — people who badly need a job , but do not have the qualifications to get one in , say , ICI or the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 9 | He was , as Zina Smith , five , pointed out , just a horrible old man who badly needed a Mum . |
| 10 | Over the five years of operation of the National Certificate employers and providers have indicated that , whilst the flexibility of the modular system is of great benefit , it would also be useful to be able to provide an additional separate certificate for a student who successfully completes a group of modules designed to meet the needs of a particular occupational area . |
| 11 | The position of the litigant who wrongly brings a case under Order 53 is different because Ord. 53 r. 9(5) may allow the case to continue as if it had been started by ordinary writ procedure . |
| 12 | great cricketer who only played a couple of times last season , was Dave . |
| 13 | Jane , who only rode a bicycle , fully concurred . |
| 14 | Allon , who only passed a fitness test an hour before the kick-off , was on hand to lob home a long clearance from defender Jamie Bates to record his fourth goal in five games since his record £275,000 signing from Chelsea last month . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , its anorexic attractions are exactly the kind of thing you 'd expect from people who only formed a band in the first place to get off the dole . |
| 16 | This may seem like a backward step but for those users who only have a computer system and printer this program is ideal for completing any form that will fit in your printer . |
| 17 | After all , John Young , who daily straddles a storm of souls , which kick up in the wind like leaves , John Young wears his white coat-but no black boots . |
| 18 | I was reminded of Kipling 's story , The Miracle of Purun Bhagat , a tale of a Western-dressed Indian statesman who suddenly becomes a hermit and holy man , living on a mountain , at one with nature . |
| 19 | Why not at the party , from a woman who suddenly saw a way to wreak her spite not only on Parkin but on his ambitious young lover ? |
| 20 | Tammuz opened his mouth at Roirhak who merely took a sip of coffee . |
| 21 | And then there are some musicians who merely make a living . |
| 22 | What is certain is that , although a lot of ‘ experts ’ are ready to tell you what to do — and you may be the kind of gardener who merely wants a set of step-by-step instructions — the point entirely missing is that it is you , and only you , who has to use your judgement and make the decisions . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's really just a bunch of guys that I work with on the session scene who all write a bit , and we 've come together in order to find an outlet for our writing . |
| 24 | The year 's calendar will be : 12 January to 20 February , ‘ The Lake Isle of Innisfree ’ , a body of work produced by William Tillyer , Maggi Hambling , Maurice Cockrell and Wendy Connelly who all spent a week painting in County Sligo ; 23 February to 1 April , ‘ Ivon Hitchens centenary exhibition ’ , commemorating the centenary year of the artist 's birth ; April 5 to 1 May , ‘ Wendy Connelly ’ , the artist 's first one-person show since graduating from St Martin 's in 1991 ; 5 May to 5 June , ‘ William Tillyer ’ , oils and watercolours from the Yorkshire-based artist ; 8 June to 4 September ‘ British Landscape painting 1750–1993 ’ , from Richard Wilson and Gainsborough to Constable , Palmer , Spencer and Lanyon ; 7 September to 2 October , ‘ John Virtue ’ , in collaboration with the Lisson Gallery ; 5 October to 6 November , ‘ Ben Nicholson centenary exhibition ’ , timed to coincide with the Tate exhibition ; 9 November to 4 December ‘ Graham Sutherland ’ , the gallery 's first showing of work by the artist ; 7 December to 30 January , ‘ Maurice Cockrill ’ . |
| 25 | Today the Campaign is a partnership of 15 national statutory and voluntary organisations with Shell UK who all share a belief in supporting local environmental action . |
| 26 | Police are hunting a man who brutally raped a woman student in a city centre toilet . |
| 27 | Adrienne Saunders ( Goldie Hawn ) is a woman in her forties who apparently leads a fairy-tale existence . |
| 28 | In other words , by the culture-controlled shedding of blood at circumcision , the individual entered the covenant and joined with his fellow ‘ circumcisees ’ , who together formed a community or brotherhood of blood , bound to each other and God by special duties and mutual obligations . |
| 29 | Further peace talks brokered by Oakley led to the announcement on Dec. 27 of a reconciliation agreement between Aydid and Mahdi Mohammed , who together led a peace march on Dec. 28 across the so-called " green line " which had divided Mogadishu between their forces . |
| 30 | What appears to me to be essential both for the reader and for the novelist who together constitute a couple — and a couple always comprises two accomplices — is to guide complicity along a most exacting path . |