Example sentences of "[noun] who [vb -s] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Edgar , on the other hand , has his father 's nature who saves him in the disguise of ‘ poor Tom ’ . |
| 2 | The strange fragrance was stronger now , coming over the top of the rise in a wave of scent that struck him powerfully — as the scent of orange-blossom in the Mediterranean strikes a traveller who smells it for the first time . |
| 3 | It is therefore Christ who presents us to the Father , and our salvation derives from him . |
| 4 | Therefore he is asking for trouble , and he receives it suddenly and in full measure , above the groundswell of heckling , at the hands of a divinity student who reminds him at the top of his voice about Fedka , a dangerous escaped convict now roaming ‘ our town ’ and originally a serf of Stepan 's whom he sold into military service to pay a gambling debt : |
| 5 | Its plot is a ‘ circle of love ’ , as a succession of couplings begins with a nocturnal encounter between a whore and a soldier , and continues as the soldier has sex with a housemaid , the maid with her young master , the master with a married woman , and so on until we reach a count who returns us to the whore . |
| 6 | ‘ That it is Joan de Warenne rather than the lady Anne who accompanies you to the Tower , must be a close-kept secret , ’ Elizabeth Woodville told him , her mind working rapidly . |
| 7 | There 's nothing worse than the straight man who shouts it from the rooftop . ’ |
| 8 | Watch the rough stuff , though : any dirty tactics are quickly spotted by the ref who sends you to the sin bin ! |
| 9 | He is the Spirit who adopts us into the family of God alongside Jesus ( Rom. 8:15 , Gal. 4:6 ) . |
| 10 | A popular image of the social researcher is of a figure armed with a clipboard who approaches you in the street , and asks if you have the time to answer a few questions . |
| 11 | The customer who takes them from the shelf therefore does not accept an offer . |
| 12 | It is the property of the Widow and the Orphan who regard it as safe in your Hands , & in our case moreover it is the property of the Sovereign of the country who selects us for the deposit because he expects ( & expressly has declared that to be his motive ) to find in us , the nice Honour of Gentleman added to the common honesty & Integrity of Men of Business . ’ |
| 13 | That expertise may be applied directly or indirectly ; for example , a person writing a report may draft it out on paper and then hand it to a word processor operator who enters it into the computer . |