Example sentences of "who [vb past] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Productive activity was carried out by peasants , who lived on and cultivated the land which was controlled by the feudal lords . |
| 2 | They seem to be a strangely ugly , ill-nourished lot , rather like the subhuman race in The Rime Machine who lived underground and fed upon the Beautiful People up above . |
| 3 | Charles Booth described how each district had its own peculiar flavour because of its distinctive occupational structure , a flavour that could be detected in the streets from observing the faces of the people who lived there and noticing what they carried : |
| 4 | The men and women ( eleven in all ) who met here and talked for a few hours and went their unremarkable ways , were the descendants of the impassioned few Roxborough had gathered around him in the dark days following the failure of the Reconciliation . |
| 5 | For readers there were books and rooms set apart as libraries , and there were people who learnt a great deal and people who read furiously and learnt nothing . |
| 6 | ‘ The idea was developed by four brewers who got together and devised the system for brewing beer in a container ’ says Smillie . |
| 7 | It is just conceivable that the Inland Revenue , thicketed about with legislation and case law , might think these provisions of the Income Tax Acts had some concern for a transaction of that nature , but that is hardly a view which could be shared by one who got out and looked at the wood as a whole . |
| 8 | When one day nobody could rouse him from his trailer , it was Lee Marvin who entered quietly and found a sombre , lonely , sad man . |
| 9 | That showed over and over again that on issues such as security of supply , reliability of delivery , documentation , handling of complaints , efficiency of ordering service , and in particular , communication , there were others who tried harder and did better . |
| 10 | When we began , we therefore had six members helping lead the open youth club ; one who headed up and organised a coffee bar which aims to be open whenever the centre is open ; others who were involved in the drama ; keep fit ; OAP 's and other groups . |
| 11 | Soon after England began their reply there was a bad-light hold-up — probably unnecessary if they had all been wearing Bolle ‘ lifter ’ lenses — and upon resumption , Gooch and Stewart had to brace themselves against a torrid onslaught from Waqar , menace in every step of his run-up , and Akram , who bounded in and flung down something resembling Ivanisevic 's curving left-handed tennis serve , if only 30mph or so less swift . |
| 12 | He was a good king , and one who judged justly and feared God , and was bold in all his doings . |
| 13 | I rang Joy and Alan , who came immediately and stayed , apart from a quick lunch break , all day . |
| 14 | He had rung for Baron , who came over and examined her briskly . |
| 15 | No 2 was all the other bits : No 2 was the writer , the ‘ Boy-in-the-box ’ , the one who came out and wrote the books and expressed itself . |
| 16 | And it says , now when the apostles , who were in Jerusalem heard that Somaria had received the word of God they sent them Peter and John , who came down and prayed for them , that they might receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 17 | She 's has n't a soul in the world barring her sister who came down and identified the bodies . ’ |
| 18 | So er that was a telephone call to the divisional officer , who was available at the moment and who came down and discussed it with the employer and notwithstanding that , in the afternoon I had given the management one hour to resolve the problem otherwise there was going to be a major walkout . |
| 19 | Dr Neil , with many a joke , helped them , made change , and once went out to return with lemonade and glasses for all the ladies who were so busy manning the stalls , Mr Sands helping him — the rector being a vague benevolent figure who came in and blinked at them all , said , ‘ I am sure , ladies , that you will all gain treasure in heaven for your noble work here today , ’ and went out again . |
| 20 | It did n't work at first because people forgot and then there were the tourists who came in and did n't know the seating arrangements . |
| 21 | That has now changed Eastern arts no longer support the gallery now one obvious reason for that is the gallery started so well because of the enthusiasm from a number of professional people who came along and gave their advice and much of their time and such a body of people has not been called upon for a number of years now and once again a request to discuss this with Mr was refused . |
| 22 | I remember when my school opened , or just before it did , erm I got the staff together for a conference for a day , and got another East Sussex Head , James Quinn , who came along and talked to them , and one of the things he said was now for the next week or two , whatever John Werner says goes . |
| 23 | I was the beetle who woke up and saw the possibility of being a man . |
| 24 | Tosh McKinlay , who scored once and forced Taylor to concede an own goal , Gary Mackay and Derek Ferguson all made a creative contribution to an enjoyable match . |
| 25 | A BANNED driver who mowed down and killed five youngsters in a high-speed chase was jailed for a maximum of five years yesterday . |
| 26 | Apart from Steve , I do n't think there appeared to be anyone who turned round and said look they could n't do it . |
| 27 | Then on another shot , he had a POW on the drill , who turned round and waved at the camera crew , so that was scrubbed out and done again . |
| 28 | There was a man who 'd just lived through an explosion underground , who turned round and sawed off Pengilly 's injured leg smack smooth , who passed the night forging a banker 's letter of credit , and who spent next day drawing wool over the eyes of the Manchester & leeds directors . |
| 29 | And the hoops were made by soldiers , who turned over and stood on their hands and feet . |
| 30 | There is a statue in the village to the most endearing Pyreneeist of them all , Count Henry Russell , Irish on his father 's side and Gas con on his mother 's , who climbed obsessively and made so many ascents of Vignemale — thirty in all — that in 1889 the authorities granted him a concession to it . |