Example sentences of "who [vb past] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few moments later , acquitted defendant Daniel Winter , who 'd been listening to the closing speeches , ran from the building . |
| 2 | The man , who said his name was Dave , told detectives about a friend who 'd been looking for Carol shortly before she died . |
| 3 | She sat back , munching , face red but eyes twinkling , and with those eyes indicated the two women who 'd been looking at us ; then she raised one finger and pointed first at me , then at her . |
| 4 | Sorry to anyone who 'd been hoping for a match report from Newcastle , but I went home to Wakefield the morning after the game and so did n't get a chance to post one . |
| 5 | On trial at Worcester Crown Court were thirty year old Jamie Ray , a Californian who 'd been staying in England , James Lovelidge from London who 's twenty seven and unemployed , and Michael Rock , a forty one year old French Canadian who was living in London . |
| 6 | The umpires conferred , then , like Tweedledum and Tweedledee in their striped shirts , cantered over to the third man in the stands , who 'd been gazing at Mrs Sherwood at the time and missed the incident altogether , and who now waved his down-turned palms back and forth to indicate no foul . |
| 7 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
| 8 | Mr Probyn is being questioned about the death of his wife , Tanya , who was 28 , and who 'd been missing for six days before her body was found in her car in the River Severn . |
| 9 | He did it automatically when the girl attacked the man who 'd been fighting with her father , recognizing it as a natural reaction to shock and grief . |
| 10 | At this point , a young woman who 'd been sitting on one of Bridget 's sofas jumped angrily to her feet and shouted at Geoffrey . |
| 11 | It was a little husband who 'd been sleeping under the covers . ’ |
| 12 | At the end of our corridor is the playroom where the children not yet in school spend their days with playworkers — unemployed women who 'd been signing on the dole before getting these " work experience scheme " jobs funded by the Manpower Services Commission . |
| 13 | Then one day the main guy who 'd been peeking at us turned up and asked if he could take some pictures of us . |
| 14 | Their reunion with the twins — who 'd been playing on the beach with the Meadowes 's little girl , Kerry-Jane — was an almost heartbreaking occasion . |
| 15 | Merlin , who 'd been covering for Paul and protecting the South Sussex 's goal , cleared once again , but Perdita blocked his shot . |
| 16 | It was also frustrating for the scientists who 'd been working on this project for more than a decade . |
| 17 | Dot knew from their voices that those two young men who 'd been working in the fields must be prisoners . |
| 18 | In Scotland as a whole and in Edinburgh in particular , working-class women and girls mostly found themselves in work that in some sense extended their domestic role : housework , laundry , sewing , while better-educated middle-class women who worked were caring for the young and the sick as teachers and nurses . |
| 19 | In each case the sentence is true if the person who spoke was skipping at the time of the utterance . |
| 20 | Even more amazing , Elsie , who had been getting in touch with her previously repudiated strengths , stopped complaining for the day . |
| 21 | The 31-year-old victim 's wife , who had been drifting on an anchor line 10ft below their charter boat , was uninjured . |
| 22 | A man who had been living on his own committed suicide . |
| 23 | Margaret , who had been living with her married sister in Oxford , soon came to join her mother . |
| 24 | In October , Hopper married Michelle Phillips who had been living with him for some months . |
| 25 | In May 1991 , justices made an order committing two children , who had been living with their mother following the separation of their parents , to the care of the local authority . |
| 26 | A previously well 15 year old , who had been living with friends , became acutely violent and confused shortly after his return home . |
| 27 | People who had been living in the shadow of the rock breathed easily again . |
| 28 | His eldest son James , who had been living in Stirling castle , was persuaded to join the malcontents . |
| 29 | He did not look like a man who had been living in the middle of the moor . |
| 30 | An English poet , Harry Fainlight , who had been living in New York dropped in . |