Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Now , suddenly , those who clung to these notions were thrown on to the defensive and soon outnumbered . |
| 2 | Even before this time , the cost of war was beginning to sap enthusiasm for it : loans on wool and in wool , accompanied by embargoes and dubious credit arrangements , were testing the patience and loyalty of more than the merchants who assented to these measures ; purveyances , now being collected with a frequency and ruthlessness to match the 1290s , were provoking deep unrest in wide sections of the community , lay and clerical ; efforts to muster arrays for defence against the Scots and French antagonized the clergy when the requests for support were directed to diocesan , instead of provincial , synods . |
| 3 | For instance , this year there will be a film marking the centenary of Leo Walmsley , the novelist who lived for many years at Robin Hood 's Bay . |
| 4 | And all the time you were n't really there , you were somewhere else entirely , and the funniest part of it was that you ended up looking like a pro , like a model who lived for these moments in the public eye . |
| 5 | Bottcher Strawalde is an artist who lived for several decades in the shadow of the Berlin Wall ( the film was discovered or rediscovered by Parisians a month ago at the Jeu de Paume ) . |
| 6 | The late Miss Pepper , who lived for some years at The Bield , spoke of the ‘ throwing up ’ of fleeces during clipping to a helper on the gallery . |
| 7 | The story of Hereward was later popularised by the novelist Charles Kingsley ( 1819–1875 ) , who lived for some years at Barnack Rectory , about four miles to the south-east of Stamford . |
| 8 | The teller is Jack Page who lived at All Saints , Halesworth in Suffolk : |
| 9 | How the quite respectable people who lived under these conditions managed to bring up families , I shall never know . |
| 10 | However , it 's impossible for anyone who lived through those times to settle down to cosy domesticity , the world without adventure that Marius Goring offers Shearer . |
| 11 | Most of us who lived through those times will , I believe , never forget the impact made by their unique hair styles and the famous jackets with no collars . |
| 12 | This lady has spent many years studying the life of the people who lived in these parts in former times . ’ |
| 13 | The yeomen , husbandmen and craftsmen who lived in these tenements had mostly just a single fireplace in their timber-framed houses at the time of the hearth tax return of 1672 . |
| 14 | As you tuck into your corn flakes , with all those added vitamins , spare a thought for those who lived before such luxuries were dreamed of . |
| 15 | ‘ It was the High King Erin who ruled in those days , ’ he said . |
| 16 | The small tradesmen or shopkeepers who made up most Boards of Guardians throughout the period were unlikely to resist such pressure since their elections to the Boards depended upon the ratepayers . |
| 17 | They were speaking in favour of it , now here he comes along er and er we we 're I I find myself , regrettable I think because er er his er a minister very well informed in these areas with er who made in those committees a very powerful and effective contribution , now we find ourselves on the er opposite side but I have to say now that we are on opposite side that what is introducing today er is really er too little er and far too er too too late . |
| 18 | The patients who recovered in these boxes and enclosures came and went like the inmates of any other busy casualty ward , but , of course , there were big differences : most importantly , there was no waiting list , and no one had to pay ! |
| 19 | There were , of course , a good number of poets who moved beyond such limitations . |
| 20 | ‘ If I was a person who believed in such things … ’ |
| 21 | Other reports were given by secretary Robert Broderick , treasurer Michael Saltmarsh , Pilgrim 's group leader Patricia Saltmarsh and Diane Loosemoore who appealed for more helpers for the Junior Church . |
| 22 | A telephone call to London found an agent who specialised in such transactions , and an appointment was made . |
| 23 | There was a general murmur of enthusiasm from the assembled company who dispersed in all directions , pelting down the alleyways and pushing down doors to find the best houses for themselves . |
| 24 | Western philosophers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries who speculated on these matters usually emphasized two criteria : |
| 25 | It was the Steward , however , who arrived from those parts , in the late afternoon , with over five hundred from Bute and his Renfrew and Paisley lordships . |
| 26 | The early travellers who returned from all parts of the world with new recipes and ideas for incorporating herbs and spices did much to widen the knowledge of cheesemaking techniques . |
| 27 | — Enthusiasts will delight in seeing over 100 species of rhododendron , many planted by H R H the Princess Royal who subscribed to several expeditions to collect exotic specimens from the Himalayas . |
| 28 | Nevertheless we are generally satisfied that both committees , that 's the English and the Welsh committees , have done a thorough job and on behalf of my colleagues I would certainly like to pay tribute to those who served on those committees who I believe discharged their responsibilities with great professionalism in circumstances made unnecessarily difficult by ministerial dithering and delay . |
| 29 | Sir Peter , who served for many years with 22nd SAS Regt. and SAS Group , is the first general to wear the badge in the SAS sand-coloured beret . |
| 30 | In contrast , in countries as distinct as Nigeria and Zambia , governments have supported the indigenous African entrepreneurs who benefited from these restraints on their potential competitors by a range of credit facilities and the judicious allocation of contracts . |