Example sentences of "those who had [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crisis-ridden years of 1961–2 had dampened the optimism of those who had hoped for new initiatives to end the Cold War . |
| 2 | The younger generation , who had never known the Weimar or Nazi eras , still less the Wilhelmine Empire , had little understanding of those who had lived through earlier turmoils . |
| 3 | It was in this region that James Wilson writing in 1967 , found evidence of a new conservative political culture amongst the children of those who had emigrated to southern California from small mainly midwestern towns . |
| 4 | She was not impressed when her spouse informed her there was a member of the gentry below , for the only visitors of that sort to frequent her humble hostelry were those who had fallen on evil times . |
| 5 | Women who were currently taking the pill or who had stopped taking it in the last 12 months had a significantly lower rate of endometriosis than those who had stopped for longer periods . |
| 6 | We combined current users and those who had stopped within 12 months for analysis in case some women had been directed to stop the pill before elective surgery . |
| 7 | Included among those who had surrendered to 5 Corps by 12 May were various groups of Yugoslavs . |
| 8 | Those who had heard about major items of foreign news — such as the Amin coup in Uganda , the deaths of Nasser in Egypt and Nkrumah in Ghana , or the proposed resumption of British arms sales in South Africa — had for the most part received the news from the radio . |
| 9 | Even those who had arrived in early 1939 or before did not as yet have complete command of English and this made communication with their new and sometimes reluctant hosts difficult . |
| 10 | this would defeat the legitimate expectations of those who had acted in some way in reliance on the old authority ; or |
| 11 | Those who had perished after such a challenge included Harry S. Truman , Gerald Ford , and Jimmy Carter , whilst in 1968 Lyndon Johnson decided against seeking re-election after a poor showing against Eugene McCarthy . |
| 12 | To pack and process them he needed staff , so our terms stipulated a minimum of two months ' summer work , the understanding being that when contracts came up for renewal , priority would be given to those who had put in most time on the slime-line . |