Example sentences of "who [vb past] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the English who failed to do so within the agreed period of two months . |
| 2 | Listening on one occasion to a Greek Orthodox argue against the ordination of women , I had the distinct impression that his God , who seemed to reside immediately above the ceiling of the room in which we were gathered , had issued the most precise directions to humanity . |
| 3 | If ever there was a perfect Queen Anne house , here it is , and perhaps a reason for its extra glow is its delicate restoration by the Mildmay family who came to live here in the 1870s . |
| 4 | Was there a lot of people who came to work here in the fishing town . |
| 5 | I had a couple of books which I had slipped into my light case — Somerset Maugham 's novel The Moon and Sixpence , which I was looking forward to reading again because it was , of course , based on the life of the painter Gauguin , who 'd lived here in the South Seas ; and a collection of Guy de Maupassant stories , in English . |
| 6 | I did n't find out he was the artist who 'd done all of the paintings until the end of the conversation and that was basically what ended the conversation : I just ran off ! |
| 7 | As they did detectives continued their search for the driver who 'd disappeared immediately after the crash . |
| 8 | Today 's farewell party brought together staff who 'd worked there during the Second World War . |
| 9 | So he gathered around him a group who began to pray regularly in the name of Isa Masih , Jesus the Messiah . |
| 10 | Its regulated , preventive surveillance features , in practice meant ‘ moving on ’ those civilians who dared to stand idly at the street corner . |
| 11 | At Falmouth one sunny day with Valiant , I received a frantic call from our catering officer who had gone ashore with the motor boat on a falling tide . |
| 12 | She called to Hermione and Joanna and all the girls who had gone already along the paths she had rejected , called to them to wait for her and place their steady walking boots on solid earth to catch her . |
| 13 | Much better to get involved with someone who had plunged fully into the sea of life than with someone who had stood wimpishly on the edge , afraid to dip in so much as a toe . |
| 14 | However , Parke may soon be at the heels of Del Harris , the 20-year-old England No. 1 who had to battle hard for the second day in succession . |
| 15 | He eventually fell , seven short of a century , ‘ gated ’ by the offspinner after being stuck fast for 25 minutes , but Dermot Reeve , in his first Test , and watched by his mother Monica , who had flown halfway around the world to see him play , and Lewis , who unfurled drives and cuts of genuine quality , ensured progress was maintained as the weather closed in . |
| 16 | Miles of Gloucester , who had remained quietly in the background since Isabel had entered the room , now moved forward . |
| 17 | Much better to get involved with someone who had plunged fully into the sea of life than with someone who had stood wimpishly on the edge , afraid to dip in so much as a toe . |
| 18 | Behind them were Austin Currie , Proinsias Mac Aonghusa and David Green of Citizens for PR in the Irish Republic , and three Westminster Labour MPs , Russell Kerr , Ann Kerr and John Ryan , who had travelled directly from the Labour Party conference with Gerry Fitt . |
| 19 | Bernard Arenson , Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs , claimed that the relaxation had been made to assist the poor in Haiti who had suffered unduly from the effects of sanctions depriving them of jobs and wages . |
| 20 | People in Schweinfurt itself who had suffered directly from the bombing were said to be completely demoralized and had declared that they would not hold out much longer in ‘ such nerve-racking days ’ . |
| 21 | Mansell , who had rushed away to the Williams garage where the doors were immediately closed behind him , later emerged red-faced with anger to storm to the stewards ' tower . |
| 22 | His father was an ex-general who had retired long before the war , and the life he and his wife led was essentially an upper-class thirties one . |
| 23 | Only these two , both mares , from a field of 34 , went clear in the first round and then Raymakers , who had scored earlier in the day on Rinnetou , had to go first against the clock . |
| 24 | With them went most of the exservicemen who had contributed much to the discipline and paradeground smartness . |
| 25 | The crimson rope-lights whipped forward effortlessly and the boy who had glared angrily at the Robemaker was forced back against the nearest furnace . |
| 26 | Sand had drifted into the hallway on the ground floor where a one-eyed watchman , who remembered the names of all the English officers who had stayed there during the war , lived beneath the stairs . |
| 27 | With glasses replenished we sat in the CHAB studio where we were soon joined by His Worship the Mayor and a number of other leading citizens who had stayed behind in the hotel to hear the broadcast . |
| 28 | Any of a thousand princes who had crawled away from the fire to shed their blood and start a legend … |
| 29 | My destination was Welcombe in North Devon , a place introduced to me by Nigel , who had lived there during the early part of the war . |
| 30 | As they walked through the lamplight of the Ropewalk , Maxim noticed a small incised plaque to Lord Macaulay , who had lived there in the 1840s . |