Example sentences of "who was [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He retired early in 1981 so he could nurse his wife Ruby , who was partially paralyzed with polio . |
| 2 | In 1589 he married the widow Elizabeth Crane , in whose house at East Molesey the first tracts were printed and who was heavily fined in Star Chamber for her involvement . |
| 3 | A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy in Cape Town , who was slowly suffocating to death , yesterday became the world 's first child to have an artificial windpipe implanted , during an operation by a British surgeon . |
| 4 | The most interesting shows the upper part of a woman wrapped in a cloak , who was evidently standing in profile but turns her Daedalic face to us . |
| 5 | The woman , who was probably suffering from haemophilia , felt it was necessary to approach Jesus secretly because her illness made her ‘ unclean ’ according to the Law . |
| 6 | Some of her time has also been devoted to caring for Michael , who was badly scalded in infancy . |
| 7 | Mr Bérégovoy's's friends claim he had been horrified by accusations of impropriety in accepting an interest-free loan of FFr1m ( $190,000 ) from a shady business friend , who was later charged with insider trading . |
| 8 | ‘ The man who can win the allegiance of the Teddy Boys ’ , remarked Mr Andrew Fountaine who was later to come to prominence within the leadership of the National Front , ‘ can rule this country . ’ |
| 9 | A few years ago , a young woman was brutally killed by a notorious murderer who was later brought to justice . |
| 10 | Sooty turned to Yanto , who was already grinning with anticipation . |
| 11 | The person responsible for QA ( who was already known to LIFESPAN and had the necessary privileges for QA work ) logged on to LIFESPAN and requested the QA listings as a file into his personal account . |
| 12 | He hated other people 's leaving him for bed , and when he saw a hard mood ahead he often took a sleeping pill at supper to stop himself from being clamorous , though at the same time he found his terror about the end of a day daft in a creature who was surely intended by build to signify immortal fun . |
| 13 | Although Meyer remained Minister of Communications , his responsibilities for Defence were given to a Gene Louw , hitherto Home Affairs Minister , who was also named as Minister of Public Works . |
| 14 | Cahervillahow ran no race in the Gold Cup but he might be turned on by the National as was the case with Attitude Adjuster who was also trained by Mouse Morris . |
| 15 | In her last public statement , issued through a publicity agent , Mrs Helmsley described her final evening at home as ‘ lying in bed , cuddling and necking ’ with her husband , Mr Harry Helmsley , 83 , the property magnate who owns the Empire State Building and who was also charged with tax evasion before being deemed too frail to stand trial . |
| 16 | Former Scottish international goalkeeper Harvey , who was also associated with Hankin at Whitby , has resigned as coach at Harrogate Town , the HFS Loans League First Division club . |
| 17 | With the help of the MOI , I was able to recruit a Deputy-Director for the Department of Public Relations , a first-class newspaper man , F.W. Benton , who was also experienced in radio news work . |
| 18 | Maguire , who was also banned for misuse of the whip on Gold Cup winner Cool Ground in March , took the decision philosophically . |
| 19 | A GANG of young thugs may be charged over the death of a pensioner who was allegedly whipped with bamboo garden canes . |
| 20 | Soon they become obsessed with Thursday night reserve games featuring their fave crap defender who was tragically dropped in preference to some bought-in journeyman , etc . |
| 21 | Major has been embarrassed by unauthorised revelations : about his engagingly eccentric brother , Terry , who still bears the family 's original surname , Major-Ball ; and his sister Pat , now retired and in straitened circumstances , who was once taken to court for failing to pay the rates . |
| 22 | Such a view is found in partial form in Calvin , and it surfaces again in the nineteenth century in the thought of both Edward Irving ( who was wrongly convicted for heresy for believing it ) and the great Anglican churchman , F. D. Maurice ( 1805–1872 ) . |
| 23 | A regular visitor to Upper Dean Terrace was my grandmother 's old cook , Bessie , whose chicken cream and queen of puddings had been such a highlight of Nairn holidays , and who was now living in retirement in nearby Learmonth Terrace . |
| 24 | The pension from his post also went to Jean , who was then living at home on the rue de Harlay and no doubt working with Martin in the instrument business ( document 5 ) . |
| 25 | They adopted the invention of a man named Charles Dowd , who was then employed as principal of the Temple Grove Ladies ' Seminary in Saratoga Springs , New York . |
| 26 | Lady Onslow , who was of Anglo-Irish extraction , contacted her friend Lord Carrington , who was then Minister for Defence . |
| 27 | Soon after his call , they met for a meal at Shoney 's Big Boy restaurant where Franks/Schafer introduced him to Burchette , who was then working from home as a one-man security service , and to Jack Terrell , a former operative of Oliver North 's in Central America . |
| 28 | How on earth was she to stop him — her dear Dr Neil who was so distracted by love that all his sense appeared to have left him ? |
| 29 | More part-time farms had the paperwork done by the husband , who was often experienced in paperwork in his other employment . |