Example sentences of "[noun prp] who [vb past] been [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may well be that he took the place of Thomas Hitchcock who had been apprenticed to the same master nine years previously . |
| 2 | ’ Bobby who had been sitting by me . |
| 3 | The Times of India reported the case of a striptease artiste in the coastal resort of Goa who had been sued by the management of the five-star Hotel Kalimpong , when she refused to undress during her performance at the hotel restaurant one evening . |
| 4 | Among changes to the Council of State Secretaries [ see p. 38994 for previous government changes ] Mohammed Lamin Kamara became Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , replacing Ahmed Ramadan — Dumbuya who had been dismissed on Oct. 30 , . |
| 5 | ‘ These people had been fighting against their own country , against Marshal Tito who had been recognised as an ally by the British Government , ’ Lord Aldington said . |
| 6 | At the instance of the King , Parliament passed an Act decreeing that all ministers in Scotland who had been ordained since 1649 must have their appointments confirmed by the bishop of their diocese . |
| 7 | Senator Juan Ponce Enrile , the leading conservative opponent of Aquino who had been arrested on Feb. 27 on identical charges to those against Aguinaldo on Feb. 27 [ see p. 37250 ] , was released on bail on March 6 . |
| 8 | Eve had n't known that Birdie Mac who ran the sweet shop had a man from Ballylee who had been calling for fifteen years , but she would n't leave her old mother and the man from Ballylee would n't come to Knockglen . |
| 9 | Bob Martinez , a former Governor of Florida who had been defeated in the gubernatorial elections [ see above ] , was on Nov. 30 nominated by Bush as Bennett 's successor . |
| 10 | C. Subramaniam was appointed Governor of Maharashtra on Jan. 31 , 1990 , in place of K. Brahmanadu Reddy who had been appointed to the post in February 1988 [ see p. 36028 ] . |
| 11 | By March , he 'd won the right to remove incompetent principals — like the one in the Bronx who had been convicted of possessing crack cocaine . |
| 12 | For Edmund 's mother was Henry 's cousin Philippa , the daughter of Lionel , duke of Clarence who had been born before John of Gaunt . |
| 13 | The mention of suspension is of interest : that the cause of it — truancy — is not only a 20th century phenomenon is shown by the next paragraph of the Report : " The parent of George Highton who had been suspended on account of frequent absence attended by order of the Deputation and stated that he had 3 boys in the School and that the one complained of was so refractory as to be beyond his management and would not attend as he should , frequently persuading his Brothers to follow his example and having gone into service he wished him to be dismissed , which was done , and the parent was informed that if the other two were not more regular in their attendance they would also be discharged . " |
| 14 | De Franco was appointed president of the Central Bank of Nicaragua replacing Raúl A. Lacayo Solórzano who had been criticized for his credit policies . |
| 15 | Dai Qing , a journalist on the intellectual newspaper Guangming Ribao who had been imprisoned for 10 months after the 1989 crackdown , and Hou Xiaotian , wife of the imprisoned dissident Wang Juntao , were detained by police for four and two days respectively after being contacted by US embassy officials to arrange a meeting during the visit . |
| 16 | A practical outcome from this incident was a new pair of deck shoes for Marty who had been campaigning for a replacement from Stores Branch for some time . |
| 17 | Laidlaw waited until the prostitute was out of sight then nodded to Graham who had been standing by the tree . |
| 18 | Debi Prasad Chattopadhyay was appointed Governor of Rajasthan on Jan. 31 , 1990 , succeeding Sukhdev Prasad who had been appointed to the post in February 1988 [ see p. 36028 ] . |
| 19 | It proved a remarkable race for Naali who had been paid by the promoters to act as a pacemaker and drop out at the halfway stage . |
| 20 | John David Berman FCA of PO Box 1495 , 141 High Street , Barnet , Herts who had been found to be in breach of Bye-law 76(a) ( i ) in that he at Barnet between 31 March 1990 and 1 May 1990 passed clients ' monies through his firm 's office account was reprimanded , fined £500 and ordered to pay £250 by way of costs . |
| 21 | Its former director Willem Sandberg acquired the collection in 1951 from the German architect Häring who had been entrusted with the works after Malevich 's return from Russia to Leningrad in 1927 . |
| 22 | The shooting ended a promising future for Nicola who had been recommended for an audition with the Royal Ballet . |
| 23 | Sarup Singh was appointed Governor of Kerala on Jan. 31 , 1990 , replacing Ram Dulari Sinha who had been appointed to the post in February 1988 [ see p. 36028 ] . |
| 24 | On Dec. 6 Ershad was forced to relinquish power and handed over control of the government to Chief Justice Shehabuddin Ahmed who had been nominated as Acting President by the main opposition alliances . |
| 25 | Jordi García Candau , a journalist and lawyer , was on Feb. 26 , 1990 , appointed director-general of Radio Televisión Española ( RTVE ) , replacing Luis Solana who had been appointed at the beginning of 1989 [ see p. 36776 ] . |
| 26 | Of course during the previous factional struggles it had been Trotsky who had been accused of advocating policies which would have led to a split between the working class and peasantry , but now it was Stalin who was in Bukharin 's sights . |
| 27 | Such factual situations had not been considered by Lord Templeman who had been dealing with only one occupant . |
| 28 | Our next-door neighbours , Mr and Mrs Buckley , had a daughter named Sally who had been staying with an aunt for a year or so . |
| 29 | He had discussed this with a certain Colonel Hazelden who had been operating as an agent in the Tobruk area . |
| 30 | In October , Hopper married Michelle Phillips who had been living with him for some months . |