Example sentences of "who was [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While this conversation proceeded , both men eyed Martha , who was Harry 's first cousin , and who was moving from customer to customer , topping up tankards from an earthenware jug . |
| 2 | The most professional approach which I had was in fact via an intermediary who was acting on behalf of an existing customer of the company who employed me and whose objective was to sound out general interest without disturbing the importance of on-going business relationships . |
| 3 | And er I always remember the lawyer who was acting on behalf of the union er said to these blacklegs , How would it be possible for you to see it though your window who was throwing the bricks seeing that the windows are so black and filthy you ca n't see the curtains that 's hanging up from the outside ? |
| 4 | He prepared himself to meet the Mahatma on the basis of ‘ personal appeal and conviction ’ , taking to heart the advice of V.S.S. Sastri , who was acting as intermediary , that Gandhi was ‘ like a woman ; you have got to win him ; therefore before you see him , perform all your ablutions , say all your prayers and put on your deepest spiritual robes ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Darling , this is Miss Huntley , who was expecting to lunch with Angela today . |
| 6 | The inquest , at Weeley , was told Miss Martin , who was living at Seaside Lodge nursing home in Colne Road , Clacton , had received psychiatric treatment in the past . |
| 7 | Woodcock , who was living at home in Birmingham and studying medicine , enjoyed his visits to his ‘ wicked ’ uncle in London . |
| 8 | She scrutinised a dilapidated man on the pavement outside who was passing from rubbish bin to rubbish bin , rustling around inside and placing everything of interest in a plastic bag . |
| 9 | Mr Wolski thought of his friend the eagle who was struggling for life through this long night Then he did something he had not done for years , for decades , since before the darkness came to his own life in the Second World War : he said a silent prayer . |
| 10 | It was warm in the kitchen and the fire cast a soft light on Carrie who was kneeling in front of the fire , folding the blanket she had been airing . |
| 11 | One still made her laugh : ‘ Have you ever tried writing a play ? ’ the little girl asked the dog who was typing on top of his kennel . |
| 12 | I 'm writing with regard to a letter from Andy Mitchell from Ashington ( Aug ‘ 92 ) , who was looking for help in the preamp/processor direction , and was looking for the Eddie Van Halen , Brian May and the Nuno Bettencourt sounds for his processor . |
| 13 | In 1872 , on a visit to Egypt , she met Lieutenant Soøren Adolph Arendrup , a thirty-eight-year-old widower and Danish officer , who was serving as artillery adviser to the Egyptian army . |
| 14 | They fussed over her as though she were a sick child , then , once the X-rays were completed , returned her to Penry , who was chatting over coffee with Sister Concepta in her office . |
| 15 | Neddy Fawcett , who was farming at West Birk Hatt in the days before it was flooded when the new reservoir opened , was very good with mechanical things and used to come over and try to make it start . |
| 16 | The next day Professor Pearn , who was working in intelligence , came in to warn me that the Japs were breaking through from Taung-gyi and that it was only a matter of hours before they would reach Maymyo . |
| 17 | LOOSE ALICE , also known affectionately as Slack , shot out of the trap in a blur of speed and bore down on the man who was running in front of her squeezing a squeaky toy . |
| 18 | Gary Parker , who was playing at scrum-half , kicked two conversions while David Leighton landed a drop goal . |
| 19 | Neville Chamberlain has gone down in history , either as the politician who was duped by Hitler , or as a shrewd statesman who was playing for time , so Britain could re-arm . |
| 20 | How could such an affliction strike down the Liverpool manager , a 38-year-old fitness fanatic , who was playing in midfield for Scotland and Liverpool only two years ago ? |
| 21 | No do n't forget again all the things that you recognize from somebody who was suffering from shock right do n't forget how we treat them okay and we 'll run a film for you now erm , no perhaps we wo n't we 'll deal with the severe bleeding on the palm of the hand and get that out of the way |
| 22 | A major breakthrough came in the middle sixties when an antigen was isolated from an Aborigine who was suffering from hepatitis . |
| 23 | A radio ham called Tony and an ambulance driver who had just picked up a man with bandaged fingers who was suffering from exposure . |
| 24 | Dr. Goldsmith had reported the admission to the infirmary of a young woman , Phoebe B. , who was suffering from tuberculosis . |
| 25 | The children were called in for tests after being treated by a paediatrician at the Countess of Chester Hospital who was suffering from TB . |
| 26 | A Shetland Pony who was suffering from depression has been given a new outlook on the world . |
| 27 | A Coroner has recorded a verdict of suicide on Nicolette Fame , the wife of the singer Georgie Fame , who was suffering from depression when she jumped from the Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol . |
| 28 | The 64-year-old male patient , who was suffering from arthritis , has asked not to be identified but was said to be in stable condition last night . |
| 29 | She looked at the crumpled figure who was fighting for breath on the pillow , perspiration pouring down his anguished face . |
| 30 | The subject was the courageous crusade of a Somerset doctor , Geoffrey Taylor , who was dying of cancer . |