Example sentences of "who [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may look like a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house , but darling , I could tell you one or two things that would make your ears stand up on end . ’ |
| 2 | Recollections have been handed down by word of mouth , of spindle spinning and early spinners in wool and flax , who lived at Adamthwaite . |
| 3 | In a recent study performed by the authors , however , old people who lived at home were asked to record their habits each day ( times of waking , eating , visiting friends , sleeping , etc ) for a ‘ typical week ’ . |
| 4 | She was secretary to Lady Margaret Hall from 1880 to 1914 and , as lady secretary to the AEW ( 1883–94 ) , was responsible for organizing tuition for women students and for supervising those not attached to a hall , who lived at home or with ‘ hostesses ’ in the city . |
| 5 | By 1891 Thomas Patterson Gillespie , who lived at Cone House , was making ‘ blottings , printings , news , E.S . |
| 6 | Kitty in her late fifties , Kitty who lived at Court , Green , Nottingham . |
| 7 | A wonderful time for children , but not so good for thousands in cities , nor for the countrymen who lived at subsistence level , and never knew what it was to have a holiday . |
| 8 | Vera Loomis , the ninety-two-year-old who lived at number 92 and was known for some reason as Got All the Things There Then ? had offered plum wine or home-brewed lager and Susan Doyle , who was reported to watch News at Ten while her husband pleasured her , had suggested lemonade shandy . |
| 9 | Mrs. Burden who lived at number 70 , another two storey house was quite a character . |
| 10 | I went to Rose and Cyril Grabham , a lovely couple who lived at No 4 , Park Cottages . |
| 11 | Frankie had often spoken to one of the very black men who lived at Nanny 's house in Lansdowne Place . |
| 12 | So far as I am aware , we have no evidence , for example , to show whether male unemployment which in some areas has been higher than the rate for females , has enabled tending tasks of old relatives to be taken on by men who remain at home . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , the high proportion who are still dependent on their parents may have important implications for housing and health and social services needed for those who remain at home as their parents become elderly and frail . |
| 14 | When he 's rescued from a bar room brawl , Michael meets Alex ( Rob Lowe ) , a charismatic drifter who plays at life by his own rules . |
| 15 | The two women , who met at college , had excitedly planned their reunion in Durban before Elizabeth 's marriage next June . |
| 16 | Bouge De La was formed by a group of friends who met at drama school in Paris . |
| 17 | Nutty knew that Miss Bedwelty had a famous eventing niece called Biddy who rode at Badminton and was sometimes seen clearing vast hazards on television . |
| 18 | They can point to all those young married women with degrees who sit at home and grumble . ’ |
| 19 | MY DAUGHTER , who lives at home with my wife and I , is in full employment and because of her low wage she pays a reduced poll tax . |
| 20 | Forty-four-year-old Graham Bowden , an engineering supervisor , who lives at Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital , appeared before the town 's magistrates on Friday . |
| 21 | Sharon who lives at number twenty four . |
| 22 | It is almost obligatory that the private-eye should be a person who looks at society from below , as contrasted with the Great Detective who certainly hovered over the world of murder from high above . |
| 23 | Gervase of Tilbury , writing about 1214 , has stories of people who fly at night , of witches who enter houses and have intercourse with sleeping men , who steal infants , and who take the form of animals , especially cats and wolves , at will . |
| 24 | In my compartment two Frenchmen and a Spaniard were losing their pay to a tiny Glaswegian who excelled at poker ; he had already won most of the hands and was trying to explain in broad Scottish that he was open to credit arrangements . |
| 25 | Educated at St Peter 's School in York , Eton , and the Royal Military College , Sandhurst , Malcolm was a sturdy youth who excelled at football . |
| 26 | People who smoke at meal times . |
| 27 | Charlie was a bustling , enthusiastic bundle of driving energy who played at inside-right for the Palace throughout the five seasons up to the end of fully competitive football in 1915 . |
| 28 | Corrie Van Zyl , who bats at No 5 for Orange Free State , will take over the all-rounder 's spot from Brian McMillan , whose absence through injury after a good World Cup could well be felt . |
| 29 | Mr Shami Hoad , a heating engineer , who arrived at court with his wife Samantha , told Cheltenham magistrates that he 'd arrived at his home at Alma Place in Gloucester in July last year to find 2 strange men in his house . |
| 30 | We hear about the sensitive New Age man who stays at home and changes nappies — but , actually , I do n't think these men are any more satisfying to women than any other male role model for the past 2,000 years . ’ |