Example sentences of "who [vb past] [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can also revive memories of childhood tantrums and distress , locking oneself in the lavatory or bathroom and shutting out the adults who came battering at the door . |
| 2 | He noted given unto a Newlands man who came to look at the supposed Wad Mine at Conistone 5s . " |
| 3 | All Félix 's guests who came to dine at the château paid her extravagant compliments . |
| 4 | He was rearranging his hair in the rear-view mirror as the monster moved out into the traffic , scattering small boys who 'd gathered at the front of the car to try and open the bonnet , for God 's sake , and examine the engine . |
| 5 | Through the crowd round the barrels William saw the priest who 'd officiated at the funeral and who 'd asked him about the hymns . |
| 6 | A professional cavalier , who enjoyed excelling at the game of soldiering , who gave his orders with the perfect authority of a corps whose drills have been tempered by a score of successful wars , a hundred victories , a million unsung deaths . |
| 7 | Karen , who started skating at the age of six , has received grants from the borough council 's Community Chest . |
| 8 | I know it sounds crackers but we preferred it , " said one of the pit brow lasses who started working at the pit when she was fourteen and finished when the women 's work was abolished after nationalisation . |
| 9 | It was at one of these that the Empress was provoked into a comment at the expense of her husband 's current favourite , the Countess of Castiglione , who had appeared at the ball dressed as the Queen of Hearts . |
| 10 | One of the speakers , a Mr Sibbald , who had studied at the College and obtained his certificate , said ‘ My father was a farrier . |
| 11 | Prominent in this development was a Lewes-born doctor who had studied at the University of Leyden and returned home to marry into the local gentry , combining estate management with medical speculations , and systematic enquiry . |
| 12 | ‘ ’ Many the rich cheeses I pressed for ungrateful townsfolk , Yet never did I get home with much money in my pocket , ’ ' quoted Bacci , who had studied at the Liceo Classico . |
| 13 | At about the same time the French monk Abbo of Fleury was writing about the death of another English leader who had fallen at the hands of the Danes : Edmund , king of the East Angles , who had been killed in 869 . |
| 14 | She heard the break before she actually saw the child who had fallen at the winning end of a tug-of-war rope . |
| 15 | Sir Hugh said he understood that the successes of the security forces were of little comfort to those who had suffered at the hands of terrorists . |
| 16 | together with the Bishop of Chester , applied on 12th October for his removal ; the Goldsmiths complied , paid £5 to a Mr. Nicholson who had taught at the School in the meanwhile , and made John Cobb the new Master on 8th January 1602 . |
| 17 | An Asian teacher who had taught at the school for six years stated : |
| 18 | Although these proportions changed subsequently , particularly among the 55–59 age group , after three years only one in four of the whole group ( excluding those who had retired at the normal pension ages ) were in work . |
| 19 | Miloslav Vlk ( 59 ) was enthroned in Prague on June 1 as Archbishop of Prague and Primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia , succeeding Cardinal Frantisek Tomasek , who had retired at the age of 91 . |
| 20 | The US ambassador , who had marvelled at the readiness of the British to hazard so much in company with France ( a nation which they were in the habit of disparaging ) , now saw that this had been no more than a passing flirtation . |
| 21 | One he had not seen at all , the fourth , who had stayed at the hideout ready to kill Simon Cormack on a phone call , or a no-show by his colleagues by a certain time . |
| 22 | David Weintraub , who had stared at the ceiling , dropped an eye towards the Secretary of State . |
| 23 | The small village was completely silent as the Marines who had landed at the small fishing jetty moved up into the plateau where the houses were built . |
| 24 | Maureen , 44 — who had worked at the Gateshead mill for ten years — declared : ‘ I could n't have lived with myself if I had put my name to it . |
| 25 | Moreover , given the striking similarity between the seasons , octagonal arrangement from Chedworth and mosaic H from Woodchester ( Smith 1969 , 101 ) , it seems almost certain that the seasons mosaic was the product of craftsman who had worked at the latter site . |
| 26 | A tall woman of about forty , who had sat at the back , slipped away without speaking to anyone . |
| 27 | Along with the name came the Servite Fathers who had officiated at the old church . |
| 28 | for example , BBC Television on the evening of the 11 July Day of Action , and the papers next morning , were full of pictures of injured policemen , but the pickets who were injured were hardly mentioned , although among them was a man who had had an epileptic fit , a woman who had collapsed at the rear entrance to the factory and two Yorkshire miners who had to be carried away by their friends . |
| 29 | When Diana started to learn piano , any progress she made was always dwarfed by the achievements of her grandmother , Ruth , Lady Fermoy , who had performed at the Royal Albert Hall in front of the Queen Mother , and her sister Sarah who studied piano at a conservatoire in Vienna following her abrupt departure from West Heath . |
| 30 | But the Dartford player , who had started at the 10th in his second round , failed to reach the green and dropped a shot . |