Example sentences of "who was [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | England 's one fitness doubt tomorrow concerns Phillip DeFreitas , who was resting a sore elbow yesterday , but otherwise their major problem is whether to play both their spinners . |
| 2 | I admired my daughter-in-law so much the day I saw her stand a full five minutes waiting for her little boy who was watching a worm disappearing through a hole in the earth . |
| 3 | and I was very moved by the photograph and I ended up writing a poem to this little girl , and indeed one thing I can say , perhaps with some pride , is that Doctor Barnardos know about this poem , and somehow who was writing a history Barnardo children actually asked to use it in her book . |
| 4 | He did n't like the look of that rascal who was touching a taper to the base of the gun . |
| 5 | Sir William , who was expressing a personal view because of internal differences over the reorganisation , said that to split the NCC into three would remove a strategic overview in formulating national policies . |
| 6 | But the Poles had an outstanding side then — not only featuring Lubanski but Deyna , Lato , Gadocha , Gorgon and the goalkeeper , Jan Tomaszewski , who was to defy a barrage of attack in London . |
| 7 | There were , of course , grounds for taking it ; they could well argue the impossibility of continuing to give their loyalty and service to a monarch who was creating a totally new situation by failing in her fundamental duty of ruling her people . |
| 8 | He had been out working all day on a commission job for a fashionable hairdresser who was creating a branch in Los Angeles . |
| 9 | Wellington looked to an aide who was seated a few places down the table . |
| 10 | The Virgin , Ford relates , appeared to a young shepherd in the Alpilles who was chiselling a rock , and remained whilst he carved her portrait . |
| 11 | A boss who was expecting a quiet birthday with his family at home was taken completely by surprise when his highly desirable secretary invited him back to her home for a drink after work . |
| 12 | After that she went into service and there she stayed until , when she was about twenty-two years of age , her brother came to tell her he was married and to ask her if she would leave her employer and come to look after his wife who was expecting a baby . |
| 13 | A at what point would you first erm see someone who was expecting a baby ? |
| 14 | He did n't act much like a man who was expecting a favour , and if it were n't for Ana he certainly would n't get one . |
| 15 | ‘ I want one of these apartments , ’ I said to the foreman , who was drinking a Coke . |
| 16 | She was looking , not at a twenty-one-year-old girl , a young and beautiful twenty-one-year-old girl , but a twenty-one-year-old girl that could be taken for thirty , and who was drinking a mixture of brandy and port to ease the strain of her life . |
| 17 | ‘ Why do n't the kids all phoo off ? ’ a scrawny , shaven-skulled youth who was lacking a little finger , remarked at the ceiling . |
| 18 | The French-trained Lion Cavern , who was beaten a length by Rodrigo de Triano in the Middle Park Stakes , has been confirmed a definite starter for the Newbury race , which has attracted 13 acceptors . |
| 19 | In the same week in which President Bush appeared on national television brandishing $3,200 worth of cocaine ( coercively obtained from a dealer who was dragged a block or two nearer the White House ) to raise the air-time mileage he earns on drugs , it did not take long for outrage to be expressed . |
| 20 | Wiser than Jenny , who was chasing a romantic will-o'-the-wisp and who would end up with more heartache . |
| 21 | What a man like Siward would do , who was hiding a second time in a forest and had blown the withdrawal within minutes of the Normans ' arrival . |
| 22 | They left the house by the same route by which they had entered , though had not gone far when her escort stopped to exchange a few words with an odd-job man who was undertaking a minor repair near some outbuildings . |
| 23 | In a more sober account , Cendrars ’ first wife Félicie remembers seeing Modi , poor and preoccupied , escorting Jeanne , who was wearing a white shawl which served as a cloak to hide her figure , across the Avenue de la Gare . |
| 24 | Anne and her husband Alan , who was wearing a costume made by her grandmother which had also been worn by her father , told me how the village was changing . |
| 25 | Umberto , Alejandro 's laziest groom , was holding tightly on to her , while Raimundo , who was wearing a leather apron to protect his Gaucho pants , his little eyes glinting with pleasure and cruelty , was attaching a long lead rope to her headcollar . |
| 26 | The man , who was wearing a rucksack , is thought to have been seen running along the lane by motorists . ’ |
| 27 | Mrs Hnatiuk , who was wearing a fast-looking white jockey cap , was only two rows in front of her and Mrs Frizzell did not know how to bear the suspense . |
| 28 | The door was opened by a small ratty-looking man with a thin ratty moustache who was wearing a sports-coat that had an orange and red stripe in the material . |
| 29 | She gave Dr Reid , who was wearing a collar and tie and long white ducks , a kiss on one cheek , then turned to me . |
| 30 | They also want to speak to an elderly man who was wearing a brown jacket and was refused entry to the bank because he arrived just as the robber had left . |