Example sentences of "who was [verb] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pearce , who was related to Vanbrugh by marriage , acquired a substantial number of his drawings for buildings designed after about 1718 . |
| 2 | Soon they returned to the poteau mitan clutching a struggling figure who was bound with ropes of sisal cord . |
| 3 | Special commissions of inquiry into maladministration were set up , but Edward reserved his special venom for Archbishop Stratford , who was sent to Brabant as surety for the king 's debts . |
| 4 | Helen , who was sent to prison for annoying neighbours by playing the star 's biggest hit at full volume , was freed yesterday . |
| 5 | The 35-year-old Bellaghy man , who was jailed in July in Dublin for armed robbery , strenuously denied that he was dismissed because of a financial dispute with his employers . |
| 6 | Her father was an eccentric , outspoken critic of the government , who was killed by police in 1985 . |
| 7 | The Lancastrian , Henry Tudor , when he heard of what had happened , gathered a force in France and landed in Wales — where he had lived for part of his life — and he opposed Richard III , who was killed in battle in 1485 . |
| 8 | The 1970 season produced the only posthumous champion in the history of F1 , Jochen Rindt , who was killed in practice at Monza . |
| 9 | The sentiment was expressed many times over , but it is succinctly put in the following lines by R. E. Vernede , who was killed in action in 1917 : |
| 10 | , Richard ( fl. 1647–1696 ) , republican administrator and Particular Baptist preacher , came of a Gloucestershire family and was a cousin of Richard Deane [ q.v. ] , general-at-sea , who was killed in action in 1653 . |
| 11 | Caroline , of Brislington , Bristol , who was treated for cuts to her face , said : ‘ There was a load of us queuing for a taxi after the party . |
| 12 | One of the Bosian evacuees who was treated at hospital in Oxford has been told he wont be able to return home for several months . |
| 13 | They were being instructed by the fourth , who was treated in hospital for shock . |
| 14 | A fresh appeal 's been made for witnesses to the murder of teenager who was stabbed to death at a social services office . |
| 15 | A young jogger who was stabbed to death on his way home was killed with a knuckle-duster shaped like a knife . |
| 16 | Colin Stagg has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of Rachel Nickell who was stabbed to death on Wimbledon Common in front of her two-year-old son . |
| 17 | A church service has been held in memory of a man who was stabbed to death in his back garden . |
| 18 | In her spare time Deborah , who was based in Tyneside for the TGWU , enjoyed rock climbing and cycling . |
| 19 | They are now joined by a very different woman , Marie-Elisabeth Cons-Boutboul , who was charged on Monday with being an accessory to the murder of her son-in-law , who was found shot dead in the hallway of his Paris apartment block in 1985 . |
| 20 | Maybe not , but some Hollywood stars are forced to live in genuine fear of their lives , who could fail to give a shiver at the predicament of actress Sharon Gless — star of Cagney and Lacey — who was tormented for years by an obsessional lesbian fan . |
| 21 | The general public prosector has ordered the release of Mr Wolfgang Vogel , a prominent lawyer and former close aide of Mr Honecker who was detained on Tuesday on suspicion of ‘ criminal blackmail ’ . |
| 22 | At the main gate they came across a sentry who was upbraided by Maclean for his slovenly appearance and ordered to call the guard commander . |
| 23 | While this conversation proceeded , both men eyed Martha , who was Harry 's first cousin , and who was moving from customer to customer , topping up tankards from an earthenware jug . |
| 24 | Jenny Stenton and Christine Pedley were recorded by a Palestinian doctor who was invited into Kuwait by the Iraqi authorities . |
| 25 | The video was filmed by Muhammad Said , a Palestinian doctor who was invited into Kuwait by Saddam Hussein . |
| 26 | The millionaire stockbroker and financier , who was to live in Mayfair for 63 years , was the first husband of a beautiful debutante who later became Margaret Duchess of Argyll . |
| 27 | The most professional approach which I had was in fact via an intermediary who was acting on behalf of an existing customer of the company who employed me and whose objective was to sound out general interest without disturbing the importance of on-going business relationships . |
| 28 | And er I always remember the lawyer who was acting on behalf of the union er said to these blacklegs , How would it be possible for you to see it though your window who was throwing the bricks seeing that the windows are so black and filthy you ca n't see the curtains that 's hanging up from the outside ? |
| 29 | Well aware of the danger of losing British goodwill , the Emperor had instructed the Empress , who was acting as Regent during his absence at the head of the French Army , to write to Queen Victoria in an attempt to mollify her alarm and , if possible , to enlist her support for his policies . |
| 30 | ‘ Darling , this is Miss Huntley , who was expecting to lunch with Angela today . |