Example sentences of "who [vb -s] [verb] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 1881 Caption — Mamma ( to Mabel , who has expressed a desire to see the boundary of Sussex and Surrey ) .
2 FRANCIS AMPOFO , who has waited a year to reclaim the British flyweight title , tonight challenges Scotland 's James Drummond in London .
3 To allow the solicitor who has prepared the case to take it in court would not be a perfect solution , but might be some improvement .
4 They are bondagers , women hired by a male farm worker or ‘ hind ’ who has to provide a woman to work with him before he will be hired by a farmer .
5 TOP firms will discover today who has won the battle to sponsor cartoon soccer hero Roy of the Rovers in his comic .
6 A relatively safe way of doing this is to go through a local agency or someone who has passed the test to become a member of the Magic Circle .
7 Section 35 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 empowers the courts to require any person who has committed an offence to compensate anyone who has suffered adversely as a result of his crime .
8 ‘ I would say that nobody who has criticised the proposal to sell has come up with an alternative as to how these things are going to be funded , ’ Dr Macmillan said .
9 The supposedly irritable elderly person is often the one who has had the gall to defend against such ( often unintended ) ‘ put-downs ’ .
10 Old-fashioned or external sanitary towels , as anyone who has had the misfortune to make use of them will know , are dreadfully uncomfortable : they will not stay in place , they leak , and they chafe .
11 This official was furious when it appeared that Oslear had spoken to media men about his determination to back Palmer and Hampshire , as well as Lamb , the only England cricketer who has had the courage to take on the cricket establishment .
12 Anyone who has had the courage to do that is ready for the next stage .
13 I hope that after his next public performance of Odyssey , Simon Rattle will be encouraged to take this amazing score and hold it high in honour of this wonderful composer , of whom we know so little , who has had the courage to write such stirring and inspirational music , at heavenly lengths , in our time .
14 I 've never seen him in a flap , or anything less than pleasant whether dealing with an actor who 's completely shaved his head only a few days before shooting a strict continuity commercial , or calming down the ‘ real ’ Rene Goodman who has rung the Sun to complain that the latest BT commercial takes her name in vain , and people keep asking if she 's getting divorced .
15 This is n't sculpture from the gimmicky , pile-of-bricks school as anyone who has taken the trouble to observe how a flock behaves will instantly recognise .
16 Everyone who has taken the trouble to contact them and to work with them speaks of their high qualities and commitment .
17 She 's bitterley disappointed that the council has sold it to a local businessman who wants to use the premises to repair binoculars .
18 Golding makes his character , Jack , out to be someone who wants to kill an animal to release his anger and violence .
19 Pick someone who wants to fight a seat to get experience .
20 An owner who wishes to bring a claim to recover possession of his goods from someone who has refused to return them can bring a claim for conversion ( Torts ( Interference with Goods ) Act 1977 ) .
21 ‘ She 's a decent woman who 's had no chance to better herself , ’ he had said , on the day he invited Sarah to witness the simple ceremony before a registrar of marriages .
22 One of you 's got grievance and you want something done , there is something that you want done and the other person , is the person you want to do it or the person who 's got a part to play .
23 He 's competing in the speed event ; this time around it 's a demonstration sport , but anyone who 's got the guts to fly down an ice run at 100 mph deserves a medal .
24 I mean we ca n't go into the private market and expect them or asking them to provide houses erm affordable houses as I say the question is what 's an affordable house , who 's got the money to buy the house I would presume , but obviously we know the situation is it 's the lower rent of market , the lower income groups and the unemployed that are suffering very much reasonable accommodation at a rent or at a price they can afford and I reckon this is what hopefully the government was after to say whether we 'll put in our policy and hope that we can get things .
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