Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He could have saved John , but because he did n't want to look soft in front of all the important people who 'd heard him promise Herodias ' daughter whatever she wanted , Herod killed John as requested .
2 I remembered the friend of Aisha 's who 'd helped me escape from her house in London , carrying one of Aisha 's children , while I took my suitcase and dragged the other child along with me .
3 If the crowd became too large or the children too cheeky , the stall owner who had granted me permission would disperse them .
4 He thought of Hugo , who had revolutionised his own thinking , who had made him challenge and question for the first time .
5 We paid a final courtesy call on General Aziz , Werner 's friend who had lent us Abu and his jeep to film the Toraja .
6 And I would have to meet the head of the English Department , Professor Ruiperez , who had sent me kind letters of invitation and welcome , in faultless English .
7 It was the boy they had talked to in the Coptic Place of the Dead , the one who had given them information — and kicked Georgiades on the shin .
8 He was immediately released from his confinement , but he was still liable to the man who had given him credit in the belief he could keep his promise to pay later .
9 And it was the arrival of one of the men who had denied them victory in the past that helped to spark off the renewed challenge in 1993 .
10 Like his father , who had appointed him bishop , Richard could only admire the courage and saintliness of Hugh of Lincoln .
11 By the side of the woman who had read him poetry .
12 She wanted to hurt the man who had told her Rob had n't come back , but he had tried to be kind and anyway she could n't think clearly .
13 The church floor was swept and washed clean , thanks to Cecily the courtesan who had earned her pennies honestly by scrubbing every inch .
14 Richard Chambers , a fine caver who had helped me photograph the Yordas Cave main chamber , Jeff Clegg and Matt Kirby of the Earby Mines Research Group and myself left the road near Gunnerside Lodge and clanked our way up the old miners ' path along the west side of Gunnerside Gill one damp late September evening .
15 I went home to me mam , who had left me dad by then .
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