Example sentences of "who [adv] [vb past] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In about 1895 the trade began to raise the popular image of the ‘ undertaker ’ from being a person who merely disposed of the dead to a funeral director whose main object is service to the public . |
| 2 | We spent the rest of the day recovering from our journey and doing our best to avoid the other members of the household , who soon learnt of our failure and hid their satisfaction behind smug looks or sour smiles . |
| 3 | One thing that struck me about this contraceptive suggestion was that it was being made by people who totally disapproved of all experimentation on animals . |
| 4 | Felix , who always thought of himself as a bit of a lad and an all-round popular fellow , took it in good part . |
| 5 | Other aromas conjure up pleasant memories of first love perhaps , or possibly a visit to a well-loved grandmother who always smelled of lavender-water . |
| 6 | One report described the life of writer , poet , broadcaster and school teacher Naimat Ahmer , ‘ who always talked of peace , justice and democracy ’ . |
| 7 | One report described the life of writer , poet , broadcaster and school teacher Naimat Ahmer , ‘ who always talked of peace , justice and democracy ’ . |
| 8 | In the passage she encountered the man who always smelt of meat on the turn . |
| 9 | It was not the apostles at Jerusalem who ever dreamed of reaching eunuchs or Samaritans with the good news : the Holy Spirit led the way . |
| 10 | Who ever heard of a pope born in the Vatican City ( December 1st ) ? |
| 11 | ‘ Who ever heard of just one bottle of Champagne ? ’ |
| 12 | Commenting on this recently , evangelist Eric Delve asked : ‘ Who ever heard of a six-week training course to teach girls who have got engaged how to tell their friends ? ’ |
| 13 | In those days models were all very well in the wind tunnel for aerodynamic experiments but , damn it , who ever heard of a model material ? |
| 14 | Who ever heard of negotiating through a fax ? |
| 15 | Who ever heard of any fanatical terrorist outfit being able to organize three assassinations in three different countries within the same twenty-four hours ? ’ |
| 16 | Two legs good or four wheels bad or does it depend who 's in the driving seat , after all who ever heard of a road sow . |
| 17 | Who ever heard of a grown man being frightened of the dark ? |
| 18 | ( Who ever heard of a mother falling so ill she could not take care of her household , whereas everywhere there were men drunk , mad , gaoled , old , worn out-who had become as children again to their wives ? ) |
| 19 | ‘ If he does n't eat he 'll just get thinner and thinner and who ever heard of a small , thin dinosaur ? ’ |
| 20 | They are more concerned with the lost and how best to win them than with maintaining traditions : who ever dreamt of Anglican ethos in a church meeting in a pub anyway ? |
| 21 | Hard-drinking Elliott , who once boasted of a ‘ very active ’ sex life , died at his home on Ibiza surrounded by his wife and two children . |
| 22 | The family say Pringle even told Leanne , who once dreamt of being a beauty queen , to leave the house . |
| 23 | He deals with subjects like safe sex , and some of his decors are by Keith Haring , who also died of AIDS . |
| 24 | Charles and James , who both dreamt of political futures , were both graduates . |
| 25 | When the Prince 's devoted valet , Stephen Barry , who later died of AIDS , resigned the blame was laid at Diana 's door . |
| 26 | His first wife , who later died of cancer , was also a reconciling person . |
| 27 | A man who gave the drug LSD to a teenager who later died of an overdose has been sent to a young offenders ' institution for three years . |
| 28 | It was the radical MP , Sir Charles Dilke , who had created the phrase , ‘ Greater Britain ’ , and it was the radical Baptist minister , John Clifford , who later wrote of his Empire tour under the title , ‘ God 's Greater Britain' . |
| 29 | Widespread but unconfirmed reports suggested that the prison governor , Brendan O'Friel , who later spoke of the riot originating in " an explosion of evil " , had been overruled when about to launch an assault on the prison on the second day of the occupation . |
| 30 | One faction was led by a young radical senator , Dan Iosif , who had participated in the demonstrations which toppled Ceausescu , and who now spoke of the " total collapse of the Front " . |