Example sentences of "who [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave land to Chad at Barrow in Lindsey for the building of a monastery ( HE IV , 3 ) , and when Chad died Wynfrith , who succeeded him as bishop , was evidently abbot of Barrow ( HE IV , 6 ) . |
| 2 | In the early 1640s Best compiled an account of his farming methods and other country matters , such as ‘ the fashions att our Country weddings ’ , for the benefit of his son , John ( 1620–69 ) , who succeeded him as lord of the manor . |
| 3 | In the early pages of the Old Testament , Joseph was cruelly treated by his brothers , who sold him into slavery . |
| 4 | Auntie Lou had friends in the town who asked her to tea sometimes but she never dared ask them back . |
| 5 | A young mother says she 's living in fear for her life after a threatening phone call from the man who kidnapped her at gunpoint . |
| 6 | Robin Gurdon , who met them at army headquarters , was to guide the party through the southernmost part of the British lines as they hoped that by skirting the edge of the depression , they would avoid any main concentrations of German troops . |
| 7 | Other interviewers who met her on set have tried to solve the riddle of her success . |
| 8 | Alexander MacDondald of Boisdale , the Highland chief who met him on arrival , begged him to go back to Europe . |
| 9 | Major Hal , who met us on arrival , insisted that I had qualified for membership in the ‘ Short-Snorters ’ Club ’ . |
| 10 | To her , I was one of Will 's wild friends , who got him into trouble . |
| 11 | Matthew 's style was snappy : ‘ John Major was the Chancellor who got us into recession and he is the Prime Minister who is n't going to get us out … ’ |
| 12 | He remained a student throughout his life , gave stipends to foreign scholars such as Grotius and Casaubon , and used to say that anyone who disturbed him before noon was no true scholar . |
| 13 | According to the Rev. William Forster , who visited her in jail , she had prayed that the weather on the day of her execution should be fine . |
| 14 | Again , this feature was copied from the West Indians who used it as part of their own hairstyles . |
| 15 | What would I have done with a mother who smothered me in love ? ’ |
| 16 | It is only after the death and complete dehumanization of the suicide that they threaten physical harm to those who offended them in life . |
| 17 | The Dundee deaconess , who helped us with advice about children 's books an her own delightful design for a Chalet School sampler , said that she hoped our efforts together would bring ‘ help , food and life to many . ’ |
| 18 | The baby , despite the fact that he has been denied his birthright of the care of deeply loving parents who created him in love , is as well cared for — ’ |
| 19 | Mr Crumwallis , satisfied that it was up to date , handed it to Mike Pumfrey , who inspected it in silence . |
| 20 | Now who trained me on Host ? |
| 21 | There now appeared in Antwerp a charming young man with an Oxford degree , Henry Philips ; he soon won the confidence of the lonely Tyndale , who invited him to dinner and showed him his books . |
| 22 | He says he 's now firm friends with the doctors who prepared him for freedom . |
| 23 | Search consultants joining companies who hired them for search : |
| 24 | Among the men who had joined Dulé on Oualie were also many who resembled him in body , square-shouldered , chestnut-coloured men with good balance . |
| 25 | This afternoon to the Commons and talked to Frank Barlow , the Secretary of the PLP , who told me in detail the arrangements that had been made in the event of Harold Wilson dying . |
| 26 | He pushed a cup of tea to his daughter who rejected it in favour of cold milk . |
| 27 | From their perspective , family problems were often underestimated by the agencies and their sense of parental responsibility , exercised in trying to ‘ get something done ’ , was violated by social workers who misinterpreted it as lack of commitment to their children 's needs ( Fisher et al . , |
| 28 | He had time to have a word with everyone and on the occasions when I met him in England he was more than helpful — unlike some of his colleagues in the Press room who pestered you for information when at Leopardstown , then pretended you were from another planet when you went to a big meeting in England . |
| 29 | Therefore , it 's rather ironic that one of the clubs who pipped them for promotion to Division I , West of Scotland , reckon the very reason they are going up is down to their New Zealand lock , Gordon McPherson . |
| 30 | But they met their match in Ryde School from the Isle of Wight , who pipped them for victory . |