Example sentences of "[noun prp] who had [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By that time I had made drinking friends in the Hotel Cabo de Hornos with a couple of young American teachers down from Ecuador who had long wanted to visit the Towers of Paine , the very spot where — geologists had written — the two tectonic plates in which I was interested had come together . |
| 2 | In the meantime there was Matey to reassure — Matey who had always given him her love and support , whom he had taken for granted , as though her love and loyalty were simply his due . |
| 3 | The part was originally written for Antonia Bernasconi who had earlier appeared in Vienna in Gluck 's Alceste in 1767 . |
| 4 | They compared her , in advance , to similar women in the States who had manifestly succeeded but when they interviewed her , and found how she differed from the stereotype , they were even more intrigued . |
| 5 | Henry Parris , tutor-organiser for Northamptonshire who had previously served in a similar capacity in Yorkshire North District , also acknowledged that most of his organising work could have been done by voluntary members , given the time and opportunity to travel around the county . |
| 6 | Leapor also satirizes the intellectual pretensions of a figure in Crumble Hall who can tentatively be identified as the young William Henry Chauncy who had recently gone up to Oxford : |
| 7 | He smiled at Madge who had suddenly revealed unexpected human traits . |
| 8 | Pest Control Leeds North recently held a joint celebration for Malcolm Morrell and Sandra Holbert who had both completed twenty five years with the Company . |
| 9 | Giving the vote , in effect , not only to men like Goldsborough who had always had it as a birthright , but to men like himself and Ben Braithwaite 's father who had come up the hard way . |
| 10 | Among those who went were John B Dynes and Edward Wright who had already served in the 1914–1918 War . |
| 11 | For a time the eagles were speechless with surprise at what had happened and could only stare through the Cages to Woil who had now taken stance again on the branch where he had originally been and was grooming himself as if nothing had happened . |
| 12 | My master looked nervously at the Earl of Angus who had hardly moved except to gulp noisily from a goblet of wine . |
| 13 | Peter announces the Resurrection at the house of Cornelius who had earlier said to Jesus ‘ Lord I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof ’ . |
| 14 | The idealism which inspired this Act of Parliament was eloquently expressed in the House of Commons by Alfred Morris , MP for Manchester , Wythenshawe who had originally introduced this measure as a Private Member 's Bill : If we could bequeath one precious gift to posterity , I would choose a society in which there is genuine compassion for the chronically sick and disabled ; where understanding is unostentatious and sincere ; where needs come before means ; where if years can not be added to their lives , at least life can be added to their years ; … where the disabled have a fundamental right to participate in industry and society according to ability ; where socially preventable distress is unknown ; and where none has cause to be ill at ease because of disability . |
| 15 | It was Edna who had actually imparted to her the facts of life , Edna who had accurately predicted how long each governess would last , Edna who had vowed she would name her first daughter after Celia — and kept her promise . |
| 16 | It was Edna who had actually imparted to her the facts of life , Edna who had accurately predicted how long each governess would last , Edna who had vowed she would name her first daughter after Celia — and kept her promise . |
| 17 | He turned to look at Denholm who had just arrived on the bridge . |
| 18 | He rang off and I felt a warm glow of appreciation for Fred Workman who had just offered me my first full-time job in journalism . |
| 19 | Anthony was dead … her brother Anthony who had alternately teased and comforted her was lying somewhere dead , never to come home again . |
| 20 | ‘ What did Irina tell you ? ’ said Franca who had just entered . |
| 21 | The inclusion of the article relating to troop withdrawals was made at the insistence of the leaders of Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania who had reportedly threatened not to sign the declaration , so preventing its adoption , without an agreement on the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Baltic states . |
| 22 | The catalyst which provoked that indignation was the appearance in their lives of a wealthy businessman , Peter Shand Kydd who had recently returned to Britain after selling a sheep farm in Australia . |
| 23 | This from Garry who had just come in the front door . |
| 24 | Rauti replaced the much younger Gianfranco Fini who had narrowly defeated him for the post in December 1987 [ see p. 35989 ] . |
| 25 | The show was originally conceived by American film star Richard Gere who had previously founded Tibet House in New York with the blessing of the Dalai Lama . |
| 26 | Luckily Mike Farquharson who had only come offshore for two days and ended up staying a week , volunteered to cover until my colleague Jim Gibb arrived . ’ |
| 27 | The meeting closed with the presentation of floral arrangements to two Kent teachers , Hilda Lodge and Eleanor Pitman who had both started Medau in the early 50's as members of Dr. Anni Noll 's post-natal class and having enjoyed that introduction Medau became a way of life and they both went on to quality as Medau teachers and have both taught continuously in the Kent area ever since . |
| 28 | There is good photographic evidence to suggest that Day Comet did in fact finish third , but the Epsom judge that day was the same Charles Robinson who had controversially denied Craganour the Two Thousand Guineas , and he placed Day Comet fifth . |
| 29 | Proud and pleased to be playing opposite Frank Donovan who had once stood in for Hayden Coffin . |
| 30 | In the winter the Green Study on the first floor was used ; it was awesome for me following the master there — he was not fond of women novelists with the exception of Evelyn Wharton who had often come to stay at Lamb House . |