Example sentences of "[noun sg] who [was/were] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The leave-taking this time was formal , bearing none of the displays of emotion that had marked Prince Richard 's departure — the queen-dowager was but bidding farewell , it was thought , to her son 's bride , a young lady who was going to the royal palace within the Tower to keep company for a time with her husband . |
| 2 | During the journey we were informed that tomorrow , we were going to go and see the Queen who was coming to the small town to visit the hospital . |
| 3 | This apparent failure to improve housing outcome is mitigated by the fact that a number of this group who were referred to the Homeless Persons Unit , together with others who went to Bed and Breakfast accommodation , would ‘ presumably in due course ’ have found their way to independent accommodation . |
| 4 | The band who were committed to the Abba revival and flares fives years ago have come out of retirement and intend to convert a whole new audience to their zany cocktail of punk , glam and psychedelia . |
| 5 | Djore Držić 's nephew , Marin Držić ( 1508–67 ) , was a poor scholar who was sent to the University of Siena on a stipend from the Ragusan Senate . |
| 6 | A different , and more primitive , form of reindeer culture existed among the Samoed people of the Taimyr Peninsula who were known to the Russians in the seventeenth century as Tavgi ( today 's Nganasan ) , and the Yukagirs who at that time occupied a very large area of arctic Siberia east of the river Lena . |
| 7 | Mucosal infiltration by inflammatory cells was evaluated as : absent ( 0 ) , moderate ( + ) , mild ( ++ ) , intense ( +++ ) by an experimented pathologist who was blinded to the results of platelet activating factor . |
| 8 | I was writing to my MP who was writing to the Secretary of State who was writing to the High Commisioner and it just went on . |
| 9 | He was a man who was used to the supernatural but he was amazed at the things that he saw ! |
| 10 | Brian was an intelligent , articulate and self-motivated man who was admitted to the intensive care unit ( ICU ) at Leicester Royal Infirmary with Guillain-Barré syndrome . |
| 11 | I was writing to my MP who was writing to the Secretary of State who was writing to the High Commisioner and it just went on . |
| 12 | There had always been a radical element in the local Labour parties and this was now augmented by former members of the ILP who were returning to the Labour Party in large numbers . |
| 13 | One of the forms assumed by OSIRIS , the Egyptian god of creation who was exiled to the Underworld by HORUS the falcon . |
| 14 | ‘ Brian has been suffering from a loss of confidence , ’ said Roxburgh of the player who was relegated to the Manchester United substitutes ' bench on Saturday . |