Example sentences of "who [vb past] been [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by now the police had found out about Lady Margaret Illingworth , a rich aunt who 'd been stripped of her fortune after she 'd gone senile . |
| 2 | His parents were found dead at their house by firemen who 'd been called to their cottage in Tetbury . |
| 3 | He did it automatically when the girl attacked the man who 'd been fighting with her father , recognizing it as a natural reaction to shock and grief . |
| 4 | She thought of the tragic woman who 'd been deserted by her father and had settled for second best . |
| 5 | Mark Kennedy , who 'd been accused by his manager of not working hard enough , earned his reward for this shot . |
| 6 | And , an added bonus , in the house of the woman who 'd been seduced by her grandfather ! |
| 7 | At one point the fuller figured female — Holly-jack — came up to Oak-elder , crouched , staring at Tallis , who had been alerted from her drowse . |
| 8 | It was true , they thought , still looking at him : he was a married man who went homo-ing about , who had been exposed to his wife when Timothy Gedge was drunk . |
| 9 | A man who had been living on his own committed suicide . |
| 10 | In May 1991 , justices made an order committing two children , who had been living with their mother following the separation of their parents , to the care of the local authority . |
| 11 | Margaret , who had been living with her married sister in Oxford , soon came to join her mother . |
| 12 | The SPD polled an average of 26.64 per cent ( 21.88 per cent in March 1990 ) , but apparently only made real inroads on CDU support in Brandenburg , with the respected East Berlin lay Protestant leader and lawyer Manfred Stolpe heading its campaign against the CDU 's Peter-Michael Diestel ( who had been criticized for his handling of the dissolution of the Stasi secret police — see p. 37828 ) . |
| 13 | The FNM attacked the size and cost of the new Cabinet and called for the resignation of Maynard and of Philip Bethel , who had been criticized for his stewardship of the Transport Ministry and the troubles of the state airline Bahamasair . |
| 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 | Among them , she included the daughter of a law professor in Bologna , a certain Novella , who had been taught by her father , ‘ not quite sixty years ago ’ , because he disagreed with his contemporaries prejudice against women 's education . |
| 16 | Thus , on Jan. 30 parliament co-opted 120 new members to replace CPCz members who had resigned or who had been recalled by their constituencies . |
| 17 | Councillor Rosie was appalled that the paper was American , outlining aspects of child abuse , what to look for , and how to confirm suspicions ; it was also nearly ten years old , written by an ‘ expert ’ who had been discredited in his own country , and certainly did n't signify that the council was keeping itself up to date on matters of such importance . |
| 18 | Irina , who had been holding in her hand the red saucepan earlier referred to by Ludens , put it down and said , ‘ Oh . ’ |
| 19 | This serious ‘ faux pas ’ brought the judge 's wrath on Sergeant Golding and the mother who had been charged with her son 's murder was acquitted — the case was never solved . |
| 20 | Mr Brocklebank , who had been sent by his wife to look at the house , reported back . |
| 21 | Compaore on Jan. 9 ordered the rehabilitation of over 4,000 people who had been punished for their political or trades union activities since 1983 , when Capt. Thomas Sankara took power . |
| 22 | Forty miles to the south , the Dragoon Lieutenant who had been kicked by his dying horse haemorrhaged in the nettles beside the ditch . |
| 23 | Nathaniel Blackley was named after his maternal grandfather , Nathanael Sharp , who had been raised by his grandfather on the family farm at Tillicoultry , just west of the head of Dunning Glen . |
| 24 | President Taya had followed up a July 29 amnesty for state security and press law offenders with a further amnesty , announced on Aug. 18 , for people who had been sentenced in their absence and had been in exile for over 15 years . |
| 25 | This was the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon , who had been appointed to his chair at the age of thirty-two , in the same year that Lewis got his fellowship at Magdalen . |
| 26 | In the absence of anyone more nearly related I had been designated next-of-kin , and now I wrote to the Court of Protection who had been dealing with her affairs , asking what my responsibilities would be if she died . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm entitled to be conceited , ’ claimed Memet , who had been spoiled by his mother . |
| 28 | In both these settings , women who had been toiling in their communities came to conference to exchange ideas and information , and to gain strength by being together . |
| 29 | Koffigoh was reportedly taken by his captors to meet President Gnassingbe Eyadema ; Eyadema , who had been stripped of his executive powers by the national conference , condemned the attack , although he had repeatedly supported the military 's demands for a change of government . |
| 30 | Before 1861 the state had left most rural tasks to the gentry , but nobles who had been deprived of their serfs had no reason to think of themselves as agents of the government . |