Example sentences of "who own a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was the younger brother of Lajos ' father , and had been a successful export — a businessman who owned a factory . |
| 2 | One question concerned Mr Jones who owned a factory employing 100 people . |
| 3 | I remember that my chest swelled with pride the day Mrs Smelley , who owned a boarding house in the Commercial Road , told me that I was a chip off the old block and that in her opinion one day I might even be as good as my Granpa . |
| 4 | The villagers who owned a cow made arrangements with those that did not . |
| 5 | Then , when I was eleven , he had a friend who owned a music store and he talked him into letting me work Saturdays . |
| 6 | In 1777 he married Elizabeth Parker ( died 1842 ) , the daughter of a business associate , a watchmaker who owned a toy shop in Seel Street , and the niece of Mr Fazackerley , silversmith of Pool Lane . |
| 7 | His father died while he was still young and he was brought up by his mother and paternal grandfather , who owned a tailor 's shop in Moor Street , Birmingham . |
| 8 | Could it have had any connection with the man next door , who owned a motorcycle with the trademark ‘ Indian ’ ? |
| 9 | The police had traced the dinghy to Londoners who owned a weekend cottage a few miles away up the Welsh coast . |
| 10 | Mrs Boesky , who was left a fortune by her father Ben Silverstein , who owned a string of properties including Hollywood 's Beverly Hills Hotel , has also been seeking the repossession of her husband 's property in Honolulu . |
| 11 | " Mr Big " of this particular syndicate turned out to be a wealthy bookmaker who owned a Newmarket racing stable . |
| 12 | 1625 ) , shipwright , who owned a dockyard at Wapping , and his wife Mary . |
| 13 | ft was wrong , one Kufran Islamic socialist explained , that a man who owned a drilling machine should keep 80 per cent of what it earned each month while those who worked it should share only 20 per cent . |
| 14 | Mr Lear was the son of an ironmonger who owned a business in Horsemarket , Darlington , which had been in the family for generations . |
| 15 | The body of a man shot , trussed and dumped in a reservoir near Halifax , West Yorkshire , has been identified as that of Laurence Conrad Winstanley , 24 , who owned a motor repair business in Oldham , Greater Manchester . |
| 16 | The group got underway as a holiday company when Mr De Haan senior , who owned a Folkstone hotel , began arranging holidays for pensioners in the ‘ off season ’ . |
| 17 | A man who owned a needle made of octiron would never lose his way , since it always pointed to the Hub of the discworld , being acutely sensitive to the disc 's magical field , it would also miraculously dam his socks . |
| 18 | Near Fontanellato they had a cousin who owned a caseificio and had promised to give them some butter and cheese . |
| 19 | A Mr Ross from Leominster , who owned a shoe shop in Bishop 's Castle , was a keen cine photographer and when he came to Bishop 's Castle ( by train ) he was in the habit of taking film of the railway , but the family moved away to the South Coast , after selling the business , and to date we have not been able to trace the family or film . |
| 20 | After the children grew up , the stories remained in a drawer until three years ago when Mr Driscoll , who owned a mail order business , decided to publish them . |
| 21 | Businessman Ron Smith , who owns a printing and publishing firm , said of Mr Lamont 's bold talking : ‘ It 's all technical claptrap . |
| 22 | ‘ I would turn down ads for foreign foods if I was offered them , ’ added the Scottish-born actor , who owns a Jaguar and a Rolls Royce . |
| 23 | I can tell you confidentially that a well-known boxer who owns a company has been stake-building . |
| 24 | That was when Kanga , who owns a fashion firm , hopped in to try on and buy the lookalike number . |
| 25 | Who owns a picture ? |
| 26 | In a police statement she said : ‘ On Malta he visited a friend who owns a bakery and a brother whose name is Abdes Salam . |
| 27 | The question at the heart of the dispute is who owns a waterway that begins in one state but flows into others . |
| 28 | Who owns a co-operative ? |
| 29 | And this week Mr Corden , who owns a scaffolding company in Middlesborough , spoke about his reasons for quitting . |
| 30 | Now the businessman , who owns a caravan park and a chain of fish and chip shops , intends to sell his pork pie plan to a council with less crusty officials . |