Example sentences of "[noun prp] who was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their name signified ‘ sons of Zadok ’ , the high priest at the time of David who was thought to be a descendant of the younger son of Aaron . |
| 2 | Moves to resolve differences on the CFE treaty were said also to have been encouraged by Soviet President Gorbachev who was reported to be keen to clear remaining obstacles in the way of a US-Soviet summit meeting [ see pp. 37945 ; 37979 ] . |
| 3 | No names appear on BSDI 's papers of incorporation except the company 's nominal president Rick Adams who was described to Unigram last week by Donnalyn Frey , BSDI 's spokesman , as merely a figurehead , soon to be replaced when BSDI completes its current search for a chief executive . |
| 4 | But one day at the club when he trotted out this phrase during some heated discussion in the midst of a little group of members ( all of them persons of some consequence ) , Nicholas Stavrogin who was standing to one side alone and unnoticed , suddenly went up to Mr Gaganov and , taking him unexpectedly and firmly with two fingers by the nose , managed to drag him two or three steps across the room . |
| 5 | Those leaving the Cabinet , besides Thatcher , were Cecil Parkinson , who indicated that he intended to retire from Parliament at the next general election , and Lord Belstead who was appointed to a non-Cabinet post . |
| 6 | Danny Gardiner from Stroud who was taken to court in a prison bus , and a his so-accused , Simon James , from Minchinhampton near Stroud , have denied murder . |
| 7 | They turned back to Major Braithwaite who was talking to Julia with what , in so staid a man , was approaching animation . |
| 8 | Gen. Benjamin Mibenge was named on Nov. 1 as Minister of Foreign Affairs , replacing Luke Mwananshiku who was seconded to the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) in Washington . |
| 9 | He looked up and saw Sam who was rooted to the spot with excitement and quivering like a terrier . |
| 10 | Dusan Zivkovic , aged 65 , a Yugoslav Serb who was handed to the communists by the British but managed to escape , said he had come to court to find the culprits and ‘ nail the bastards ’ who had sent his fellow countrymen to their deaths . |
| 11 | He glanced at Tweed who was saying to himself , That 's a laugh . |
| 12 | Some appear as GHOSTS , while others turn into cannibalistic monsters like the witch BLACK ANNIS who was said to be a descendant of the Celtic winter goddess , Anu or Danu . |
| 13 | Colin Stagg has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of Rachel Nickell who was stabbed to death on Wimbledon Common in front of her two-year-old son . |
| 14 | The game was being played at furious pace and it was Richardson who was put to the test when he dived to turn round a long drive from Darlington in the thirty eighth minute . |
| 15 | He looked over my shoulder at Mr Saleb who was talking to a colleague in the corner . |
| 16 | He turned to Brian Harley who was talking to Jefferson . |
| 17 | She suffered dreadfully from hay fever , and many were the times — such as when we picnicked on Ivinghoe Beacon — she would have benefited from emulating Alan Turing who was said to cycle to work wearing an army gas-mask to protect himself from the pollen . |
| 18 | Another interesting example of the powerful effect which hypnosis can have on the various planes of the individual is provided by the case of a middle-aged lady from Stornoway who was admitted to the local cottage hospital with terminal breast cancer . |
| 19 | He turned to Sally-Anne who was clinging to his arm , and said , ‘ I know a small chop-house near here , and when you have eaten you may tell me what happened , and how you came to be on your own , under attack . ’ |
| 20 | Organising the Lyle 's Sales Office with a staff of 7 , is Yasmin Burrows who was promoted to the position of Sales Office Supervisor in March . |
| 21 | Reportedly stung by media criticism that he had appointed a mediocre Cabinet , Franco personally contacted PMDB leader Orestes Quércia , the former governor of the state of Sao Paulo who was known to be wary of involvement in the interim government in case it affected his chances in the 1994 presidential elections . |