Example sentences of "who was [adv] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Tarrant — kindly portrayed in The Happy-Go-Lucky Morgans as Mr Stodham — later introduced Edward to Mr Noble ( the father of his future wife ) who was slowly dying of a malignant , tubercular throat disease but was still actively engaged as ‘ Paul Pelican ’ , an influential journalist and critic . |
| 2 | A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy in Cape Town , who was slowly suffocating to death , yesterday became the world 's first child to have an artificial windpipe implanted , during an operation by a British surgeon . |
| 3 | As he spoke , he looked at Ludovico , who was furiously plucking at the strings of his racket and gazing at the ground . |
| 4 | The most interesting shows the upper part of a woman wrapped in a cloak , who was evidently standing in profile but turns her Daedalic face to us . |
| 5 | In order to avoid the hot weather my mother had preceded my father to England , escorted as far as Jibuti by an official from the Sudan who was temporarily serving at the Legation . |
| 6 | One was occupied by a plump woman in her forties , who was briskly sorting through a pile of letters . |
| 7 | The woman , who was probably suffering from haemophilia , felt it was necessary to approach Jesus secretly because her illness made her ‘ unclean ’ according to the Law . |
| 8 | The then Leader of the House , John MacGregor ( who was today sitting on the platform with the great ones of the party , wearing a kilt to which , strictly speaking , he was not entitled ) had called upon him to help with the inquiries . |
| 9 | Kicking the body off his machete , Mortimer made for Carrefour , who was frantically scraping at the grave . |
| 10 | Sooty turned to Yanto , who was already grinning with anticipation . |
| 11 | This will not affect anyone who was already contributing to a pension plan prior to July 1988 unless , that is , they actually wish to change . |
| 12 | Jean Baptiste , living at home on the rue de Seine , married Louise Marquin , daughter of Elizabeth Carré and the deceased Sieur Jean Marquin , ‘ Intendant de maison et affaires de Seine , who was also living on the rue de Seine . |
| 13 | It was there that he found not only his life 's vocation , but his future wife who was also teaching at the school . |
| 14 | Sister Dew , who was also helping at the stall , said gushingly , ‘ Well , Miss Broome , you are a good saleswoman — another bed jacket gone already ! |
| 15 | They made a rendezvous with Anna Campbell , who was also staying in the south of France , and passed much of the holiday in a mad drunken haze . |
| 16 | I had been asked to teach a course of lectures at the Teachers ’ College , which is the only place in NZ to run a speech therapy course ( run jointly with the university ) ; so I was staying on for an extra 4 weeks , while the others ( except Ned , who was also staying in Christchurch with his job ) headed for Auckland to fly home . |
| 17 | It had been carried out by himself , Dr Peter Brophy , and Dr Robert Wilson , who was also going to the premiere . |
| 18 | One parent described the condition of her daughter in hospital , when she saw her , who was also suffering from toxic shock . |
| 19 | The man who did encourage Nilsson was the conductor Fritz Busch , who was also working in Stockholm . |
| 20 | It was there that I picked up Tom Phillips , an artist who was just beginning to be sought after . |
| 21 | ‘ I felt a nine-match ban was a fair punishment for Davis , who was just breaking into the England squad at the time , and I suspect the FA may make an example of Ian as well . ’ |
| 22 | Ferguson moved to Kuwait , where he first met and impressed Crosby , who was just embarking on a coaching career . |
| 23 | My other sister , who was just coming into her teens , Showed very little interest in her big brother 's ‘ crazy ’ owl , but kept her distance , rather like a rabbit , I thought . |
| 24 | She nearly knocked over Nelson , who was just heading towards the lounge , his arm around Billie 's shoulder . |
| 25 | About half an hour before the return of the aircraft on operational nights we would wake up the duty Met Officer , who was usually snoozing in the ante-room , so that he could mug up on the weather situation before the first of the returning crews came in . |
| 26 | Even Heather , the Gnome Sixer , who was usually bursting with things to say at Pow-wow , was too flabbergasted to utter a word . |
| 27 | This last remark was addressed to Grant , who was indeed waiting for a break in Curtis 's verbal flow , in order to get a word in . |
| 28 | She scuttled across the road , dragging a reluctant Snappy who was obviously spoiling for a scrap , just as Ford reached his front gate . |
| 29 | I wandered off to find Jack Mason and my parents and saw Toby , who was obviously heading for the Press tent , the conference with the winner , and several post-tournament drinks . |
| 30 | He could hear shouting up ahead ; and there was a large gathering of people around a man who was obviously standing on a box of some kind . |