Example sentences of "[noun sg] who [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Donaldson said that Mr Goodwin was a very young trainee journalist who only left university this summer . |
| 2 | Ga-ry and Ja-kki are only outdone in the hard-work stakes by the man from the council with the large hammer who perpetually replaces fence posts as the crowd swells and the area cordoned off for the benefit of the saplings shrinks . |
| 3 | William Carey was born on 17 August 1761 in the little Northampton village of Paulerspury , the eldest son of Elizabeth and Edmund Carey , a poor weaver who later became village schoolmaster and parish clerk . |
| 4 | He was that not uncommon thing , a philanthropist who always made money . |
| 5 | The boy who deliberately confused English and German to create a language all to himself , the girl who pulled off her toenails , the boy who refused to speak for days on end , the girl who hid all her possessions and swore that others had stolen them - all these and many more were classed as difficult but just about manageable . |
| 6 | Yes , she was also the only woman since Freddie and the Dreamers had a hit who still drank port and lemon . |
| 7 | A child who actively seeks information is likely to make far better use of it than one who passively receives the same information as a chore and is constantly reminded how little s/he knows . |
| 8 | A keen sportsman who especially enjoys skiing and used to play hockey and rugby , Mr Essex is involved in the Northern Friends ' Schools triennial performance which draws together about 300 singers from Quaker schools in York , Pontefract and Ayton as well as professional soloists . |
| 9 | Nevertheless she found herself giving the details of her history to a woman over the telephone who fortunately spoke English , along , she was told , with five other languages . |
| 10 | She had also made her mark in the plum role of Jo in the original London and Broadway productions of A Taste of Honey , Shelagh Delaney 's play about a working-class girl who reluctantly faces motherhood after an affair with a black sailor , and finally chooses a life without men . |
| 11 | Perhaps the Chancellor will decide to encourage energy conservation generally by adding VAT to household gas and electricity bills — in addition to any increased burden on the motorist who already pays VAT on top of the excise duty applied to petrol . |
| 12 | A recent assessment of Beccaria has portrayed him as a cautious conservative who successfully redirected enlightenment thinking away from a potentially much more radical path : ‘ His sudden fame can be attributed to the relief of educated society that it was possible to hold rational ‘ enlightened ’ views on human behaviour without having to accept radical materialism' ( Jenkins , 1984 , p. 113 ) . |
| 13 | those within the basic adult education framework who usually study literacy , numeracy , coping/life/social/home skills , communication , sign language , lip-reading , Braille , typing those who are part of the general arts programme and who learn handicrafts , music and movement , dance , drama , orchestral playing , cookery , photography |
| 14 | As a cyclist who regularly uses rail to travel longer distances , I am concerned that the proposals to privatise BR should lay down the right conditions for operators from the outset and that any legislation involving the obligations imposed on operators should specifically mention the interests of cyclists . |
| 15 | In pursuit of these , Mopsus proposes marriage to a fine lady and is beaten by her servants ; he steals his father 's rent money and sets out for London where he is robbed by a prostitute and thrown into gaol ; his father sends more money which he uses to bribe the gaoler ; he is tricked into marrying an aristocrat 's mistress who promptly gives birth ; the woman leaves and the baby dies ; the prodigal returns to his father . |
| 16 | Only rarely did its opponents win a victory like that of George Norris , the progressive Republican Senator who successfully opposed government plans to sell off dams and nitrogen-processing plants at Muscle Shoals in the Tennessee Valley . |
| 17 | Tonight she and Hugo were dining with an important senator who generally included show business personalities among his guests and she had not yet decided what to wear . |
| 18 | They also loathe his associations with Yassar Arafat , leader of the PLO , and with Mr Louis Farrakhan , the radical American Muslim leader who once called Judaism a ‘ gutter religion ’ . |
| 19 | If so , you could be the accountant who so incensed wildlife artist Adrian Rigby that he felt compelled to put his feelings about the profession into paint . |
| 20 | The teacher who sometimes admits ignorance , is prepared to accept hunches and half-truths , and generates a feeling of shared problems , is more likely to enjoy and encourage their own thought-processes . |
| 21 | In effect , if it was a profession it was a profession in name only ( a point made indirectly by my lecturer who studiously avoided use of the word ) . |
| 22 | 2 Johnny Dawes was the young British climber who recently took part in an expedition to Bhagirathi. 3 vauDe use Sympatex in the manufacture of the majority of their outdoor clothing . |
| 23 | You 'd have to add interest , of course , but even so he would take his hat off to a man 80 billion in the red who never stopped spending . |
| 24 | Particularly in Southeast Asia , China and South America , there is a whole group interested in buying art who neither have experience of buying at auction nor understand our role as agents acting on behalf of buyers and sellers . |
| 25 | After about thirty years with a genuine French landlord who only sold beer in half-pints , among his other idiosyncrasies , the brewery bowed to public opinion and renamed the place the French Pub . |
| 26 | Being easily provoked , she was the sort of person who automatically attracted ridicule . |
| 27 | Clause 5 of the Bill would impose an obligation of confidence on a person who improperly acquires information by using or interfering with any computer or data retrieval mechanism , a welcome clarification . |
| 28 | A person in possession of a moveable chattel ( e.g. a painting ) who loses it , or has it stolen from him or otherwise taken from him against his will can demand it back within five years from any person who then has possession of it [ Art . |
| 29 | Such voluntary transfers of possession are called bailment , and the person who so acquires possession is a bailee of the goods . |
| 30 | In reply to accusations of self-interest on the eve of the Human Rights Now Tour Sting exploded : ’ I 'm the sort of person who really needs publicity , ha ha . |