Example sentences of "who [adv] [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many , not all , but many were trade unionists who instinctively sympathized with the plight of the miners . |
| 2 | He selected 47 pilots who mostly came from the ranks of the retired or off-duty military with extensive T–6 and formation experience . |
| 3 | The nexus appears to have been made for a sufficient number of the laity , as those who eventually voted in the referendum voted in favour of inscribing an appropriate anti-abortion clause in the constitution . |
| 4 | Then in 1969 the FDP supported the SPD 's Presidential candidate , Gustav Heinemann , who successfully triumphed over the CDU 's Schröder . |
| 5 | I do n't know anything about Mr Rochester 's character , but I do know that he offered to marry this young girl , who only discovered during the wedding ceremony that he was in fact already married , to a mad woman . |
| 6 | Titmuss , who only returned to the club this season after spending last year with the Telford Tigers , blitzed four goals inside 14 minutes of the opening period . |
| 7 | Mr and Mrs Maughan — who only moved to the house in King 's Heath , Birmingham , a month ago — were being comforted by relatives . |
| 8 | The China Inland Mission 's early years inland were hazardous with riots , some internal dissension , and opposition from established missionaries who especially objected to the use of Chinese dress . |
| 9 | If anything , its additional colours brought extra glitter to the music , and this quality was certainly seized upon by the London Sinfonietta under Elgar Howarth , who eagerly compensated for the pianist 's lack of a trenchant or subtle delivery . |
| 10 | Unlike Onofre Marimon ( ARG ) , Peter Collins ( GB ) , Carel Godin de Beaufort ( HOL ) and John Taylor ( GB ) , who all died at the Nurburgring , Lauda was spared his life , but was badly scared . |
| 11 | It is a tremendous achievement for the twenty-nine people of the department who all contributed towards the donation . |
| 12 | While there , I photographed the graves of other servicemen who all hailed from the Merseyside area . |
| 13 | Five people were assassinated at Acerra , near Naples , on May 1 by a group of men who apparently belonged to the Camorra , the Neapolitan equivalent of the Mafia . |
| 14 | Earlier on , the band had proved their worth on the college snooker table — much to the dismay of the Students ' Union security staff , who obviously feared for the state of the green baize — and drummer Steve Goodwin showed a ruthless streak on the pinball machine . |
| 15 | Earlier on , the band had proved their worth on the college snooker table — much to the dismay of the Students ' Union security staff , who obviously feared for the state of the green baize — and drummer Steve Goodwin showed a ruthless streak on the pinball machine . |
| 16 | In sober fact it was not the Saracens who ambushed and humiliated Charlemagne 's army in the mountain pass , but the Basques , who thus confirmed for the chronicler Eginhard their already long-standing reputation for treachery . |
| 17 | Fred Jowett , who nevertheless remained with the ILP , " believed that it was fundamental for the ILP to continue to keep in the main stream of working class life through its mass organisation in the Labour Party and the Trade Union Movement " .37 After the " clean break " of 1932 the ILP could only alleviate its isolation by working with the smaller , though more militant , groups on the Left . |
| 18 | The event was attended by those who generously contributed to the project , by representatives from the RAF and by local dignitaries . |
| 19 | She can not do this , pleading that surely loving him now is enough , but this does not fit into Gatsby 's dream and he can not accept this , ‘ his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it ’ , but it was he , himself , who finally stood in the way of fulfilment . |
| 20 | It was Darwin , the lowest ranking male , who finally broke into the group by approaching slowly , all the while making soft , submissive grunts . |
| 21 | It 's probably that Robert Johnson , who finally headed for the crossroads in 1938 , made more money for Sony/Columbia last year than many of their more super-hyped contemporary acts . |
| 22 | The two police surgeons who so bitterly opposed them and who scarcely emerged from the inquiry untarnished , work on , while Sue Richardson , Cleveland 's child abuse adviser , still works in the county , but with abused adults . |
| 23 | I heard the news from a guy I knew who still lived in the village . |
| 24 | This led her to stare straight towards Rupert Green and his companion who still waited on the outskirts of the throng . |
| 25 | Each of the retentionist members of the Labour Cabinet in 1947/8 who still sat in the Commons voted for abolition . |
| 26 | On Feb. 14 an agreement was signed in Geneva by Iran and Iraq , under the auspices of the ICRC , to bring to completion the repatriation of 20,000 prisoners of war from both countries who still remained from the Iran-Iraq war . |
| 27 | She whispered something to Mum , who furtively disappeared from the scene . |
| 28 | The toisechs ' and mormaers ' wives and daughters and sisters who always moved with the court would be waiting , and eager for news . |
| 29 | He felt he was involved in some royal masque , a diversion , a play where he was one of the mummers , blundering around in the dark to the silent laughter of an audience who always stayed in the shadows . |
| 30 | Not one returned , and the Shirley family was left to look after the squadron mascot Darkie , a little dog who usually took to the air as well . |