Example sentences of "who [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | John Barrett , who succeeded his lifelong friend as the BBC 's senior tennis commentator , said : ‘ It 's so sad that he did n't have time to enjoy his retirement . |
2 | A woman with a vacuum cleaner whose tube I fell over , the man who sold me withered flowers , even the couple who let their dog foul outside the gate were all candidates for a warm hug and a deluge of good wishes . |
3 | No I could n't I mean , and these people are Jehovah Witnesses who sold me this house and my feelings about the commercial probity of Jehovah Witnesses are that they have n't any commercial probity . |
4 | Mr Guerin , who sold his International Signal and Control company to Ferranti in 1987 for £420m , has admitted creating numerous fictitious arms contracts that helped to create the illusion of prosperity . |
5 | ‘ I have a new partner , ’ he announced proudly , ‘ who sold his own tavern near the Barbican and moved across the river to be free from the prying of certain coroners ! ’ |
6 | The Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford was one popular centre for this divertissement and Celia Fiennes , who chronicled her seventeenth century journeys , records that she was there in 1694 and printed her name several times . |
7 | BLIND Edna Miller gave a thug who attacked her sightless chum a good walloping — with her white stick . |
8 | It was Botham who redeemed his poor bowling and got the crowd going with 42 not out , hitting the winning four off the third ball of the last over . |
9 | A teenager who kidnapped his former girlfriend and her stepfather at gunpoint last year has admitted making more threats . |
10 | Those who said they never revealed that they have cystic fibrosis were more likely to be employed ( 64% ( 110/172 ) v 53% ( 311/585 ) , difference 2.5% to 19% ) , than those who revealed their cystic fibrosis at job interviews , but the questionnaire did not ask about responses to confidential medical questionnaires . |
11 | Our tuition is recognised by the Royal Yachting Association ( RYA ) , who produced their two award winning teaching videos in conjunction with us . |
12 | A man who sported a sports car and sideboards , a season ticket and a sculpture teacher , a man who produced his own series and had a bachelor pad , a Peter Sarstedt LP and a past ? |
13 | THE story of Kelly Good , the 11-year-old girl who planned her own funeral when her heart and lung transplant failed , moved me to tears . |
14 | Whether he originated the union or not , its inspiration seemed to have been Thomas Moore , a former naval officer who campaigned tirelessly for the rights of seamen , and who became its honorary president . |
15 | In 1900 she met the American collector Samuel Bancroft , who became her foremost patron . |
16 | But the Jaguthin who became my close companions were summoned at night , during the full moon . |
17 | Ramsay flew his first operational sortie on April 8 with a night trip to Emden with P/O Broadley , who became his regular pilot . |
18 | Steadily , then , over the two years or so following Herr Bremann 's death , his lordship , together with Sir David Cardinal , who became his closest ally during that time , succeeded in gathering together a broad alliance of figures who shared the conviction that the situation in Germany should not be allowed to persist . |
19 | He organized his shows with military precision , gaining the admiration of Tiller , who became his British representative . |
20 | As far as Sarah was concerned Charles was her domain at that time and trespassers were not welcome by the sparky redhead who applied her competitive instincts to the men in her life . |
21 | Dr Berisha , a 47-year-old cardiologist who led his Democratic Party to victory in legislative elections last month , becomes Albania 's first non-communist President . |
22 | Contrasts in the life of colonial New England are shown in the Puritan Keeping Room of the 1680s and the cosy tavern kitchen of the 1770s with its beehive oven and well protected bar , in the blue-green panelled living room from Lee , New Hampshire , and the mid-eighteenth-century parlor of Captain Perley , who led his Minute Men at the battle of Bunker Hill . |
23 | Joachim Müncheberg , outstanding commander of 7 Staffel , Jagdgeschwader 26 , who led his little unit to Sicily in February 1941 , to operate over Malta ; these were the first Messerschmitt Bf109E fighters to operate anywhere in the Mediterranean war zone . |
24 | The University itself issued just a simple statement , mentioning that he was an amiable student , who divided his spare time between playing rugby and the saxophone — a passion of Clinton 's to this day . |
25 | Cawarden probably welcomed the accession of Elizabeth , who appointed him joint lieutenant of the Tower , but he died soon afterwards , on or shortly before 29 August 1559 . |
26 | This was a small group of people who appointed their own chairman and secretary , and whose task was to see that the signs LADIES and GENTLEMEN were posted at all the appropriate places in the many buildings used by the conference . |
27 | How many people do you know who failed their first driving test ? |
28 | Martin was supported by tailenders Hughes , who made 15 in 55 minutes , and Mike Whitney , who equalled his best Test score of 13 before being run out to end the Australian innings . |
29 | At one time it was only an affluent few who owned their own houses or capital assets which they could invest to increase their incomes . |
30 | Among those who owned their own homes the party trailed third behind the Conservatives and the Liberal/SDP Alliance . |