Example sentences of "[noun] who [vb -s] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Shallot 's a brawling man : a born street fighter and a soldier who has seen more battles than many of you have had hot dinners . |
| 2 | These were the writers and newspapermen , paid hacks of the propaganda machine and tools of ‘ Anastasie ’ , the censor , who from their comfortable offices in Paris wrote of the nobility of war in the terms of Déroulède ; of the brave boys dying beautifully pour la Patrie ; who described the piling up of ‘ mounds of German dead ’ at each attack at Verdun , to the accompaniment of ‘ negligible ’ French losses ; and who published photographs of the grands mutilés with such captions as ‘ A Soldier Who Has Lost Both Feet , Yet Walks Fairly Well With Clever Substitutes , ’ or ‘ Who Has Lost Both Hands , Yet Can Handle a Cigarette and Salute as Before . ’ |
| 3 | It means that a defendant who has incurred large costs both at trial and in the Court of Appeal in resisting a claim by a legally aided plaintiff , but who then receives legal aid in the House of Lords where he is finally successful , is ineligible for any award of costs against the board . |
| 4 | Adams showed the authority and leadership you would expect from a defender who has won 17 caps at senior level but in World Cup terms the most significant performance came from Gascoigne , who cut out the asides and showed some of the tactical discipline he has to acquire if he is to make the most of his natural talent in international football . |
| 5 | Is n't s/he a figure who has exchanged one kind of incompleteness for another ? |
| 6 | Public law remedies are not of much use to the citizen who has suffered actual injury ( whether physical or economic ) as opposed to one who has an intangible grievance . |
| 7 | The Inland Revenue has stated that it is not possible to set hard and fast rules to determine whether an ex gratia payment made to an employee who intends to seek further employment will be treated as made in connection with retirement ( p 105 ) . |
| 8 | In response to a letter from the Law Society , the Revenue states that it is not possible to set hard and fast rules to determine whether a payment made to an employee who intends to seek further employment will be treated as made in connection with retirement . |
| 9 | KALMYKIA is a semi-autonomous republic of the Russian federation with a population of 320,000 , no trees , a universal drink of tea mingled with mutton fat , and a 30-year-old Buddhist president who claims to control 50 companies with a combined turnover of $100m a year . |
| 10 | But if you do get hooked — and if you are the kind of smart-suited city type who has driven ordinary folk off this island — well , that is your affair . |
| 11 | Please raise your glass and drink a toast to Alan who has organized this party for me . |
| 12 | Andrew was indulgent when Judith talked of her ambitions to star in a Broadway production , or better still , in a London West End success and we all voiced assurance and encouragement as one talks to a little boy who hopes to become Prime Minister . |
| 13 | I , you know I do n't mind , I enjoy handicraft but I find I 'm out Monday playing darts , I 'm out Tuesday doing handicraft and I look after a little boy who 's got Cerebral Palsy four mornings a week and comes three in the afternoon and it 's quite a lot . |
| 14 | Today 's readings are taken from a book called A Cup of Water written by Janet Lacey who has devoted many years of her life to working for Christian Aid . |
| 15 | His 12-day taste of freedom slimmed down the heavyweight performer who has notched six wins from 16 starts . |
| 16 | An alternative is a licensed conveyancer ; a fully-trained specialist who has to pass professional exams . |
| 17 | A young mother living in a damp flat with unheated bedrooms where the mould appears in charcoal blots across the wall , has a child who has suffered several bouts of pneumonia and now has chest convulsions . |
| 18 | ‘ If Pakistan have cheated , ’ said Selvey , ‘ then so has virtually every seam bowler who has played first-class cricket . |
| 19 | A 13-YEAR-OLD girl who wants to leave foster care and return home to her father was told by a High Court judge yesterday she was too young to decide her own future . |
| 20 | ‘ She 's not the sort of girl who wants to make political statements with her music . |
| 21 | You do n't look like a girl who has tasted any sort of deprivation ; neither did your mother . |
| 22 | If you do not have DC Operations privilege , you should use option 2.5.0 — Change Ownership Of DC , to pass the DC to a user who does have this privilege . |
| 23 | If you do not have DC Operations privilege , you should use option 2.5.0 — Change Ownership Of DC , to pass the DC to a user who does have this privilege . |
| 24 | If the user does not have DC OPERATIONS privilege , he may use option 2.5.0 , Change Ownership of DC , to pass the DC to a user who does have this privilege . |
| 25 | Livermore said : ‘ He 's a clever footballer who has made tremendous strides , bearing in mind he 's only 18 . |
| 26 | He goes , unlike my sister who 's got house-bearing hips ! |
| 27 | Kevin Thomas , a 17-year-old striker who has scored eight goals during the reserve team 's 14-match unbeaten run , could make his debut for the Tynecastle club . |
| 28 | It is not a record that worries a striker who has scored 51 times in 70 games for Arsenal and he said confidently : ‘ It 's in my nature to score , the way I play is just instinctive . |
| 29 | ‘ The Maltese have improved dramatically and are gaining respect so it would be impossible to dismiss them , especially when they have a striker like Carmel Busuttil who has scored 16 goals for his country . ’ |
| 30 | Well I should think you 'd see that spin attack turn the tables whatever the weather was really , and we 've also got Peter Bradbury who 's taken more wickets in the Cherwell lead than anybody this year , so we 've got three first line County standard off spinners er or rather two off spinners and a left arm spinner . |