Example sentences of "who [was/were] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if the patient were introduced to other patients who were monitoring their own blood glucose levels . |
| 2 | But there was disappointment for Britain with the men 's lightweight four of Christopher Bates , Carl Smith , Thomas Kay and Toby Hessian , who were chasing their third successive world gold . |
| 3 | I remember when I worked at Ollerton colliery in the constituency of the hon. Member for Sherwood ( Mr. Stewart ) that the management had to use haulage bogeys to take fresh water to the miners , who were drinking it faster than it could be ferried to them . |
| 4 | Among the million and a half dispatched from urban Britain into the countryside were between two to three thousand refugee children who were experiencing their second dramatic upheaval within months . |
| 5 | And just as impulsively she turned to check on the movements of that incalculable swarm of half-grown children who were causing him this natural anxiety . |
| 6 | When I went to the first meeting I had been appointed to the job , I went to the first meeting and there in front of me were lots of people who were managing their own schools and they were organising how to spend money that they had been allocated . |
| 7 | Working flat out during the day , and immersed in reams of paperwork during the night , Ross had been totally absorbed in his battle to fight off the sharks who were attacking his financial empire . |
| 8 | By the time Marx wrote Formen he had not yet read Maine and Phear , who were to influence him later , but he had read descriptive accounts of Indian and Indonesian village life and history , especially in Sir Thomas Raffles , History of Java [ 1817 ] , M. Wilks , Historical Sketches of the South of India [ 1810–17 ] , and G. Campbell , Modern India [ 1852 ] , all of which are quoted in Capital . |
| 9 | In the case in which the defect in the law was first exposed , Marsh v. Arscot the defendant who was drunk began using a stream of abusive language directed at the policemen who were investigating his suspicious presence in a car park . |
| 10 | This may be why the authorities with relatively extensive training programmes , who were most likely to be the ones who were extending their internal programmes , were also likely to want more ‘ training officer time ’ . |
| 11 | The only heavy defeat was at Newington , who were playing their ninth match in six weeks , as opposed to the tourists , who were commencing their season . |
| 12 | Japan was by now fully in league with the Germans and Italians who were forcing their eastern ally into action against British territories in the Far East . |
| 13 | During the California visit , newspaper headlines reported the rising power of Adolph Hitler and Herman Goering who were increasing their inhuman persecution of Jews , but back in Canada the same news was reported with less scary and more moderate tones . |
| 14 | In September two distinct news units or departments — one for each channel — were set up : ‘ Chaban ’ later observed that the appointment of Pierre Desgraupes as head of news on channel I was the initial factor that brought together those who were to plot his own downfall in I 972 . |
| 15 | " Habib Olahi thought part of the blame lay with Iran 's allies — particulary the Americans and the British , who were giving him differing advice . |
| 16 | Who were doing their best , but could n't understand him , not only because of the gap of language . |
| 17 | Joe said he liked the sound of that , and could she bring her Bovril up and drink it while having a chat with the young woman who was resting her sprained ankle on his bed ? |
| 18 | However , the European Court carefully distinguished between the publication of value judgments about such persons rather than factual allegations , and it is likely that Lingens ( who was expressing his genuine opinion of Kreisky ) would have had a " fair comment " defence in English law . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll get it , ’ he said to Charlotte who was supervising something last-minute in the kitchen . |
| 20 | Rosie , who was wearing her best dress , hat and coat for the occasion , said , ‘ We 're not getting soaked to the skin for politeness , are we ? |
| 21 | ‘ Who was feeding you all this information in Germany ? ’ asked the Exec Director . |
| 22 | ‘ You poor young things , ’ said Corbett Farraday ( Physics , Chemistry , and anything vaguely in that line ) who was flapping his overgrown boy scout 's body along with the mass of teachers , and now looked around at them with his unnaturally innocent expression . |
| 23 | In Boston one year she went past a competitor who was pushing his disabled son in a wheelchair and talked to him . |
| 24 | Mr Craig who was holding his yearly sale of tups which he had introduced to the island , offered three silver cups as extra prizes for Blackfaced , Cheviot and Leicester tups at the Islay Show . |
| 25 | It sounded absurdly false to her , as though they were playing a rather bald comedy for the benefit of the elderly lady , who was dividing her benign attention between them and a quivering travel film . |
| 26 | Sacher was a dedicated socialist who was devoting his considerable influence to blocking the attempts of private firms from the West to establish a dominating position . |
| 27 | Inside McAllister , who was enjoying her own performance as a clumsy hoyden , a wicked devil was laughing itself stupid , until she felt strong hands under her armpits and Dr Neil hoisted her clear of her victim . |
| 28 | This was Silver , a nephew of the Threarah , who was serving his first month in the Owsla . |
| 29 | Frank , who was serving his fifth term in the House and was one of the country 's most liberal federal legislators , had acknowledged his homosexuality in 1987 . |
| 30 | Frederick was leaning on his pitchfork , apparently listening to Mister Johnny who was waving his small hands and gabbling . |