Example sentences of "who [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had a daughter , who married Wilfrid Scawen Blunt [ q.v. ] , and two sons who succeeded each other as Baron Wentworth and second and third Earl of Lovelace . |
| 2 | A nineteen-year-old Coventry woman who disowned any interest in feminism or politics — " I 'm just a fun girl , " — said she could never remember anybody talking about " the clitoris or orgasms ' . |
| 3 | Sweeney 's name pronounces him of the lineage of a man who sold human flesh for butchermeat , a ‘ demon barber ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Every match I am playing better and better , ’ said Stich , who revealed that marriage to German actress Jessica Stockman nine months ago helped put his career back on track after he had slumped as low as 17 in the world last year . |
| 5 | Rothermere withdrew his press support and Conservative MPs , who revealed some interest in fascism , joined the clamour of condemnation . |
| 6 | Not only is the food aid late but it is depressing the market for peasants who produced surplus maize for sale ( see box above ) . |
| 7 | Not only was he one of the very rare examples of a writer who produced great work in more than one genre , but in a career which spanned nearly 60 years , his talent had developed from traditional Victorian fiction to innovative 20th century poetry . |
| 8 | I suspect that it is assumed by most people , including those who planned this course of lectures , that language is a means of communication — that this is what it is for ; and that since literature is made out of language , it too must be a kind of communication , as defined by , for instance , the Collins English Dictionary : ‘ the imparting or exchange of information , ideas , feelings ’ . |
| 9 | Restricted finances allowed only one appointment , that of Coleman , who became sole Professor at the age of 28 . |
| 10 | The fact that David Lloyd George , who became prime minister in December 1916 , had a well-developed taste for publicity and a personal interest in the potentialities of propaganda strengthened this change of attitude . |
| 11 | But Macmillan ( who became prime minister in January 1957 ) firmly decided that the special relationship could and should be rebuilt . |
| 12 | Nameless Lives : Sir Robert Peel ( 1788-1850 ) , who became Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1812 after Spencer Perceval was assassinated and Lord Liverpool became Prime Minister for what must have felt for ever . |
| 13 | The percentage of women who became pregnant fell with increasing waist-hip ratio from 63% to 32% . |
| 14 | According to John Herbert , who became second Secretary of State in 1600 , it had three principal functions : the business of the Queen , in which it ‘ doth handle principally questions and consultations of state ’ ; disputes between party and party , which might involve either criminal or civil suits or a mixture of the two ; and disputes ‘ wherein the Queen is a party ’ . |
| 15 | Also elected as alternate members were Pedro Ross Leal , who became general secretary of the Confederation of Cuban Workers ( Central de Trabajadores de Cuba-CTC ) at the union 's congress on Jan. 28 , 1990 ; and Maj.-Gen. |
| 16 | It was originally a tower house called Lethington , property of the Maitland family who produced many influential royal advisers including Mary 's ‘ Secretary Lethington ’ and her son 's Chancellor ; and the Earl of Lauderdale who became dictatorial Secretary of State for Scotland under Charles II . |
| 17 | In the main changes , Nohemí Sanín Posada de Rubio ( PSC ) , formerly ambassador to Venezuela , became the first woman to be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs ( replacing Luís Fernando Jaramillo Correa , who became permanent representative at the UN ) ; Jorge Ospina Sardi ( NFD ) , the former National Planning Director , became Minister of Economic Development , replacing Ernesto Samper Pizano ( PL ) , who was switched to the newly created Ministry of Foreign Trade ; Alfonso López Caballero ( PL ) , formerly ambassador to France , was given Agriculture ; Carlos Holmes Trujillo García ( PL ) , mayor of Calí , became Minister of Education ; Mauricio Vargas Linares ( PL ) , the president 's media adviser , took over at the Ministry of Communications ; and Juan Camilo Restrepo was given Mines and Energy . |
| 18 | Francis acknowledges the tremendous influence of Gerard Mach , the successful Polish sprint coach who became national coach in Canada in 1973 . |
| 19 | Among these were a number of scions of William the Conqueror 's knights whose descendants were to wield great influence in Scotland 's tumultuous history : Bernard de Bailleul ( later Balliol ) ; Robert de Brus ( Bruce or ‘ the Bruce ’ ) ; and Walter FitzAlan , who became hereditary Steward of Scotland , a title leading ultimately to the name and royal family of Stewart . |
| 20 | Mr Mladenov , who became Foreign Minister in 1971 , had grown increasingly tired of facing criticism of Bulgaria at international meetings . |
| 21 | As laid down in the will that he had made on 29 April 1696 , revising an earlier one dated 13 July 1685 , in which his wife had been named as his sole heir , Howard 's estates were inherited by his only surviving child , Henry Charles Howard ( born 18 October 1668 ) ; from him they descended to his son , Charles Howard [ q.v. ] , who became tenth Duke of Norfolk in 1777 . |
| 22 | Desert Orchid 's trainer can fill the gaps between the great horse 's latest achievements by dreaming of his first Classic success with Dead Certain , who became clear favourite for the fillies ' Classic with a courageous victory in yesterday 's Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket . |
| 23 | Those who lived any distance from the factory were collected in the morning and taken home at night . |
| 24 | Mrs Neil 's nephew , who lived next door but one and provided daily care , said |
| 25 | Lord Lawson , as he now is , gives many ‘ through the keyhole ’ insights into the woman who lived next door to him for six years , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 26 | ‘ This boy who lived next door to me taught me how to shoplift for him . |
| 27 | She knew that dead people could be kept in this state because the man who lived next door to Mrs MacDonagh worked in an undertakers , and Ellie had heard him talking about it to Mrs MacDonagh . |
| 28 | It was Simon Clifford , who lived next door to Bracken Cottage . |
| 29 | I did n't even know them who , who lived next door to her at the side of . |
| 30 | Josey , who lived next door with her husband Charlie , had a son a year or so older than Emily . |