Example sentences of "who [verb] [pron] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cambo 's most illustrious resident , attracted there by its salubrity , was the playwright Edmond Rostand , a florid Marseillaise who built himself an extraordinary house just outside the town to the north . |
| 2 | ‘ You know , Holly , there was a man here once who told me an extraordinary thing about women … ’ |
| 3 | But my message to anybody else who gets a knock on the door from somebody who calls themselves an antique dealer is never , ever let them in . ’ |
| 4 | A congressional committee has been inquiring into why Augusto Pinochet junior , who calls himself an international arms adviser , received cheques worth nearly $3m from the army , apparently for his share in a rifle factory , and whether the old general knew his son stood to benefit . |
| 5 | The idea has had opponents who claim its an easy option for people who would otherwise be behind bars . |
| 6 | Who knew what an unhappy woman might say in such straits , and how little she might mean it ? |
| 7 | It was Sayeeda who gave me an insatiable desire to open the doors of Oman , doors which were locked to most foreigners and needed a special key . |
| 8 | It is Erasmus who gives us an interesting picture of the ordinary people 's homes , and he comments on the custom of covering the floors with rushes . |
| 9 | I do not regard a judge who makes what an appellate court later regards as a mistake of law as abusing his powers . |