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Using Wimsey

  • In the example corpus, wimsey often appears in combinations such as: the wimsey, peter wimsey, to wimsey.

Context around Wimsey

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 10 start, 6 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

peter 2× accepts 2× epitaph 1× body 1× denver 1× detests 1× george 1× smuggles 1× case 1× london 1×

Often after:

papers 1× writes 1× generously 1× becomes 1× parker 1× william 1× goes 1× vane 1× books 1× must 1×

Sentence patterns with Wimsey

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

finally accepts wimsey s proposal 2× consequently when wimsey s brother 1× four major wimsey vane novels 1× gray as wimsey 1× hostility to wimsey 1× in london wimsey goes undercover 1× ironic epitaph wimsey writes for 1× lord peter wimsey parker smuggles 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at the end 3× a second live 1× as a boy 1× back in london 1× consequently when wimsey 1× desperate to avoid 1×

Common sentence endings:

proposal of marriage 2× and medical malfeasance 1× britain and europe 1× concerning church bells 1× duke of denver 1× expectation of eternity 1×

Words around Wimsey

Just before it in the word index:

wims 7 wimpy 18 wimps 28 wimpole 4 wimpey 21 wimped 2

Just after it in the word index:

win 28.225 wina 44 winair 2 winamp 5 winans 10 winant 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaf 45 aalen 45 abrogated 45 abstracted 45 accuweather 45 acuna 45

Corpus analysis for Wimsey

  • In this selection, "wimsey" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, peter, accepts, epitaph, papers, writes and generously stand out and add context to how "wimsey" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include finally accepts wimsey s proposal and consequently when wimsey s brother. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "wimsey" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with wimsey

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

George Orwell was highly critical of this aspect of the Wimsey books: ".. (12 words)

At the end of their investigation, Vane finally accepts Wimsey's proposal of marriage. (14 words)

At the end of the book, Harriet Vane finally accepts Wimsey's proposal of marriage. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

The Wimsey Papers included a reference to Wimsey and Bunter setting out during the war on a secret mission of espionage in Europe, and provide the ironic epitaph Wimsey writes for himself: Here lies an anachronism in the vague expectation of eternity. (42 words)

In 1934 (in The Nine Tailors ) Wimsey must unravel a 20-year-old case of missing jewels; an unknown corpse; a missing World War I soldier believed alive; a murderous escaped convict believed dead; and a mysterious code concerning church bells. (41 words)

Edward Petherbridge also played Lord Peter for BBC Television in 1987, in which three of the four major Wimsey/Vane novels (Strong Poison, Have His Carcase and Gaudy Night) were dramatised under the umbrella title A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery. (40 words)

Question examples

In 2005, an adaptation of the novel was released on CD by the BBC Radio Collection to finally complete the run of Wimsey adaptations begun with Whose Body? (28 words)

Example sentences (20)

The Wimsey Papers included a reference to Wimsey and Bunter setting out during the war on a secret mission of espionage in Europe, and provide the ironic epitaph Wimsey writes for himself: Here lies an anachronism in the vague expectation of eternity.

At the end of "Whose Body?", Wimsey generously allows Sugg to take completely undeserved credit for the solution; the grateful Sugg cannot go on with his hostility to Wimsey.

Consequently, when Wimsey's brother dies of a heart attack in 1951 during a fire in Bredon Hall at Duke's Denver, Wimsey becomes the Duke of Denver.

Gerald's snobbish wife, Helen, who detests Wimsey, and their devil-may-care heir, Viscount St. George (Wimsey's nephew, who likes him), also make appearances in the novels.

To distinguish Death Bredon from Lord Peter Wimsey, Parker smuggles Wimsey out of the police station and urges him to get into the papers.

Drawn to the oddity of the case, Wimsey (William Anthony Sebastian Rose II) teams up with his inspector confidante (John Drea) and manservant (Scott Danielson) to chase down clues that reveal a tangled scheme of business and medical malfeasance.

As a boy, the young Peter Wimsey was, to the great distress of his father, strongly attached to an old, smelly poacher living at the edge of the family estate.

A second live BBC version was broadcast on 3 October 1957, with Peter Gray as Wimsey.

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At the end of the book, Harriet Vane finally accepts Wimsey's proposal of marriage.

At the end of their investigation, Vane finally accepts Wimsey's proposal of marriage.

Back in London, Wimsey goes undercover as "Death Bredon" at an advertising firm, working as a copywriter ( Murder Must Advertise ).

Desperate to avoid a possible murder in college, Harriet eventually asks her old friend Wimsey to investigate.

During the 1920s, Wimsey has affairs with various women, which are the subject of much gossip in Britain and Europe.

Edward Petherbridge also played Lord Peter for BBC Television in 1987, in which three of the four major Wimsey/Vane novels (Strong Poison, Have His Carcase and Gaudy Night) were dramatised under the umbrella title A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery.

For reasons never clarified, after the end of his spy mission, Wimsey in the later part of the war moved from Intelligence and resumed the role of a regular line officer.

George Orwell was highly critical of this aspect of the Wimsey books: "..

In 1934 (in The Nine Tailors ) Wimsey must unravel a 20-year-old case of missing jewels; an unknown corpse; a missing World War I soldier believed alive; a murderous escaped convict believed dead; and a mysterious code concerning church bells.

In 2005, an adaptation of the novel was released on CD by the BBC Radio Collection to finally complete the run of Wimsey adaptations begun with Whose Body?

In Busman's Honeymoon Wimsey facetiously refers to a gentleman's duty "to remember whom he had taken to bed" so as not to embarrass his bedmate by calling her by the wrong name.

In effect, rather than killing off her detective, as Conan Doyle unsuccessfully tried with his, Sayers pensioned Wimsey off to a happy, satisfying old age.

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Common combinations with wimsey

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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