Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And no I did n't er stay around to find out who was calling him , suffice to say that it was er somebody from the Italian pizzeria from down the road . |
| 2 | The man who was to kill her mother rode calmly up the drive of the great house . |
| 3 | Would it be handy er to , to reproduce to give to anybody who either say NALGO or NUPE who was discussing them . |
| 4 | Martin Flook , 19 , said he had twice been beaten up in the previous year by Ian Coombes , a passenger in the other vehicle , who was dating his ex-girlfriend . |
| 5 | Joe said he liked the sound of that , and could she bring her Bovril up and drink it while having a chat with the young woman who was resting her sprained ankle on his bed ? |
| 6 | Joseph , who was watching him closely , saw the muscles of his jaw tighten as he continued looking ahead through the windshield , and when he spoke there was a new undertone of coldness in his voice . |
| 7 | He turned towards Sylvia Toye , who was watching him with a smile on her face . |
| 8 | To anyone who was watching we must have looked the very picture of youthful preoccupation and parental concern . |
| 9 | She turned to her mother , a young woman who was watching her , and did it all again for her benefit . |
| 10 | Jenny finished her second pint with a swallow that reminded Pascoe , who was watching her surreptitiously through the bar mirror , of Jacko Roberts . |
| 11 | Looking about at the crowd of faces , she tried to discover who was watching her . |
| 12 | Joanna , who was watching her keenly , said suddenly , ‘ I know what you 're thinking , Sophie . |
| 13 | Though in that crowd of humans , mutants and exters there was no way of telling who was watching who . |
| 14 | Or was he a friend who was watching us to make sure we were safe ? |
| 15 | I just wan na find out who was writing them the letters and then I can finish . |
| 16 | With all this and North Sea ( some would say Scottish ) oil in the offing , who was to say we were unfit to govern ourselves ? |
| 17 | Women 's organisations pointed out that it was impractical ( who was to say who ‘ caused ’ a separation ? ) and urged that there should be independent insurance for married women . |
| 18 | Basically because the produce manager who was training me was so scared of me making a cock up , he never never left my side when I was . |
| 19 | She could look neither at Dr Neil , nor at the tasteless harpy who was tormenting him with her tactlessness . |
| 20 | In October 1301 , Roger-Bernard III 's son Gaston , who was to succeed him in 1302 , was married to Jeanne d'Artois , sister of Robert II , count of Artois , at the very heart of the Capetian court circle . |
| 21 | In 1901 he was elected to a fellowship at Caius ; among his colleagues there was ( Sir ) Ronald Fisher [ q.v. ] , who was to succeed him in the chair of genetics . |
| 22 | Lord Beverley , later fifth Duke of Northumberland , and Michelangelo Caetani , an artist who was to succeed his father as Duca di Sermoneta . |
| 23 | However , the European Court carefully distinguished between the publication of value judgments about such persons rather than factual allegations , and it is likely that Lingens ( who was expressing his genuine opinion of Kreisky ) would have had a " fair comment " defence in English law . |
| 24 | Peering round the raised bonnet , she stared at Terry who was beckoning her brother urgently from the open front door . |
| 25 | Thus he met Tally Jackson , who was to give his name to the book that Liebow finally wrote , Tally 's Corner : |
| 26 | Her renegotiations with Branson over her contract now became a question of who was using whom . |
| 27 | The order was for the production of material relating to the purchase by a client , Mrs G , of certain real property , the allegation being that she was a member of the family of another person who was suspected of being a drug trafficker and who was using her for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of such trafficking . |
| 28 | an architect who was using you er to survey and draw |
| 29 | She could n't hear what was being said , but she saw that three caravans were standing inside the field by the gate and that several rough-looking men were raising their fists and shouting at Farmer Yatton , Angela 's father , who was ordering them out . |
| 30 | He also wanted to see who was opposing him . |