Example sentences of "[noun sg] who [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ihre Kameraden , ’ said a soldier who was sitting by the window . |
| 2 | In fact , he would have made an ideal barrister — and he defended quite a lot of men who were indicted for various things — got them away because he was too cute for the superintendent who was dealing with the job . |
| 3 | As Lisa pulled the door open Josey stepped out into the night … and literally came within a hair 's breadth of walking straight into the tall dark figure who was striding up the path . |
| 4 | SADIE cuffed the wee boy who was playing with the leather strap that opened the front window and settled down to watch the world rush past and eat her batter . |
| 5 | Masklin looked at the tall , thin , old nome who was scowling at the three of them . |
| 6 | The Titfords ' immediate neighbours boasted domestic servants : two of them to look after a boot manufacturer and his wife at no. 15 , and just the one to attend to the needs of a photographer and his stepdaughter who were living on the other side . |
| 7 | One lady who was working in the Smithy and had recently been directed to Wolverton , kept pestering him for one , and at times was quite verbal about it . |
| 8 | Now there was a lady who was working in the site and she was doing this with her hand . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Hello , ’ I said to the Puerto Rican child who was sitting on the lap of the woman beside me . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She liaised with the RSSPCC social workers on the mainland who were dealing with the children , and conducted meetings in Orkney about the case . |
| 13 | ‘ I saw a young girl who was lying on the side of the road . |
| 14 | It is used , for example , to distinguish between a defining relative clause such as He was waving to the girl who was running along the platform and a non-defining relative clause such as He was waving to the girl , who was running along the platform . |
| 15 | The girl died after she and her 11-year-old sister , their eight-year-old brother and a 16year-old girl who was babysitting at the house , in Emlyn Road , Mayhill , Swansea , were rescued and taken to hospital . |
| 16 | Scottish Members of Parliament who were serving on the Committee for the Enterprise and New Towns ( Scotland ) Bill regarding the central provision of core functions in Scottish Enterprise ; |
| 17 | Down in the stinking , toxic undercity that night , the Lordly Phantasms stalked a tech gang who were raiding in the direction of the central heat sink . |
| 18 | He signalled a waiter who was lounging in the doorway , and gave the order in Italian that sounded as fluent as his English , before continuing , ‘ So , what brings you to Venice ? ’ |
| 19 | again there is no answer to that question , simply because the answer is so horrific , it does n't bear thinking about , but thank God all maybe safe , all will not be safe , but all maybe safe , God has provided a salvation that is available to all and if we are not safe it is because we choose to reject his s , his offers of mercy , so we thank God that all may be safe , but the solemn fact remains is that all will not be saved , well that leads us on to , to this third proposition , not only that the bible teach that all maybe saved , not only does it teach that all will not be saved , but it is quite clear that some will be saved whom we did not expect to be saved , we can be quite sure about that because judgment does n't rest with us , way back Abraham says perhaps one of the most important statements in his life when he said there in , in , in Genesis chapter eighteen and we actually sang the wo tho the quotation in the song we just sang a few moments ago where he says will not the judge of all the earth be right , judgement is not yours and mine , that 's God 's prerogative and the other song that we 've been , the song that we 've been singing , that song by faber there 's a wideness in God 's mercy lets be honest we are so narrow with our mercy , our gra , our expressions of grace is so limited , but there 's a wideness in God 's mercy and faber says it 's got the wideness of the sea , there 's a kindness in his justice , which is more than liberty , David knew all about that when he was given the option , he said oh I 'd rather fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men , I 'd rather that God dealt with me than that my fellow man dealt with me , because with him there 's mercy , with him there 's grace , with him there is , there is long suffering and there 's compa compassion and there 's love , and faber goes on with the love of God is broader than the measure of man 's mind and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind , now that 's all very well for the song writer to say that in a hymn and it sounds nice and it 's , it sounds good but is there a scriptural authority for this , is it really true , or is it just a nice song that we sing with , it does us good because we feel it 's a nice , there nice thoughts , well , surely we have it in the passage we 've been reading that there is there is a mercy with God , there is a kindness with God in ver in verse thirty of that chapter behold some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last it 's quite clear that some will be saved that we did not expect to be saved , and you can find example after example of this , it was a tremendous surprise to the onlookers when a very sinful woman annoyed to the feed of Jesus , it was a tremendous surprise to the Pharisee who rejected God , although he was such a good man , to find that the , er sorry to be rejected by God although he was a good honest upright man , and to find that the sinner was accepted by God , it was a tremendous surprise to the people when Zacchaeus who named you to be a sinner , an open twist there an evil man was saved by the Lord Jesus , you could save salvation has come to this house , it was a tremendous surprise when the law breaker who was dying on the cross beside the law Jesus was saved and went to be with him , with the Lord in paradise , it was a tremendous surprise to the disciples when Jesus preached the gospel and revealed himself to a gentile woman , who was an adulterer seven times over but he did and she was saved , it was a tremendous surprise to Ananias when the Lord revealed himself |
| 20 | No , our Whelan is Noel Whelan , a lad who was playing for the youngsters just last season . |
| 21 | He went along with a friend who was auditioning for the lead and landed the part himself , playing a thug hanged for murder . |
| 22 | He went along with a friend who was auditioning for the lead and landed the part himself , playing a thug hanged for murder . |
| 23 | I was doing quite well but knew I was well behind Tony the organiser who was bagging on the stick float . |
| 24 | I 'll just see if that er that character who was looking in the window 's still around . |
| 25 | " No , I 'm Hawkbit , " said the rabbit who was peering over the edge . |
| 26 | ‘ But there was another person who was staying in the same house — the Reverend Arthur Lyle . |
| 27 | He was a highly stimulating person who was questioning of the mind , who created his own techniques and formed his own mode of expression unpressurized by fashion . |
| 28 | Jeremy : The person who was talking in the story was trying things out and playing things . |
| 29 | One night she found her way to the chamber of a suitor who was staying with the family . |
| 30 | Mobuto inhaled sharply and glanced at the massive bodyguard who was hovering in the background . |