Example sentences of "who [vb past] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A typical example is the sentence ‘ Those who sold quickly made a profit ’ . |
| 2 | This can be said in at least two different ways : a ) Those who sold quickly made a profit b ) Those who sold quickly made a profit |
| 3 | This can be said in at least two different ways : a ) Those who sold quickly made a profit b ) Those who sold quickly made a profit |
| 4 | IN : The new Commons stage will be graced by the actress , Miss Glenda Jackson , 55 , who produced sufficiently convincing a performance in her debut as an active Labour politician to stir Hampstead and Highgate . |
| 5 | An old stockman who lived nearby had a gold-pan and a sluice-box — not to mention a very dubious prospector 's map , with ‘ reef gold ’ marked in the most enticing , most improbable places , and they got a bad case of gold fever . |
| 6 | Trading standards officers were first alerted to the danger by someone who 'd just bought a mixer . |
| 7 | McGinlay equalised for Millwall after the restart with a cracking 18-yard shot after a howler by Hoddle who 'd earlier fluffed a clearance . |
| 8 | ( HARRIET ) The author 's an ex-army captain who 'd never written a word before , but his first novel is set to make him millions . |
| 9 | She 'd always known what he was , and she — she was no silly eighteen-year-old who 'd never known a man 's touch . |
| 10 | So , with some limitations , I was allowed to choose new Directors whose short training films I 'd seen , or who 'd maybe done a couple of other jobs in serials , and get them to prove their mettle . |
| 11 | Brady met on Jan. 21 with the German Finance Minister Theo Waigel ( who declined afterwards to state a figure for the German contribution ) and with the Japanese Finance Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto ( who had already stated on Jan. 18 that Japan would contribute a " substantial sum " to be decided " as soon as possible " ) . |
| 12 | But this did n't deter fans who flocked just to catch a glimpse . |
| 13 | Two tables to his left I recognized the handsome young Guards major who had just become a father . |
| 14 | It would inflict special damage on a person who had just posted a business letter the purpose of which would be defeated by any exceptional delay . |
| 15 | A marriage between foreign nationals from different countries and of different religions would have been difficult enough in settled times , but it was rendered much more complicated now by the fact that whatever my family 's record might have been with regard to the Fascist party , my mother , my father and I were enemy aliens who had just lost a war . |
| 16 | Miller found himself playing the role of her doctor , manager , analyst and trouble-shooter with an increasingly frustrated , impatient and high-handed Olivier , who was having marital problems himself with the mentally troubled Vivien Leigh , who had just announced a miscarriage at the age of forty-one . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not rushing out to get more players , ’ said Gray , who had just rejected a bid of £175,000 for Willis from Motherwell . |
| 18 | In the Groeger and Chapman study the films were each viewed by 48 subjects who had just completed a drive around Cambridge with a local driving instructor . |
| 19 | It was amazing how much Eliot knew about history , as I , who had just completed a History degree , my second qualification , had reason to know . |
| 20 | ‘ How about something really radical on the dangers of sunbathing without blocker ? ’ said Helena , who had just found a mole on her arm which had definitely not been there at the beginning of the summer . |
| 21 | On my next visit to Southampton I tried in vain for a chat with the young man who had just won a match for Hampshire and deserved to bask in a discreet amount of praise . |
| 22 | I recall that on this occasion there were present — besides Geoffrey Faber and other members of his staff — Dylan Thomas , William Empson , A. L. Rowse , Charles Madge , Babette Deutsch ( who had just published a book called This Modern Poetry ) , and some Faber and Criterion authors . |
| 23 | All except Marie , who had just had a baby ; and my brother and Roddy McDowall . |
| 24 | She was going to Birmingham to stay with her sister who had just had a baby girl . |
| 25 | Suzanne , my wife , who had just had a baby , drove three hours twice a day to see me . |
| 26 | We owe it to the people of my own borough of Hillingdon , where only a week or so ago a teenager who had just stolen a car killed himself when he drove it into a tree at nearly 100 mph . |
| 27 | Someone who occasionally joined in these discussions was a pupil of Lewis 's , Alan Griffiths , who had also become a friend . |
| 28 | Daughter of a Spanish nobleman who had been an officer in the army of Napoleon I , and who had also held a post as Court Chamberlain , Eugénie had grown up in an atmosphere which was hopeful of , and sympathetic to , a Bonapartist restoration , her father having always remained faithful to the Bonaparte dynasty . |
| 29 | ‘ A proper old duck ’ , she was known as locally , but she was a duck who had somehow acquired a set of sharp teeth with a bite . |
| 30 | She felt suddenly , confusedly , a little like a man who had voluntarily passed a death sentence on himself . |