Example sentences of "[noun prp] who [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The metal was originally exploited by the Indians of Colombia and Ecuador who recovered it in the form of grains and occasional nuggets from gold-bearing alluvial deposits of rivers draining into the Pacific .
2 Reid 's star began to rise with a vengeance last year when he became associated with the stable of Peter Chapple-Hyam who provided him with the horse every jockey wants to have — a Derby winner .
3 Taskopruzade 's grandfather , for example , studied under Molla Yegan , probably at some time alter 839/1435–6 , and it was Molla Yegan who recommended him for the post at Taskopru .
4 In the early 1900s possession passed from the Walsingham family to the Gunters who used it as a country home .
5 The Lebanese man in the dock says he was invited back to the flat , and it was Kim who threatened him with a knife .
6 It was Pete who turned it into a car . ’
7 But she 's secretly ambivalent about her friends and an open breach looms when she 's drawn to charismatic outsider J.D. who seduces her into an apparently humorous plan of attack .
8 He was , with Giulio Argan who predeceased him by a month , and Federico Zeri , perhaps the leading opinion-former in the Italian art world , known to the general public from his articles in L'Espresso and then , from 1977 , La Repubblica .
9 In 1915 the farm was taken over by Fauchons who ran it as a dairy farm .
10 The idea started with DEC who conceived it as an anti-OS/2 move fronted by DEC Windows .
11 Alexander , his third son , was educated at Harrow and Cambridge where he met , as well as Manners , Benjamin Webb who introduced him to the Cambridge Camden Society .
12 It is also striking how far he took issue with Western critics of Ceauşescu 's Romania who saw it as a police-state pure and simple .
13 The road was owned by Mr Dalison who gave it to the parish , in 1892 and it was made up at the cost of £40 and the improvements to the cemetery cost a further £21 140 .
14 In Germany the privilege of driving it was handed to Mario Andretti who crashed it on the first lap .
15 The performance of Lucy Alcorn ( Mrs Montgomery ) was also noted by Mr Poynor who described her as a ‘ natural , easy actress . ’
16 The report was put in the papers by a former professional named Martin who used it as an advertisement for his shop . ’
17 Lisa was apparently introduced to James Gilbey by her agent 's assistant , Catrina Skepper who invited her to a weekend party in North Yorkshire .
18 Through George Wigg I became reasonably close to Richard Crossman who consulted me on a number of occasions — I have already described the Spectator libel case — but who , I must confess , turned out to be a disappointment to me , since the reputation he had earned for more than occasional unreliability I found to be entirely justified .
19 As for the Crown of Sorcery , it was recovered and taken back to Altdorf by the Grand Theogonist of Sigmar who placed it in the deepest vault of the Temple to be guarded for eternity by powerful spells and iron locks .
20 The subject is believed to be Gian Giacomo Caprotti , a pupil of da Vinci who joined him at the age of 10 , later becoming one of his lovers .
21 We next hear of it being bought in 1865 by Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy who resold it to a Paris jeweller .
22 When it came to electing a successor to the deposed Archbishop Fitzherbert at Richmond ( North Riding ) on 24 July 1147 , Bishop William opted for Henry Murdac [ q.v. ] , favourite of the Yorkshire reformers , against King Stephen 's candidate ; presumably it was Murdac who released him from the suspension he incurred for failing to attend the Council of Reims in March 1148 .
23 ‘ Mr Fernie , Detective-Constable Edwards who interviewed you on the morning after Mrs Connon was killed , said in his very comprehensive report that you had noticed the police arrive the previous night .
24 Glasses , a beard and lots of grey hairs — 47-year-old Rod Stewart 's new look seems to have stunned his model wife Rachel Hunter who joined him at a Los Angeles club .
25 It is therefore Christ who presents us to the Father , and our salvation derives from him .
26 Fulcher lunged at Mr Leonard who pushed him into a bedroom and then took the knife from him .
27 ‘ That it is Joan de Warenne rather than the lady Anne who accompanies you to the Tower , must be a close-kept secret , ’ Elizabeth Woodville told him , her mind working rapidly .
28 It was poor Jacob who caught it in the neck .
29 In the end it was Harry Dunstaple who approached him with a really sensible idea .
30 Illuminated in Tours around 1520 , it contains twelve full-page miniatures of the emperors and was possibly made for the library of Francois I. The manuscript has a distinguished provenance : it belonged at the Jesuit College de Clermont Library in Paris and later to the celebrated English collector Sir Thomas Phillips who considered it among the finest of his 60,000 manuscripts .
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