Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] who [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the wine-buff who has everything |
| 2 | To this request the Registrar of the court acceded by ‘ entering judgement ’ for the lender who received it in writing . |
| 3 | Six months for the farmer who neglected his animals . |
| 4 | And it 's likely the commission will open up new avenues for the blacksmith who taught himself everything he knows . |
| 5 | Of course , all magazines have their own format , which makes life much easier for the knitter who uses their patterns regularly , because she gets to know exactly how it will be laid out . |
| 6 | Notes are so often hard to understand , even for the person who wrote them , and yet they should be the most transparently clear of all means of communication . |
| 7 | In any case , if the food and conditions in the staff restaurant are n't good enough for you , why should they be good enough for the person who cleans your office ? |
| 8 | ( Loss is serious if it is serious for the person who suffers it ) . |
| 9 | But when the woman she had given Cara 's card to hove into view her heartbeats steadied , for the person who accompanied her was not male but was a pinafore-clad woman of about the same age who , duster in hand , had obviously been brought away from her cleaning duties . |
| 10 | Pauline Kael admitted in The New Yorker that , ‘ reviewing this perfect nothing of a movie is rather degrading : it 's like giving consumer hints on the latest expensive worthless gift for the person who has everything ’ . |
| 11 | TYCOON Richard Branson yesterday came up with the Christmas present for the person who has everything — the chance to pilot a jumbo jet . |
| 12 | Next time you bite into a Chilean apple , spare a thought for the person who picked it . |
| 13 | It may be one that is large and far-reaching or it may appear relatively small and trivial but … ( of ) special significance for the person who makes it is that his choice will help to determine the pattern of his unique development over time . |
| 14 | Most people would agree that these behaviours from a parent indicate ‘ love ’ for the child who receives them . |
| 15 | There is now plenty of choice for the investor who knows what he or she wants to invest in , but there is still something of a vacuum for investors with less than £50,000 which they want to put into shares directly . |
| 16 | Rosalba was watched , too ; from time to time , Nunzia stroked her hair , as she used to do , with soothing caresses for the daughter who worried her , but now she murmured , ‘ Still waters , shall I drop a penny in your depths , and make a wish for your thoughts ? ’ |
| 17 | A pain in the neck for the man who takes her — Oh my daughter ! |
| 18 | Swindon wanted a seven figure sum for the man who steered them to promotion at the end of last season … the highlight being his opening goal in the play off final at Wembley . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's named for the man who built it . |
| 20 | The TV detection team did n't fall for it , any more than they did for the man who claimed his set was never used . |
| 21 | The respect in which the Headmaster of our second school is held again contrasts with the contempt and even hatred felt for the man who headed our first — the man who did n't know their names . |
| 22 | But that was the start of a great career for the man who changed his name from Souto Maior to Piquet so his parents would n't know he was kart racing back home in Brazil . |
| 23 | ‘ If you can oblige us with that bit of information you can turn the donkey loose and we 'll find it on the road for the man who reported it lost . |
| 24 | However , if Europeans were exasperated with Carter , many had little liking either for the man who beat him in the November presidential elections . |
| 25 | The 24-year-old German put out former French champion Michael Chang at the French Open last month and will be an awkward test for the American who plays his first match in Halle today after eight weeks out of action with a wrist injury . |
| 26 | ‘ His best attempt at negotiating the distance between admiration of the poetry and dislike for the individual who created it is this metaphor , in his introduction : ‘ When he found his authentic voice in the late 1940s , the beautiful flowers of his poetry were already growing on long stalks out of pretty dismal ground ’ — a botanical conceit designed to leave Larkin soiled , but the poetry ready for picking . |
| 27 | I shall be happy for the fellow who takes my place . ’ |
| 28 | The prescription of an aid , however , is only the beginning of the potential improvement in learning for the pupil who uses it . |
| 29 | I build them , for the woman who adopted me , ’ he said , half under his breath . |
| 30 | A deputy of Sproull 's reputation , officiating in the regality court , would be certain to make enemies for the politician who appointed him , and Gorthie strongly advised the duke to get rid of the bailie-depute immediately . |