Example sentences of "who was [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Paschal II , who was slowly giving way on the question of homage , which Anselm looked on as settled , sweetened the pill by piecemeal concessions on the primacy .
2 She was a nomad who was finally taking root in Hawaii .
3 Tumilty , who was anxiously awaiting news of today 's Harp Senior League decider between Bann and Holywood , scored one of the goals and set up two others as George Blackwood 's squad moved to the top of the table overnight .
4 Dieter Kaufmann , 37 , a drug addict with a prison record who was reportedly undergoing treatment for schizophrenia , was arrested at the scene although two others ran away .
5 They had been accepted for admission before the onset of dementia ( most sheltered housing associations would not accept a new tenant who was already showing evidence of dementia ) , but with increasing age in the sheltered housing population cases are likely to occur more frequently .
6 He finished with Sen when he teamed up with Peter Solowka , who was also learning guitar .
7 I turned to Lorne , who was also having difficulty in breathing , and was quite aware of the idiocy of attempting a further rope descent ( and hopefully subsequent ascent ) with our equipment .
8 On one occasion Wallace rode daringly down upon Scone and put to flight an English justiciar who was busily pronouncing outlawry upon anyone who refused to swear loyalty to Edward .
9 We agreed on the use of Gordon Ingles for another commercial film and Leon suggested I could make any necessary further contact on such matters directly with Hellen who was apparently designing film sets , writing scripts and sometimes directing Shelly productions .
10 Shortly after moving to Wales , Bernard , who was continually having trouble with the finely tuned engine of his Lotus Elite , had discovered a motor club .
11 A dozen times a day she pictured the woman with prematurely white hair who was now holding Angel to her breast , and she ached with longing to change places with her .
12 The unequal tug of war continued , and something kept the man from actually striking Sally-Anne , although he rained blows on the woman , who was now giving vent to a low , keening moan .
13 Erika thawed , melted , forgave Fritz , for which he was pathetically grateful , and sent him for fruit juice while she looked for Paul who was happily playing table tennis .
14 A Georg who was constantly finding fault and who , in some curious way over the three years of her absence , had become mean .
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