Example sentences of "who [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Geldof , who offers a mix of interviews , showbiz and fashion , hailed it ‘ a success ’ — even though his name was spelt ‘ Geldorf ’ on a trailer . |
2 | This principle has been extended so that a person who books a holiday on behalf of others , e.g. a husband booking on behalf of himself his wife and children , may obtain damages not only for his own disappointment etc. but also for the disappointment sustained by his wife and children . |
3 | Following Harris ( 1975 ) 62 Cr App R 28 ( CA ) , a person who books a room at an hotel implies that he has money to pay . |
4 | Donald Stewart owns three guns ’ — Menzies spoke in a pressing whisper — ‘ there were spears there , and pikes — ‘ Who wins a battle — professionals or enthusiasts ? ’ |
5 | Any player who wins a US Tour event should feel himself equally capable of winning the Masters , but first he has to lay the ghost of history , which pervades every hole on the course . |
6 | Second was from Packaging who wins a £10 voucher . |
7 | Shoreditch eventually found it in a dictionary of American slang : ‘ A horse who wins a race by prearrangement ; a person , team , candidate , etc , who will or did win easily . ’ |
8 | The person who spotted the most hazards was Guinness pensioner , who wins a £25 Guinness voucher . |
9 | The comedy drama , called Henri , is about the adventures of a brilliant young accordion player from a small rural town who wins a place at a Belfast music school . |
10 | The winner of the Black Swan 10th Anniversary Quiz is Sue Kimber of Books Etc , Victoria , who wins a stay in Stratford-upon-Avon for two , plus tickets to a Shakespeare play and a meal afterwards . |
11 | Wayans is Johnny Stewart , a Chicago wide boy from the wrong side of the tracks who ekes a living by executing scams on unsuspecting white folks with his hyper-active bro Seymour , one Marlon Wayans . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | The technique is often to introduce a speaker who represents a product in this way : the local radio announcer says live , " Many housewives today use bleach to disinfect kitchen surfaces and to protect the health of their families . |
14 | Top price in the ewe section went to W L French , who sold a pen of nine reg Poll yearlings at £69 a head . |
15 | A notable exception was Hopkins-Thomas , one of four modern art dealers present , who sold a masterpiece , a neo-Impressionist charcoal and watercolour of 1890 ‘ La retraite aux flambeaux du 14 juillet au Puy ’ by Albert Dubois-Pillet , a follower of Seurat , for something in the region of FFr 1.3 million ( £134,000 ; $233,200 ) within an hour of the Salon opening . |
16 | Similarly , if F t > E ( S T ) a trader who sold a futures contract now and held it to delivery would expect to make a profit of F t - E ( S T ) . |
17 | THE eavesdropping ex-bank manager who sold a tape of Princess Di 's lovey-dovey phone chat admitted yesterday that he did it out of greed . |
18 | TWO Cookstown men who attacked a pair of undercover police have been jailed by Belfast Crown Court . |
19 | The man who was killed was one of three people who attacked a crew from the international television news agency , Visnews , 50 yards from the Marines ' post at the airport entrance . |
20 | POLICE are hoping to help their search for a man who attacked a hotel doorman , leaving him in a coma , by broadcasting a plea for help on the BBC 's Crimewatch programme . |
21 | The Iranian government demanded compensation from Turkey , alleging negligence on the part of its security forces , after a six-year-old Iranian boy was killed , and six Iranians wounded , by PKK guerrillas who attacked a train in Mus province , eastern Turkey , on June 11 . |
22 | a Perfect clue : Vandals who attacked a bus station left police the perfect clue they daubed their names over the freshly-painted terminus in Seaton Carew . |
23 | Police are searching for people who attacked a pony , leaving it with a gaping wound six inches long in its leg . |
24 | On April 23 , police fired upon demonstrators who attacked a Kathmandu police station , and six policemen were lynched by angry crowds . |
25 | Detectives are stepping up their hunt for a rapist who attacked a woman at Nottingham 's Music Festival at the weekend . |
26 | TWO teenagers who attacked a group of sixth-formers after a party , leaving one with a double fracture of the jaw , were yesterday locked up by a judge . |
27 | Victoria Carrington , 23 , of Northolt , west London , a convent-educated stockbroker who attacked a mother and daughter on an Underground train after they knocked into her newspaper was fined £400 by Knightsbridge magistrates and ordered to pay £600 compensation after being found guilty of assault . |
28 | Shining examples of prisons as decent and constructive places generally are brief episodes , often associated with particular staff members who display a combination of exceptional vision , determination and charisma . |
29 | On the day she was taken ill , Rose had a severe headache , which became so bad that she called her doctor , who asked a neurologist to visit her immediately at home . |
30 | Schmidt had phoned a dealer , the dealer asked his wife , a business journalist , who asked a colleague on the news desk . |