Example sentences of "who [vb base] [n mass] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The top wage in the prison was around £2.60 a week and £3 in the workroom , and the woman who ran it — a civilian instructor , not a screw — was a real old dragon who put people on report at the drop of a hat . |
| 2 | " In the narrow mind of this Boy Scout person , with his doll 's face ( popin ) , who only just knew where I ran was , the Shah was a dictator who put people in prison and so had to be replaced as soon as possible with a democracy like the USA " . |
| 3 | This is an affect well known in some domesticated animals like sheep , it 's well known that if sheep are , if , if , if , if ewes are well fed just before they mate , they 're much more likely to er to twin than if they 're er not given extra food supplement and nowadays erm farmers wh wh who , who breed sheep for lambing er frequently feed , feed ewes a special diet just before er conception for that very reason , the rate of twinning increases . |
| 4 | The deadlock may be broken by Alberto Vicari , a German despite his Italian name , who represents a group of shareholders who control 5% of Continental 's stock . |
| 5 | She hoped she was n't turning into one of those maniacs who murder people in order to establish their superiority over their fellows who say Please and Thank you and conform to the basic customs of society . |
| 6 | We 've got groups of volunteers who take people to theatre as well as art |
| 7 | More generally Pazzi 's introduction calls down fire and brimstone on those who damage works of art or try to appropriate them for their own collections . |
| 8 | The top 20pc of households receive an income ( £786 ) 10 times greater than the poorest 20pc , which lives off £73 a week , with the richest 20pc spending £165.30 a person more than twice as much as the poorest 20pc , who spend £62.50 per person . |