Example sentences of "who [adv] [vb past] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the clergyman who eventually did open the door might have been included in this category , surprised though she was to see him . |
| 2 | Realistic levels of remuneration and an improved clinical career structure would enable those nurses who so wished to continue the practice of nursing without loss of status to their educational and managerial colleagues . |
| 3 | Their ancestors had scorned and derided Vincent and now they were rich from Van Gogh postcards and souvenirs bought by people like Skye , who only came to catch a whisper of his ghost . |
| 4 | Afterwards Leconte , who only resumed training a week ago after injuring himself in the Paris Open , admitted he was surprised at the way Ferreira had fallen to pieces . |
| 5 | Thus while first-class patronage was encouraged , and more businessmen complained bitterly that they had to go first-class in order to enjoy their British breakfast , more humble individuals who merely wanted to enjoy the view from the train were not so generously treated . |
| 6 | There was a further element to Mr McLean 's rapidly boiling anger : the sudden arrival of Mr Uppal , who hitherto had taken no interest in the case . |
| 7 | My thanks to all of the Area Council Members who all worked to make the event the success that it was , and to Ciaran Ryan , who took time out from a series of meetings to make the presentations . |
| 8 | The fire brigade reappeared , bringing them some council inspector , who obviously wanted to evacuate the house . |
| 9 | Even before Hello , Dolly ! went into production , Richard Zanuck had agreed with Gene Kelly and producer Frank McCarthy , who together had made A Guide for the Married Man , to team them up again for a screen version of the fantasy Tom Swift and His Wizard Airship . |
| 10 | ‘ Selene , take Buffy , ’ said Dinah , and handed the lead to her sister , who perforce had to abandon the shelter of the muff . |
| 11 | Mosley 's opposition to this national change of mood meant that for the small minority who still wished to maintain the peace of Europe at any price , he was momentarily seen as an alternative leader who would keep Britain out of a war . |
| 12 | Guests who still wanted to explore the lagoons and sea-flats could use Wavebreaker 's skiff . |
| 13 | Mr Saatchi will continue as chairman but is being replaced as chief executive by Robert Louis-Dreyfus , a French citizen and president and chief executive of IMS International , who yesterday pledged to restore the strength of Saatchi & Saatchi 's core business . |
| 14 | A girl who wore her long dark hair loose , who practically lived in jeans and sweatshirts , and who always seemed to have a couple of paint stains on her somewhere because she was trying to scrape a living by producing exquisitely detailed illustrations for books . |
| 15 | For not only would the developers — who always did have a reputation as sharp dressers — be examples of sartorial elegance but the traditionally staid chartered surveyors would also have swapped their green-check jackets and corduroy trousers for double-breasted suits , red braces and ties that were more of a ‘ statement ’ than a fashion accessory . |
| 16 | Porterfield was a good player who always wanted to become a manager . |
| 17 | Both were great stylists and for them history was the ultimate tribunal before which the actions of rulers and others can be judged , ‘ but where Thucydides was a magistrate , Tacitus was an advocate — the most brilliant , perhaps , who ever sought to determine the judgement of Time , but an advocate all the same ’ . |
| 18 | Georgina arranged for the wooden bridge over the lake to be replaced with the stone bridge of classical design , by Wyatt , who also had designed the wings of the Palladian Villa . |
| 19 | The other friend , who also decided to become a lawyer , was as straight as an arrow in flight , and in total contrast , was very conventional in his approach to life . |
| 20 | His first-class debut was for the Minor Counties against Oxford University in 1939 , but it was not until 1947 that he first played for Surrey , as an aggressive fast-medium bowler , who also liked to give the ball a good whack when batting . |
| 21 | It was rejected out of hand by President Bush , who also refused to include the US Navy in conventional arms control agreements . |
| 22 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 23 | The next visitor was made more alarming by bringing with her two daughters , perhaps a little younger than Alexandra , who both seemed to have no trouble at all in managing their skirts and hats and gloves . |
| 24 | Some people who later tried to replicate the Fleischmann and Pons experiment — before full details were circulated thought that the specific form of electrolyte was not important and guessed its form incorrectly . |
| 25 | Suddenly , they were attacked by a dybbuk in the form of a hitherto placid woodsman who now wanted to eat the band of travellers . |
| 26 | The 1970s and 1980s saw large increases in turnover and in the average size of transaction , which meant greater risks for the jobbers who often wanted to know the direction of the deal before quoting a price . |
| 27 | A fan who was totally uncommitted to the culture , who simply wanted to watch the match , would probably choose not to go into the London Road End at all but rather to one of the quieter side terraces . |
| 28 | He had scarcely settled to work when his stepmother came in followed by a sad-eyed little King Charles spaniel who immediately began exploring the corners of the room . |
| 29 | Mr Kerr had stepped in and overpowered the accused , who then had pulled a knife and stabbed him repeatedly . |
| 30 | Coastal erosion , the advance of the sands , had interested him insofar as it had destroyed the estate of a landowner who then chose to relinquish the property rather than pay the requisite taxes . |