Example sentences of "[noun sg] who [adv] [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no one else there save for a hidden organist who presently began to thunder an untuneful hymn . |
| 2 | He had scarcely settled to work when his stepmother came in followed by a sad-eyed little King Charles spaniel who immediately began exploring the corners of the room . |
| 3 | Perhaps the clergyman who eventually did open the door might have been included in this category , surprised though she was to see him . |
| 4 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 5 | The Marquis of Tweeddale , when reporting Murray 's demand to the Duke of Montrose , remarked of the young gentleman who thus intended to begin an academic career that he was ‘ scearce one & twenty but people think themselves fitt for any post in this countrey ’ . |
| 6 | You motivate the players for one of those and then let them enjoy themselves , ’ stated the man who then elected to put the apparent hopelessness of Scotland 's position into focus . |
| 7 | Now the man who once had to supplement a lean living as an artist with part-time work is being paid to draw life on and around the River Tees . |
| 8 | Mosley 's opposition to this national change of mood meant that for the small minority who still wished to maintain the peace of Europe at any price , he was momentarily seen as an alternative leader who would keep Britain out of a war . |
| 9 | Coastal erosion , the advance of the sands , had interested him insofar as it had destroyed the estate of a landowner who then chose to relinquish the property rather than pay the requisite taxes . |
| 10 | Suddenly , they were attacked by a dybbuk in the form of a hitherto placid woodsman who now wanted to eat the band of travellers . |
| 11 | ‘ The Secretary-General had a word with the hospital 's administrator who reluctantly agreed to make an exception in the Colonel 's case and waive the normal visiting hours . |
| 12 | However , in his time in Egypt , and before that in India , he had met many men of real devotion who yet had done the most terrible things , often in the name of the religion they served . |
| 13 | Porterfield was a good player who always wanted to become a manager . |