Example sentences of "who [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have problems with the Liberal Democrats , who change their mind every five minutes and who have a different policy for every constituency . |
| 2 | A TEENAGE schoolboy has won a court divorce from the bullying mother who made his life a misery . |
| 3 | Despite our spectacular surroundings it was those people who made our trek the memorable experience it was . |
| 4 | If I get home at 12.30 I probably wo n't want to go down a club , but I 'll pull a beer out of the fridge , sit down and have a laugh at everybody else making pillocks of themselves , including the prat who calls him self the Hitman . |
| 5 | Many are portrayed as strong personalities : the Swansea shopkeeping grandmother , a ‘ wonderful old lady ’ who would tell historical stories of the Rebecca Riots ; the cultured , much-travelled Scots widow , a ‘ remarkable woman ’ who ran her late husband 's estate ; the toothless , pipe-smoking , ‘ mediumistic ’ Lancashire granny who believed in ghosts and practised second sight ; or the Scot ploughman 's wife who taught her grandson the Bible and catechism ‘ patiently , affectionately , and prayerfully … and at night she would put me to bed , wrap me snug and warm , and kindly teach me short prayers , psalms , and hymns . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Letts who was married with two sons worked for Securicor who called his death a tragic waste . |
| 7 | A Soviet engineer who lost his job a decade ago after applying to emigrate needs to catch up . |
| 8 | Fat Trask choked with laughter , spattering half-chewed pasta over another man who slapped him upside the head . |
| 9 | ‘ When Thatcher was on the pot , it is my belief she was peremptorily required by her mother and grandmother to do her duty , ’ writes Abse , and proceeds to build a gigantic edifice on the assumption : ‘ A mother who is peremptory when the child wants satisfaction at the breast , is the same severe mother who denies her child the pride in her own first creation , her faeces , ’ he explains . |
| 10 | It had been enough for her that he was a man who thought his house a good point of departure for the Piero della Francesca trail . |
| 11 | The players are hoping for another lift from the supporters , who gave their team a tremendous welcome and out-sang Liverpool 's followers at Highbury . |
| 12 | An investor who gives his broker an order to sell when a stock falls to a certain figure is setting UP just such a system . |
| 13 | Churlish indeed the man who wishes his neighbour a Merry Christmas but does not give him tangible proof of this to put on his mantlepiece . |
| 14 | But the most blood-chilling sight of all was the man who sat his horse a little apart from the others . |
| 15 | ‘ If you do n't like somebody , you 're liable to mark them down , whereas the person who brings you tea every morning gets extra points . |
| 16 | But who knows what shape a business or practice will be in 10 or 20 years time ? |
| 17 | Who knows what truth a tavern in Paris and a monastery in Scotland may hold . ’ |