Example sentences of "[pron] who [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was conscious , too , of his fine , tanned hand holding the pencil , and of the occasional play of warm breath from his mouth , wholesome as home-baked bread , though he was a heavy smoker — much heavier than I. ft was I who introduced him to the Bisontes brand , a Spanish version of Lucky Strike , with a similar ‘ toasted ’ flavour . |
| 2 | The reason is that a great many " inventions " would not be obvious to a layman but would be to someone who knew something of the technology involved . |
| 3 | A playwright once responded to someone who asked him about the message of his play that when he wanted to send messages he did so by telegram . |
| 4 | A well-established tradition holds owners to be morally entitled to their property where they have obtained it by way of an uncoerced transfer from someone who received it in a similar manner , subject to the property having been originally taken into private ownership by a legitimate process of acquisition . |
| 5 | For someone who describes herself as a late starter in sailing — she first stepped into a dinghy 15 years ago at the age of 29 — Mary Falk has accumulated a phenomenal amount of experience . |
| 6 | I had to find her a flat , move her in , go to the Electricity Board , and then her husband Monica 's one of those who need a mother , someone who takes her on An idea came into Alice 's head of such beautiful and apt simplicity that she began laughing quietly to herself . |
| 7 | Subdivide each point into simple statements and then ask yourself whether the point will immediately be grasped by someone who knows nothing about the subject . |
| 8 | This need not be your tutor ; even someone who knows nothing about the subject can say whether you are making sense . |
| 9 | But his looks were only a part of it ; it was the man himself who drew her like a magnet , his mind , his character , his spirit , whatever made him him . |
| 10 | They must have a a lead guitarist or somebody who fancies themselves as a lead |
| 11 | The other thing is that if you do ask these questions when the guy gets on the telephone to you , he 's going to say , ‘ Here is somebody who knows something about the media , who knows how we operate . ’ |
| 12 | Everyone who made it to the summit was rewarded with a magnificent panoramic view . |
| 13 | ‘ I hope you do n't suspect everyone who got something from the will , ’ said Dr Mortimer . |
| 14 | They were great champions and everyone who saw them on the ice thought they were lovers . |
| 15 | It was me who warned you of the Fascist element infiltrating at Danino 's . |
| 16 | And besides , do n't forget , it was she who dumped you in the end . |
| 17 | " It was you who pulled me to the ground ? " |
| 18 | One who knew him in the Bandung period , Takdir Alisjahbana , recalls : ‘ A fascinating personality … few [ were ] able to resist his charm . |
| 19 | The one who told me about the five quid . |
| 20 | You were the one who followed me from the ferry ! ’ |
| 21 | The one who interviewed me about the accident . ’ |
| 22 | Sometimes he would be able to hire a premium artist , one who paid him for the privilege of playing . |
| 23 | The richly-dressed one who paid you over the odds ? ’ |
| 24 | Teabags commemorate Barbara Castle 's nomination as a political candidate ; waxed and singed bras are transformed into a delicate wreath of roses for the suffragette Emily Wilding Davidson , ( the one who threw herself under the king 's horse ) . |
| 25 | It presumes the existence of at least two parties , one who allocates responsibility and one who accepts it with the undertaking to report upon the manner in which responsibility has been discharged . |
| 26 | In biblical language , God makes himself known always and only as the Lord who lays his claim upon us ; in that of Kierkegaard , he is the Subject who can never be reduced to an object , but is always the One who challenges us across the gulf of the ‘ infinite qualitative difference ’ , and so awakens in us the ‘ infinite passion ’ of faith . |
| 27 | Yeah , yeah , they have n't got anybody who knows anything about the business , well not enough about it . |
| 28 | A friend of mine who accompanied him to a play disputed this , but it was true . |
| 29 | ‘ Who was it who said something about the lady arguing too much ? ’ |
| 30 | It was also he who told me of the Great Ones , ’ he went on with a faraway look , ‘ and how they had chosen us to be saved to do this . ’ |