Example sentences of "who [vb past] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | When she was not travelling round the world , Miss Hayes lived at Nyack or spent time with her adopted son , James , who became known to television viewers as detective Dan Williams on the series Hawaii Five-O . |
2 | Finnan was shouting commands and swords were still flashing at the beasts who fought to clamber on board . |
3 | Later in the month teachers who failed to return to work were dismissed . |
4 | Those who failed to respond to vaccine ( concentration of antibodies to hepatitis B surface antigen <10 IU/l ; 14% of those vaccinated ) were first tested for antibodies to hepatitis B core antigen , a marker of past or current infection with hepatitis B. As can be seen from the table , most of those investigated ( 99% ) had negative results for antibodies to core antigen and were true non-responders . |
5 | Mr Ceausescu had encased himself in such an impeneterable fortress that Gorbachev spared the Romanian leader from the warning he was to deliver later to Erich Honecker , that ageing leaders who failed to reform in time would pay dearly . |
6 | This publication contained detailed descriptions of persons who failed to appear at court to answer a criminal charge . |
7 | There , the conduct of those who admitted using inside information was described as ‘ immoral ’ , ‘ unscrupulous ’ , ‘ unfair ’ , and a ‘ betrayal of fiduciary duties ’ . |
8 | ‘ I knew a girl who got hooked on cocaine . |
9 | A huge smothering hug as well to all the marshals who got battered by wind and rain whilst staffing the check points all day . |
10 | FRANKL has written about a woman who found meaning in life despite unfortunate circumstances . |
11 | Two or three out of every ten who came to live in south London were north Londoners who had merely crossed the river , but of course they themselves may have been second generation immigrants to the capital . |
12 | Well hidden underneath it was , or either the rogues would have found it when they tipped the load , or else the first who came to carry off timber would have seen it . |
13 | Then the nice soldiers on leave who came to stay with us-and silly but nice old Narodo , our second bearer , who always forgot to give us plates at meals ? |
14 | The pop star 's revenge , FEARGAL SHARKEY , formerly wobbly-voiced member of THE UNDERTONES who sought the kicks of teenagers , and wobbly-voiced failed solo star who advised listening to dad ( wonder why his career went down the toilet ) , has swapped allegiances and is now A&R man at Polydor . |
15 | Had it not been for the activities of Lady Laetitia 's lover , bold Sir Rupert Cartland ( played by an odious young actor who 'd risen to prominence by playing a tough naval lieutenant in a television series ) making with the garlic and the wooden stakes ( a bit of vampire lore crept into the script ) , Lady Laetitia and her father would have been turned into zombies and carried back to the subterranean cave , where they would never be heard of again . |
16 | You get a sixteen seventeen year old who 'd interested in motorbike , he wants to take his motorbike to th where he lives . |
17 | Evening spent in a bar at a pre-arranged ‘ reunion ’ of everybody who 'd met on route . |
18 | She reluctantly held out her hand , palm upwards , and felt like a naughty schoolgirl who 'd misbehaved in class . |
19 | They were concerned that the object might have been a hang glider who 'd got into difficulty . |
20 | The prosecution say that she was plucked from the bridge by Hagans , who 'd lain in wait for the right victim and then pounced . |
21 | As it was cruel to Eileen , who 'd bled to death after the birth of her tiny baby . |
22 | The authors who began to write about rape and related it to male power , male supremacy and male sexuality , questioned what they saw to be the essentialist constructions of female sexuality which continued to predominate within the age of sexual revolution . |
23 | I can tell of many schools and many teachers doing an exciting job under very difficult circumstances : a school set up in abandoned , corrugated iron railway sheds in Ghana with no partitions , hot at midday and unspeakably noisy during rainstorms , yet well equipped with a cheerful co-operative staff , an open plan school , Ghana style ; an overcrowded school in Lesotho where teachers had evolved their own brand of team-teaching , one teacher imparting information to a class of 120 , followed by groupwork where two teachers and a student supervised written work ; a school down the road from them where Class I and 2 teachers who finished teaching at lunchtime had organised afternoon sessions on remedial reading for older children ; another in Francistown , Botswana , in temporary classrooms , with walls made of hessian and children organised into ‘ family groups ’ playing reading and number games under the guidance of older children . |
24 | He threw it hard at the Dodger , but missed and hit Charley Bates , who started to shout with fear . |
25 | Triple X-rated comedian Kevin ‘ Bloody ’ Wilson , who started performing in football club smokos in his home town of Kalgoorlie five years ago , returns on Thursday . |
26 | He was also disturbed by the relatively small proportion of graduates who chose to work in manufacturing industry . |
27 | So top marks to all the local club drivers who managed to keep on road |
28 | Rather , like the bridesmaids who were prepared and who went to celebrate with joy , the Christian must be ready for Jesus to return . |
29 | Everyone was pleased to welcome back to Chichester from the USA Sarah Smith , who went to live in North Carolina in 1980 . |
30 | CONCERN is growing for a fifteen-year-old boy who went missing from home following a family dispute over his suspension from school . |