Example sentences of "who [is] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One man who 's suffered more than most , is Herefordshire trainer , Richard Lee . |
| 2 | The farmer , Colin French , who 's received more than sixty convictions for cruelty to his animals , has started a three month jail sentence . |
| 3 | But I 'll have you know this cut-out lady is a woman in terrible pain ; a woman who 's leaving here because of a whim of her husband . |
| 4 | Well you do n't know who 's coming yet so they 're ca n't do it can they ? |
| 5 | A seventy two year old grandmother who 's fostered more than a hundred children went to Buckingham Palace today to receive her MBE . |
| 6 | His report includes an interview with one man who 's spent more than half his adult life in prison . |
| 7 | There was a moment of silence , and then the old lady , her tone returning to normal , looked at Grace as she said , ‘ Now , Grace , when the meal is over and there 's all this tosh about the ladies rising so the men can enjoy their port and cigars , here 's one who is staying behind because I 'm dying for a cigarette . |
| 8 | See also Stenhouse Australia Ltd v Phillips [ 1974 ] AC 391 ( insurance brokers ) , and also Routh v Jones [ 1947 ] 1 All ER 758 : " … the character of a general medical practice is such that one who is employed therein as a medical assistant , necessarily acquires such a special and intimate knowledge of the patients of the business that the employers … are entitled to protect themselves against unfair competition on the servant 's part " , per Evershed J. |
| 9 | 8.1 The Department is committed to support any member of staff who is assaulted either whilst carrying out their official duties or as a consequence of official duties . |
| 10 | The parents of Patricia Cahill , 19 , who is serving more than 18 years in Thailand for heroin trafficking , have averted financial ruin by selling their Birmingham house . |
| 11 | A high earner who is paid more than the Upper Earnings Limit ( UEL ) each week does not pay any more contributions ( there are very few women in this position ) . |
| 12 | Tests revealed that the man — who is known only as ‘ John Smith ’ — could survive without injections of insulin . |