Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [v-ing] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this conversation proceeded , both men eyed Martha , who was Harry 's first cousin , and who was moving from customer to customer , topping up tankards from an earthenware jug . |
| 2 | The most professional approach which I had was in fact via an intermediary who was acting on behalf of an existing customer of the company who employed me and whose objective was to sound out general interest without disturbing the importance of on-going business relationships . |
| 3 | And er I always remember the lawyer who was acting on behalf of the union er said to these blacklegs , How would it be possible for you to see it though your window who was throwing the bricks seeing that the windows are so black and filthy you ca n't see the curtains that 's hanging up from the outside ? |
| 4 | Well aware of the danger of losing British goodwill , the Emperor had instructed the Empress , who was acting as Regent during his absence at the head of the French Army , to write to Queen Victoria in an attempt to mollify her alarm and , if possible , to enlist her support for his policies . |
| 5 | ‘ Darling , this is Miss Huntley , who was expecting to lunch with Angela today . |
| 6 | Woodcock , who was living at home in Birmingham and studying medicine , enjoyed his visits to his ‘ wicked ’ uncle in London . |
| 7 | One Afro-Caribbean mother in my study , who was living on benefits with her partner , described how it was her grandmother who bought her daughter 's shoes , while her mother |
| 8 | As a result , Mr Vafa , who was living in France at the time , says that allegations of violence made against him by his former wife and her family went unchallenged and resulted in the interdict preventing him from molesting and attacking his wife or members of her family . |
| 9 | Mr Wolski thought of his friend the eagle who was struggling for life through this long night Then he did something he had not done for years , for decades , since before the darkness came to his own life in the Second World War : he said a silent prayer . |
| 10 | It was warm in the kitchen and the fire cast a soft light on Carrie who was kneeling in front of the fire , folding the blanket she had been airing . |
| 11 | One still made her laugh : ‘ Have you ever tried writing a play ? ’ the little girl asked the dog who was typing on top of his kennel . |
| 12 | I 'm writing with regard to a letter from Andy Mitchell from Ashington ( Aug ‘ 92 ) , who was looking for help in the preamp/processor direction , and was looking for the Eddie Van Halen , Brian May and the Nuno Bettencourt sounds for his processor . |
| 13 | They fussed over her as though she were a sick child , then , once the X-rays were completed , returned her to Penry , who was chatting over coffee with Sister Concepta in her office . |
| 14 | One day in April 1943 Albert Hoffmann , a chemist who was working at Sandoz on the development of ergot alkaloids , felt unwell and went home early , where for some hours he experienced a variety of disordered visions . |
| 15 | The court then heard evidence from June Shell , a care assisitant who was working alongside Frak on the night in question . |
| 16 | LOOSE ALICE , also known affectionately as Slack , shot out of the trap in a blur of speed and bore down on the man who was running in front of her squeezing a squeaky toy . |
| 17 | Keegan said : ‘ I saw him before his dad — who was playing for Scotland in the World Cup . ’ |
| 18 | How could such an affliction strike down the Liverpool manager , a 38-year-old fitness fanatic , who was playing in midfield for Scotland and Liverpool only two years ago ? |
| 19 | She looked at the crumpled figure who was fighting for breath on the pillow , perspiration pouring down his anguished face . |
| 20 | Mr Nath recently performed a life-saving operation on Romanian baby Bogdan Ursu who was dying of water on the brain . |
| 21 | At the door , Theda almost bumped into the landlord , who was standing in amazement at the acrimonious scene within the room . |
| 22 | A police officer who was standing in front of the police line reportedly shot , without warning and at close range , killing Gyalpo on the spot . |
| 23 | ‘ Gilly was one of his favourite students , ’ said a small woman with an American accent who was standing in front of the french windows . |
| 24 | Sophia commented on this to Ianthe who was sitting in front of her . |
| 25 | hon. Friend the Member for Hexham ( Mr. Amos ) immediately in front of me , I should have welcomed equally the presence of the attractive blonde lady who was sitting in front of me last week , but she obviously has other things to do this week . |
| 26 | A friend , Dick Wixsom , had heard about 1051 , which was now advertised in Trade-A-Plane and he asked his son , Kevin , who was going to Florida on his spring holiday , to find the aircraft and to photograph what he saw . |
| 27 | What did someone who was going to work on a production line need to learn French for ? |
| 28 | I wondered who was going to tea at the pavillon . |
| 29 | They turned back to Major Braithwaite who was talking to Julia with what , in so staid a man , was approaching animation . |
| 30 | you are the journalist from the New York Times who was waiting for Karen on the night she died . |