Example sentences of "who [vb past] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of the appeal , the Queensferry Sports Challenge Cup final could not be staged last season , so the trophies and mementoes were presented to Mold Victoria and Ship and Anchor who agreed to meet in a special charity match for the Andrew Wilday Eye Cancer Fund . |
| 2 | Here he was a barrow boy who became embroiled in a pitched battle with children in Wilcox Road market , South Lambeth . |
| 3 | His force had recently been strengthened by a group of Greeks , who became known as the Sacred Squadron , the latest recruits to the SAS empire . |
| 4 | One day , to escape heavy rain he wandered into a tavern called the ‘ Spotted Dog ’ which was kept by Joe Parrish , a veteran fighter , who became impressed with the young lad — then aged 16 — and began to teach him the science of the ring . |
| 5 | This predicted 91% of fetuses who became distressed in the first stage of labour , and combination with ultrasonographic estimation of the volume of amniotic fluid improved prediction to 100% with only a slight fall in specificity . |
| 6 | For all his faults , Lij Yasu was remembered by many as a more comprehensible ruler than Haile Selassie , who failed to conform to the popular image of an Abyssinian monarch . |
| 7 | They took the lead courtesy of Trevor Smith 's sixth goal of the season but were pegged back by an equaliser from Johnny Jameson who failed to appear for the second half . |
| 8 | On Sunday , the Vesta Veterans ' Head , over the same course , includes St Andrew , who failed to enter for the big one on time . |
| 9 | Southall , who admitted speeding at an earlier hearing , was fined Pounds 700 and given six penalty points . |
| 10 | They sent up a thick screen of flak between the Goshawk planes and the second balloon , damning anyone who tried to break through The usual haphazard spray of machine-gun fire sprinkled the air , inaccurate and half-spent at that height , but it only needed one bulletin the head to destroy a whole aircraft . |
| 11 | Who tried to hide during the 1984–85 miners ' strike by wearing a bag over his head ? |
| 12 | But colleague Dr Susan Williams declared : ‘ He is a first-class doctor who stopped to help as a Good Samaritan . ’ |
| 13 | Although she showed little interest in my academic life — her energies were spent in the pursuit of foxes and Guards officers — she was always brimful of common sense on every subject under the sun , not to mention having constant contact with a string of eligible young men who seemed to arrive in a never-ending convoy at the front door of 97 Chelsea Terrace . |
| 14 | She said to Rourke , ‘ You wanted to know if I 'd lent out keys to anyone — the telephone engineer , you said , and the man who came to see to the new extension around the back . ’ |
| 15 | He noted given unto a Newlands man who came to look at the supposed Wad Mine at Conistone 5s . " |
| 16 | It was no coincidence that the majority of the French delegates were members of the little-known Le Societe Pereire , which sought to recognise Pereire as the first teacher of the deaf in that country — Pereire being a man who practised teaching by the oral method . |
| 17 | ( In my enthusiasm , I sent this letter to everyone whose name and number were on my telephone pad ( I ’ d been out rather a lot , and other members of the family took the calls ) ; this included someone who 'd phoned for a different reason , and next day I got a somewhat bemused call from an elderly gentleman who had never heard of Donkey Lane , but thought it sounded a splendid project and wanted to know all about it . |
| 18 | Matter of of people who 'd died in the first world war . |
| 19 | When the police arrived to rescue the driver , who 'd parked on a blind bend of the motorway , he 'd explained that he had n't wanted to risk ruining his tyre by driving the extra distance to the hard shoulder . |
| 20 | By the pool at Château Kitsch , which was as blue as Enid Coley 's hostess gown , Trace , who 'd changed into a slinky black dress , was having a row with Randy Sherwood . |
| 21 | I know a 51-year-old women who 'd embarked on a passionate affair with a 55-year-old , but was terrified of spending the night with him . |
| 22 | Profiled recently in this magazine , Madame Yevonde was a highly influential but sadly unsung pioneer of colour photography who began experimenting with the new Vivex colour print process in the early thirties and was soon producing work of startling and refreshing originality . |
| 23 | Frances Swiney , who began writing in the 1880s , published a large number of books and pamphlets on female sexuality . |
| 24 | Keegan , who guided United to the First Division in the twilight of his playing career , has put the terms he 'd want for a three-year contract to Sir John and his fellow directors . |
| 25 | Keegan , who guided United to the First Division in the twilight of his playing career , has put the terms he 'd want for a three-year contract to Sir John and his fellow directors . |
| 26 | Julie was a rich kid who loved to associate with the tougher , more daring local boys . |
| 27 | Without close-ups and action replays , I 'm afraid it seemed an awfully slow game and I started counting the number of people in the crowd wearing red , and longing for the little athletic wagtail who kept hopping onto the electronic line bleeper to hop back again . |
| 28 | Despite the opposition of the dominant culture , the music of those within the culture but not of it , the blacks , found resonance with the experiences of others who felt alienated from the established order . |
| 29 | Reflected in the half opened eyes of the man who lay dying on the thick rug of his apartment . |
| 30 | With relief she began to feed her seafood to Cas , who proceeded to purr like a small traction-engine . |