Example sentences of "one who [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact in its original Hebrew setting the shepherd referred to a totally different picture — one who actually cared for and was perhaps even prepared to give his life for the sheep , protecting them from very real danger from which they could not be expected to protect themselves . |
| 2 | The loss of Mr Moynihan 's seat marks the end of a career of one who once seemed to be a young Tory success story . |
| 3 | One who then worked at Moscow University , Nguyen Khanh Toan , suggests that during his Moscow years he was provided with a Russian wife . |
| 4 | During these past ten years , he had learned a great deal about his stepfather 's business ; not only did he trudge the streets collecting money , which he then took to the bank after it had been religiously recounted by Luther , but he was the one who made all the entries into the ledgers ; he was the one who always met with accountants and reported back to his stepfather , who constantly grumbled that he was ‘ too ill and racked with pain' to weigh himself down with the burden of meetings and ridiculous men in ridiculous suits , with their ridiculous ideas that a man should always invest the money he earns with the sweat of his brow … |
| 5 | In 1987 another sceptic , John Biffen , Leader of the House , and one who publicly called for a consolidation rather than extension of existing policies , was dismissed . |
| 6 | It was my Maker who offended against me , acting so unfatherly against one who never asked to be born in any unnatural way . |