Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] who have [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We encounter people who have been dead for years , or improbably have conversations with film stars or royalty .
2 Support care involves detecting deviations from the normal ageing process and noting early signs of ill health , while rehabilitation care is designed to restore individuals who have been ill or disabled to as full a range of activities of daily living as possible .
3 I have had guests who have been speechless , monosyllabic , obtuse and recalcitrant , but more often because of nerves or discomfort than deliberately so .
4 That 's why we have put in place the most varied , comprehensive programme ever to help people who have been unemployed for six months or more . ’
5 Blackberry , the rabbit with tipped ears who had been startled by Fiver the night before , had listened carefully to Hazel 's description of the notice board , remarking that he had always felt sure that men left these things about to act as signs or messages of some kind , in the same way that rabbits left marks on runs and gaps .
6 In her first term at St Cecilia 's there 'd been a girl who 'd had the gift of levitation , a disturbed girl called Julie who had been able to float eight feet above the ground , whom Miss Scuse had eventually had to have removed .
7 Drenched in Shalimar , wearing her pearls , because her diamonds might make people who 'd been unable to change feel under-dressed , Enid awaited her guests , radiating regality .
8 I 've known people who have been upset by , you know ,
9 Counter arguments may not be employed to full effect , and individual injustices ( perhaps involving parents who have been subject to wholly baseless accusations ) may not be exposed .
10 Jane Bradford , head of NatWest 's small business service , said people who had been unemployed possibly took more care over the initial planning , or were less likely to be optimistic than those who had quit their jobs .
11 After attempting to defend ministers who had been hesitant in their support of the coup , Gorbachev agreed that the whole Cabinet should resign , and that the new Prime Minister should be a Russian — possibly Silayev .
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