Example sentences of "who [verb] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got in touch with my French and German colleagues who agreed to support a UK proposal to place the matter on the agenda when it was presented for approval at the first meeting . |
| 2 | Next came talks with Hedlunds who agreed to do a turnkey operation , using a three-man team to erect the structure and local builders , plumbers , plasterers and electricians to complete the work . |
| 3 | On this ground the proceedings of the licensing court were either reduced , or the pursuer 's averments were held relevant , in the following circumstances : when two of the members of the court had been employed by the applicant as part-time barmen for a number of years , without remuneration apart from money gifts at holiday periods : McDonald v. Fin lay ( supra ) ; when three of the members of the court were shareholders , and one was a director , of the company owning the property for which the certificate was sought , and when that company was closely allied with another company , the officials and directors of both being the same persons , on whose behalf the certificate was applied for : Blaik v. Anderson ( 1899 ) 7 S.L.T. 299 ; when a member of the court had recently been a shareholder of the company on whose behalf the certificate was applied for , and he had on previous occasions himself been the applicant on the company 's behalf , he being an avowed and pledged advocate of the company : Ower v. Crichton ( 1902 ) 10 S.L.T. 271 ; when members of a court had , in their capacity as members of a local authority , and with a view to street improvement , taken an active part in negotiating the purchase of licensed premises from brewers , who agreed to pay a sum of money to the local authority if a new licence were obtained for other premises , such as the subject of the application : R. v. Sunderland JJ. [ 1901 ] 2 K.B . |
| 4 | In this case , the defendant ordered a Rolls Royce chassis from the plaintiffs who agreed to build a body on it by 20 March . |
| 5 | However , it is sadly the case that it is still true that there are er a number of landlords around who tend to control a lot of property , who er are charging er absurdly and unreasonably high rents in return for an appalling service . |
| 6 | There was the chemist who toyed with the possibilities of making synthetic gas for a balloon , the aerodynamic expert who planned to construct a glider out of bed boards , and the dog-lover who wanted to make himself a dog-skin out of an Irvin flying suit and crawl out as one of the guards ' Alsatians . |
| 7 | Among the more significant changes , prompted in part by criticism of the government 's handling of events leading up to the Iraqi invasion of August 1990 [ see pp. 37631-41 ] , was the replacement of the Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah al Ahmad al Jabir as Sabah , who failed to obtain a Cabinet post for the first time in almost three decades . |
| 8 | He hoped that anyone over the coming weeks who failed to get a job because of not being a union member would write to the Government and explain the facts . |
| 9 | Also the Head discusses the problem with the School Nurse who agrees to do a home visit to the child in question . |
| 10 | ( e ) ‘ member ’ means a person who agrees to become a member of a body corporate and whose name is entered in its register of members ; |
| 11 | Undergraduates who intend to pursue a career in the profession are advised to ensure that their courses will entitle them to the maximum exemptions from the examination and training requirements of the various professional accounting bodies in the UK . |
| 12 | With a list price of over £100 , this is really for the upholsterer , picture framer or other professional who needs to use a tacker daily . |
| 13 | Anybody who needs to study a site in detail should look at the archive as well as the published report . |
| 14 | It could be a roadmaker who has to fill a depression in order to continue with the road . |
| 15 | Think of the man who has to hang a kitchen cabinet in a frame house . |
| 16 | Perhaps it 's enough to be Scarlet , who has to see a therapist and dreams only of early retirement and death . |
| 17 | They are bondagers , women hired by a male farm worker or ‘ hind ’ who has to provide a woman to work with him before he will be hired by a farmer . |
| 18 | In The Favour , The Watch And The Very Big Fish Bob Hoskins plays a Paris photographer of religious themes who has to find a model for Christ on the cross and comes up with Jeff Goldblum , an ex-convict and former lover of an actress ( Natasha Richardson ) , who he meets at a pornographic dubbing studio . |
| 19 | Nowadays the holding of dances , raffles , and pub talks along with the fixture has pushed up the sums enormously , although if inflation and house prices are taken into account even £50,000 or over is hardly a fortune for a man who has to find a job and keep a family . |
| 20 | The Aristotelian talk of definitions ‘ does not reveal nature to us , but only does the same as the man who promised to discover a treasure and then says ‘ look where it is hidden and you will find it . ’ |
| 21 | Tim Sutton , who helped to foil a raid at Clacton jewellers SB Totham |
| 22 | Think of all those women who long to bear a child and are unable . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Who wants to watch a movie about a queer who painted a soupcan ? ’ the executive demanded . |
| 24 | I 've got a customer coming in who wants to choose a puppy , and it must be vaccinated before it leaves here . |
| 25 | Does he agree with the BMA that that should now be extended to every GP who wants to hold a fund ? |
| 26 | ‘ Do you know anybody who wants to train a boy for work , Mr Sowerberry ? ’ |
| 27 | Pressed glass became fashionable in the 19th century , and it 's ideal for anyone who wants to start a collection as there are still some bargains to be found — look for it at junk shops and car-boot sales . |
| 28 | I mean who wants to get a paper and see on the front of the paper a girl or or Lady Diana crying over her father . |
| 29 | Certainly , any academic who wants to write a book on a canonical author , topic , or period , is likely to get a contract without very much formality ( particularly if it has to do with ‘ women ’ or ‘ theory ’ , or ideally both ) . |
| 30 | Not for myself , ’ he added hastily , ‘ but for the widow with hungry mouths to feed , the boy who wants to become a scholar . |