Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] who had been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the fathers of the lads who had been raiding him , he swore solemnly before the earl and the other Lords of Council to abstain from mutual injuries and molestation , under a penalty of £500 . |
| 2 | The wool gave off a friendly smell of the dogs who had been lying on it . |
| 3 | We were still going slowly and painfully round the room when Estella brought in the relations who had been waiting downstairs . |
| 4 | It appears that , following her leaving Ontario , the lawyers who had been acting for her in Ontario were removed from the record . |
| 5 | Finally , one of the doctors who had been advising him prescribed complete rest of the voice for a full two weeks before his next recital . |
| 6 | When they reached the Manor the children who had been watching from the window ran to greet Tamar . |
| 7 | They were the two he had talked to on the previous search , the ones who had been taking such pains with the dovecot . |
| 8 | Immediately , the cameramen who had been standing at the sides of the rows of chairs moved , and the flash of lights and the clicks of their equipment bewildered him slightly . |
| 9 | The Home Secretary , Sir Samuel Hoare , noted that any influx of refugees from the continent might bring together the political extremes — the fascists who had been attacking the Jews for three years and the communists and other left-wing elements who might argue that Jewish refugees were taking away Gentile employment . |