Example sentences of "who had [adv] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry of Lancaster , Earl Thomas 's brother and heir who had successfully petitioned for the restoration of the earldom of Leicester in 1324 , now sought a reversal of the sentence on his brother and the restoration of his other lands and honours . |
| 2 | Dr Neil , who had just called for the bill , pulled out his watch , and said cheerfully , ‘ Oh , we have already missed it , McAllister . |
| 3 | The ‘ nearest thing she could get ’ to a Lord Ismay was Sir Michael Palliser , who had just retired from the headship of the Diplomatic Service . |
| 4 | And into the confusion strolled an elderly passer-by who had just popped into the hotel for a quiet ploughman 's lunch and nearly passed out instead . |
| 5 | ‘ I remember when Jason first came and auditioned for me one day after school in his school uniform , very hot and perspiring , and a typical teenage schoolboy who had just run to the audition . |
| 6 | True , the Armenians of Beirut have collected some macabre , terrible old photographs that might — had they been studied with more care by the shell-shocked peoples who had just emerged from the First World War — have served as a warning , the shape of things to come . |
| 7 | Stendhal immortalized the city in La Chartreuse de Parme , describing the beautiful women who walked in the streets as Madonnas who had just emerged from the paintings of Correggio and Parmigianino . |
| 8 | I was working for a yarn firm who had just gone into the marketing of coned yarns — unfortunately they did not stay the course . |
| 9 | Forget , who had just gone through the last of countless body punches from Noah , ( who throughout , worked just as hard to encourage his players as they did to respond to him ) literally ran from his seat , round the net to the far baseline in readiness to serve . |
| 10 | He turned to look at Denholm who had just arrived on the bridge . |
| 11 | As I arrived , I met Anouska Hempel 's husband , the brilliant financier Sir Mark Weinberg , and later I had the pleasure of having their beautifully mannered nine-year-old son Jonathan , who had just returned for the summer holidays from Ludgrove , sitting next to me . |
| 12 | In stark contrast to the attitude of the Scribes and Pharisees , Jesus pointed to a poor widow who had just come into the Temple and placed two small coins into the offertory box . |
| 13 | " I say , you do n't happen to know how this blessed thing works , do you ? " he asked the person who had just come into the music-room . |
| 14 | ‘ Is his name really that ? ’ said Penelope , who had just come into the kitchen . |
| 15 | Penelope had taken note of the two quite personable looking men who had just come into the hall ! and were standing looking about them with some bewilderment , as if uncertain what they ought to do . |
| 16 | Then his gaze moved to Merrill as Heather pulled Rob away to meet a small group who had just come into the room . |
| 17 | This from Garry who had just come in the front door . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's going to be a long night , ’ he said , and he turned to Creed , who had just walked into the room , and smiled . |
| 19 | The woman who had just walked into the sitting room had most decidedly not put on weight ; nor had she let herself go … anywhere . |
| 20 | This relatively small group , nominally under 15 SS Cossack Cavalry Corps ( see below ) was commanded by another celebrated Cossack commander in the Russian Civil War , Gen Andrei Shkuro , who had also lived outside the Soviet Union since 1920 in Germany , Yugoslavia , Austria and elsewhere . |
| 21 | Marshall 's departure provided President George Bush with the opportunity to make his second nomination to the nine-member court , the president having appointed David Souter in July 1990 to replace another staunch liberal , William Brennan , who had also retired on the grounds of age and ill-health [ see p. 37604 ] . |
| 22 | The estate itself was to be used for the well-being of those Jews who had also suffered at the hands of the Nazis and other oppressors of the faith . |
| 23 | This was a pity , since Hitchcock had the assistance of no less than Hein Heckroth as production designer and fellow-cockney expatriate Albert Whitlock ( who had also worked on The Birds and Marnie ) to do the matte paintings — he created most of the art gallery that figures in one sequence as a meeting place . |
| 24 | One day , soon after the girl 's departure , Tom had complained of pains in his chest after digging the new potato patch , a job which had formerly been undertaken by a youthful employee who had also disappeared into the army . |
| 25 | The final version was more stringent than the original proposals , broadening the criteria for screening to ban those who had simply collaborated with the StB ( Security Service ) . |
| 26 | The Whigs perhaps enjoyed an overall majority , since the House chose as its Speaker Henry Powle , who had generally sided with the opposition during the Exclusion Parliaments , over the Tory candidate , Sir Edward Seymour . |
| 27 | Mill , the son of James Mill [ q.v. ] , philosopher , who had strongly disapproved of the connection , became estranged from his family after the marriage . |
| 28 | Alex Montgomery , Export Director , presented her with a crystal decanter and a cheque on behalf of colleagues who had generously contributed to the leaving present . |
| 29 | Athelstan agreed ; the landlord of the Piebald Horse was a one-armed , reformed sea pirate who had confidentially explained to the friar how he would love to go to church but the smell of incense always made him feel ill . |
| 30 | Who had n't heard of the Counterweight Continent ? |