Example sentences of "who [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the beginning of a family association with the School which was to last until 1942 , when his son , who succeeded him in 1898 , retired . |
| 2 | Edward III always recognised the importance of noble support in his wars , and , both in his reign and in that of his grandson , Richard II who succeeded him in 1377 , the nobility led from the front . |
| 3 | A few years later , however , it passed into the ownership of Lord Gerald of Brandon , who sold it in 1682 , to the Speaker of the House of Commons , Sir Edward Seymour . |
| 4 | Such behaviour would not normally be a recommendation to the High Court bench , but it was less of a problem for the Labour Lord Chancellor who appointed him in 1975 . |
| 5 | Iford Manor was bought in 1773 by the Gaisford family , who owned it until 1853 . |
| 6 | ‘ I know lads who got theirs at eighteen in Cyprus . ’ |
| 7 | It was first discovered by Gallard in 1884 , but credit has been given to Dieulafoy who described it in 1889 . |
| 8 | However , the whole Pierremont extravaganza was too much for ordinary people , and when Henry 's second wife Mary , who outlived him by 28 years , died in 1909 the estate was gradually sold off for housing . |
| 9 | After having a challenge for the domestic middleweight title demolished by Bunny Sterling who stopped him in eight rounds , Hope once more returned with a vigorous sequence of wins culminating in a challenge for the world light-middleweight title held by Eckhard Dagge in Berlin . |
| 10 | It was Dr Jaffery who told me about two contemporary travel books which rescued the Mughals from being suffocated beneath landslides of silk , diamonds and lapis lazuli — Bernier 's Travels in the Mogul Empire and Manucci 's Mogul India . |
| 11 | A message from Mr Dubcek to the crowd in Prague , read by the economist who advised him in 1968 , called for the resignation of all those in the present leadership who were resposible for the invasion and its aftermath . |
| 12 | A message from Mr Dubcek to the crowd in Prague , read by the economist who advised him in 1968 , called for the resignation of all those in the present leadership who were resposible for the invasion and its aftermath . |
| 13 | The DOE sent it out to referees for opinions , one of whom was Steven Jones , who received it on 20 September . |
| 14 | The well-equipped organ has two manuals and was built by T. Hopkins and Sons of York who installed it in 1910 ; the air was pumped by hand until 1950 when an electric blower was installed . |
| 15 | Last season he was trained by Oliver Sherwood , who turned him into one of the best novice hurdlers and now Henrietta Knight will be attempting to do the same over fences . |
| 16 | The East Ridge , first climbed in 1938 by Don Bryant and Lud Mahan , is thought to be affected , and the East Face route description is no longer entirely valid either — what with if falling off — which is a disappointment for first ascensionists Peter Farrell , Don Cowie , Vic Walsh and Lyn Crawford who climbed it in 1961 . |
| 17 | Dr Greenaway was therefore not only a very distinguished President but he and his wife Marion , who predeceased him in 1981 , were extremely popular with the deaf community . |
| 18 | And I was not averse to fighting with any boy who challenged me for one reason or another . |
| 19 | Bob 's abilities were recognised by the Southern League authorities , who selected him for one of their inter-League games during 1912–13 and he was awarded a Benefit by the Palace in 1914–15 , along with his half-back colleagues , Jimmy Hughes and Harry Hanger . |
| 20 | It is from Boswell that we learn of the height of nun Can , Raasay 's peak on which he danced a Highland reel with old Malcolm Macleod who called him between five and six in the morning to go walking . |
| 21 | Ximena , who survived him by fifteen years , held Valencia for only short time . |
| 22 | Since early days , the castle has been laid waste and rebuilt many times before being inherited by the great benefactress , Lady Anne Clifford , who restored it in 1660 . |
| 23 | The margin between them by the end of the campaign was considerably larger than the gap between Mrs Thatcher and the Labour leader five years ago : 1987Apr 7–8Now Thatcher/Major would make best Prime Minister 42 39 47 Kinnock would 31 28 21 Conservative advantage+11+11+26 Asked who they thought would ‘ make the worst Prime Minister ’ , 51 per cent of Gallup 's sample named Mr Kinnock — seven percentage points higher than the number who named him in 1987 . |
| 24 | The ‘ Hope Dionysus ’ is famous as a central work in the collection of Henry Philip Hope , who acquired it in 1796 from the influential sculptor and restorer Vincenzo Pacetti , who attached Dionysus 's head to the torso and supplied the larger figure with arms , lower legs and other details . |
| 25 | The dealer was taken away for questioning , and the painting was confiscated by the Gemäldegalerie who kept it for six months , attempting to resolve the situation themselves . |
| 26 | But before doing so , he contacted the solicitors who represented him in 1981 and they arranged for the crown court appearance . |
| 27 | Or talk to anyone who saw her on one of the nights when she was worth seeing , and ask them what it was like . |
| 28 | It is usually known as the Metonic cycle , after the Athenian astronomer Meton who introduced it in 432 BC ( see Appendix 2 ) . |
| 29 | He could not mention it because it was not known in the Latin West before the revival of learning in the ‘ renaissance of the twelfth century ’ ( a useful term due to the American medievalist Charles Homer Haskins , who introduced it in 1927 ) . |
| 30 | Wessels launched an immediate counter-attack when he entered in the day 's second over , mostly with pulls and cuts , and counted eight fours and a top-edged pull for six off Ambrose who removed him for 59 to a sharp low catch at point 35 minutes after lunch . |