Example sentences of "who [vb past] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | British farmers who sold up a few years ago to buy cheap agricultural land in France are also finding that the grass is no greener on the other side of the Channel , and costs more . |
| 2 | What about the quarrelling Australian couple who plunged over a cliff in separate vans after a St Valentine 's day row and a chase through northern Sydney . |
| 3 | Annadale continued their domination of the men 's 1500m with Jim Campbell and Dermot Donnelly who fought out a close finish with Campbell just gaining the verdict by six hundredths of a second in three minutes 47.37 . |
| 4 | Narrow , busy , and densely built , Lime Street was the poorest of the village streets , and probably provided homes for the labourers and artisans — clothworkers , candlemakers , quarrymen and others who made up a large part of the Stowey community in the late eighteenth century . |
| 5 | On the one hand he had to contend with a tough gang of young people attracted to the youth club , and on the other to care for the elderly people who made up a considerable proportion of his congregation . |
| 6 | This was often the case with the aged who made up a high proportion of workhouse residents . |
| 7 | In both cases the artisans who made up a high proportion of the arrested do not appear in the rate-books , suggesting that they were not among those tradesmen who could be considered part of the " middling sort " . |
| 8 | The warning cry came from Petion , who got off a single shot at Richmann before the mercenary major swung the Winchester around and fired it with a roar . |
| 9 | He may have inherited some of his eccentricity from his father , Bernard , who built up a vast multi-national engineering company from scratch and then acquired a circus as a sideline , training his own Lippizaner stallions . |
| 10 | Those who built up a right to a state pension by virtue of their contributions were only awarded the pension following formal retirement from employment . |
| 11 | Carlos Palenque , a mestizo who built up a media empire by getting poor Indians to telephone their complaints to his radio and television shows , may win quite a few votes in the capital . |
| 12 | Lee , 49 , who built up a paper recycling business which he sold for more than £8 million and has since developed several other companies , says he wants to make Manchester City the top club in the country . |
| 13 | It was Sir William Fleming , Sir Daniel 's son , ( Sir Daniel having died in 1701 ) who drew up a lease during 1703 reserving one-seventh as Royalty and requiring at least four able workmen to be employed for a minimum of six months in every year . |
| 14 | Its nature is unknown , for the D text 's statement that they agreed to observe Edgar 's law was probably taken from the Letter of 1019 – 20 , itself influenced by Archbishop Wulfstan of York , who drew up a document after the meeting which stated that the witan had decided to zealously observe Edgar 's law . |
| 15 | I found this sweet little man who fixed up a non-reflex 35 for me slowed down the motor wind so it would n't make a sound fixed in a timer to take a shot every thirty seconds . |
| 16 | Local Stigmatic is about two Cockney thugs who beat up an actor in the pub because ‘ fame is the first disgrace because God knows who you are . ’ |
| 17 | The police had arrived now in the shape of a wpc who was talking amiably to the protesters who moved back a little apparently in response to her request . |
| 18 | Chimes of Freedom , who came out a short-head in front when the pair met over course and distance in July , should emphasise her superiority judged on a recent defeat of Pharaoh 's Delight at The Curragh . |
| 19 | One was a rather patrician young man from a firm of London stockbrokers who played off a single figure handicap at Sunningdale and was a special guest of the chairman of the sponsoring company . |
| 20 | A GANG of professional thieves who staked out a house in Bentworth last week got away with a £20,000 caravan . |
| 21 | I have nothing against yesterday 's guitar heroes , indeed it was the Iommi article that caused me to buy your magazine again , but whoever it was in your office who opened up a copy of NME and stuck a pin in it should be encouraged to do so again . |
| 22 | And in the end it was he who turned up a bullet case ( 7.62 mm x 51 and therefore probably FAKINTIL ) . |
| 23 | For the same reason the doctor , medical attendant , or other who turned off a ventilator in this situation would be guilty of murder . |
| 24 | Salford , who turned down a Leeds approach for Ian Bragger , yesterday listed Steve Herbert for £20,000 , at his own request . |
| 25 | Blencowe apparently owed his career as a judge to Wallis who turned down a bishopric for himself but asked that his son-in-law be considered for a judicial appointment [ DNB , 20 , 598–602 ] . |
| 26 | But Smith , who turned down a £1 million offer for Whittingham from Wimbledon earlier this year , said : ‘ He 's not for sale and that 's that . ’ |
| 27 | He succeeds Jocelyn Stevens , who turned down a fresh contract , and will pick up his duties with a five-year tenure on 1 August . |
| 28 | This loyal player , who turned down a contract with Ipswich Town to stay in the Province , deserves better treatment . |
| 29 | Coppell , who turned down an indirect approach from Sunderland , has not been helped by the public criticisms of Noades . |
| 30 | A HIT-AND-RUN driver who knocked down a Gaelic footballer and left him dying on a border road has been jailed for six months . |