Example sentences of "who was [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought it was some weirdo and when I asked who was calling the voice yelled : ‘ It 's me ! ’ |
| 2 | Jeffrey Archer , who was discussing the size of his tax bill with the Features Editor of Woman 's Own , momentarily lost his thread ; who was she ? |
| 3 | I had also been taking up quite a lot of time for public service , chairing the National Gas Consumers ' Council , and also , more relevantly , working under Richard Hoggart who was chairing the Advisory Council for Adult and Continuing Education , which had a remit to develop national policies for education as a process continuing throughout life . |
| 4 | After this brief introduction the head , who was chairing the meeting , asked staff for comments and questions . |
| 5 | By stumps on the second day Australia were 36 for 1 ( Taylor 18 , Boon 11 ) , and on Day 3 the pair took their stand to 221 , only 15 short of Australia 's best against India , by Sid Barnes and Don Bradman ( who was watching the play from the committee-room ) in 1947–48 . |
| 6 | ‘ If we do n't do something extremely soon , ’ said Caspar , who was watching the giants furtively , ‘ they 'll be heating up the squares any minute . ’ |
| 7 | Willie nodded shyly and went after Sammy who was eyeing the flowers in someone 's window box . |
| 8 | By this time the bell would be ringing insistently , because the Met Waaf at Group who was collecting the observations would have her finger on it , and sometimes she would type out a terse little message or two , such as , ‘ Wake up , Bourn ! ’ or ‘ There 's a war on , you know ! ’ |
| 9 | He replaced Absamat Masaliyev , who was leaving the post apparently because of differences with Kirghizia 's President Askar Akayev . |
| 10 | The corollary to that sad case actually was when after we 'd moved them we got another phone call six months lad er later from this very lady who was leaving the house and moving out . |
| 11 | A visiting minister performed the burial service , a man who was lending the chapel a helping hand during the interregnum which came between the departure of Samuel Saunders and the arrival of Thomas Fox Newman . |
| 12 | Mr Justice Mantell said that Paul Taylor , 27 , who was nearing the end of a three-and-a-half-year term for theft and assault at the time of the riot in April , 1990 , had taken part in some of the worst violence . |
| 13 | Only one major adjustment was needed , to replace the captain , Tom Parker , who was nearing the end of his playing days . |
| 14 | your worships Mrs appears before the court today as a result of an accident which occurred on the twenty fifth of July at about four thirty in the afternoon it was on King Street at Worley and there was only her vehicle involved and a young girl who was using the pedestrian crossing . |
| 15 | It was n't that she had anything against him personally ; he was a charming and clever man , dedicated to his school , an entrepreneur who was using the fruits of his success to fulfil a lifetime 's dream — and good luck to him , she thought . |
| 16 | Why not just ask him ? she wondered as she stepped over the outstretched leg of Polly Inferno , aka Amanda Stern from Lanarkshire , who was using the corridor space for some warmup exercises and somehow , at the same time , studying a book . |
| 17 | Unaware of the death of the sect 's figurehead leader , Grant , Springfield and their patchwork assembly of troops were preparing to take on the real power behind the throne — the sinister oriental who was using the organisation as a front for his Triad drugs network . |
| 18 | Now it was she who was using the past tense . |
| 19 | If the cradle had been lowered , it would eventually have turned over , throwing out rigger Andy Bowman , who was controlling the stunt from inside it . |
| 20 | An interesting donation of £10 to the building of the school was from George Hudson the railway king , who was constructing the Hull to Bridlington line at the time . |
| 21 | He studied Sammy who was chewing the toe of one of his large stuffed boots . |
| 22 | The original promise was to allow enough information to be placed on record for the public to know who was breaking the law , and when , so prosecutions could be brought if necessary . |
| 23 | Mr Waddington , who was addressing the Lancashire business school , said that prisoners serving short sentences — defined by Lord Carlisle as under four years — should be granted parole automatically after serving half their sentences . |
| 24 | In December 1907 , Ernest Fryer , the co-opted non-bondholder ( although he acquired bonds several years later ) , and who was managing the course development , went to Walton Heath , ( James Braid 's club ) , to hasten the laying out of the bunkers . |
| 25 | Glassford had declared his intention of supporting Lord Dundas 's interest in the election , but when he was visited by Alexander Bruce of Kennet , who was managing the election for Lord Dundas , ‘ we really found all not so right ’ . |
| 26 | The minister of internal affairs of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic , who was supervising the seizure of the Central Committee buildings on Staraya Square , received an order to conduct a ‘ blitzkrieg ’ . |
| 27 | Although he admits there were ‘ times it felt like farce — chasing a guy through the woods who was chasing the ghost of his dead father ’ , Bradley nevertheless says there were moments when he was caught up in the atmosphere . |
| 28 | It was always Havelock Wilson who was misapplying the funds . |
| 29 | 7 laps in and out and around Great Malvern , leading the race into Worcestershire was Nico Matten a young Belgium rider who was wearing the coveted yellow jersey for the first time . |
| 30 | Did n't you ever think it could be me who was sending the money ? ’ |