Example sentences of "[art] [noun] who [verb] [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was disillusioned with all the experts who 'd been predicting one thing or another ; they obviously did n't know any more than anybody else . |
| 2 | The housewife who had been sleeping quietly after a Bank Holiday party when The Fox struck was identified by name , age and location . |
| 3 | ‘ Look , Superintendent , he 's the shit who 's been screwing my wife . |
| 4 | Essentially those who felt themselves to be excluded from power decided to support a perfectly plausible claimant to the throne who had been waiting on the sidelines for such a following to materialize . |
| 5 | The Germans who have been facing us all these weeks have pulled out and are now dug in in a thickly wooded area about three-hundred yards from No. 4 Commando . |
| 6 | Or was he merely seeking to confuse people in the West who have been calling for military intervention ? |
| 7 | It 's interesting that if you have a machine wrapping biscuits at 50 a minute and it is increased to 70 a minute , the operators who have been doing it at 50 find it very difficult to adapt , but the new operators who come in at 70 cope with it easily . |
| 8 | Was he the enemy who had been following us since the very beginning in London ? |
| 9 | With the fathers of the lads who had been raiding him , he swore solemnly before the earl and the other Lords of Council to abstain from mutual injuries and molestation , under a penalty of £500 . |
| 10 | She heard a noise , but , before she could take any evasive action , a cycle came spinning round the corner and the sharp eyes of the girl who had been cleaning the farm were on her intently . |
| 11 | But when she went out , she saw the girl who had been doing the flowers waiting in the porch , and guessed that she must be the Vicar 's wife . |
| 12 | I talked to the boy who 'd been trying to help this Frome — trying to get him to vomit it up , and so on . |
| 13 | I accompanied them into the street where they rejoined the boy who 'd been standing look-out . |
| 14 | Here , in sequence , are quotations from Helen 's letters to Janet Aldis : Do you remember Janet ? , when I saw you last I told you of a plan I had made , regarding the boy who father is taking up , and who writes Nature sketches . |
| 15 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
| 16 | ‘ Have what done ? ’ asked the child who 'd been listening . |
| 17 | It is not always the child who has been building that does the packing away . |
| 18 | The child who has been moving boats and other objects that float on the surface of the water , suddenly discovers that he can make them sink by holding them down or pouring water on top of them . |
| 19 | This is when the pilots who have been hibernating during the winter months get their gliders out and start flying again . |
| 20 | Like my hon. Friend , I pay tribute to the efforts of Lord Carrington and others within the Community who have been endeavouring to obtain a ceasefire , and to the efforts made by Mr. Cyrus Vance . |
| 21 | The wool gave off a friendly smell of the dogs who had been lying on it . |
| 22 | It is however the final formal appearance of the team who have been representing North Yorkshire County Council , and I would n't want this opportunity to slip without thanking them all , Mr , Mrs , and all of the others in their team who have spoken on behalf of the Council . |
| 23 | I 'm glad you do n't try to be what you are n't , ’ he said gravely , beckoning the waiter who 'd been leaning wearily against the door-jamb . |
| 24 | Gooch the general who 's been switching the field around as to suit each batsman . |
| 25 | Maybe she learned something that could help us find the person who 's been using Delia 's name . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I wonder if she spoke to the person who 's been doing the caretaking ? |
| 27 | ( a ) Children in need Section 20(1) requires every local authority : to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who appears to them to require accommodation as a result of : ( a ) there being no person who has parental responsibility for him ; ( b ) his being lost or having been abandoned ; or ( c ) the person who has been caring for him being prevented ( whether or not permanently , and for whatever reason ) from providing him with suitable accommodation or care . |
| 28 | In each case the sentence is true if the person who spoke was skipping at the time of the utterance . |
| 29 | Also there were the people who 'd been coming in to the shop when it was still Let It Rock . |
| 30 | during the break , after we had done this segment of the film and had gone into the canteen for lunch , all the people who had been working on the film were whistling the song . |