Example sentences of "who [vb past] i [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've never laid eyes on 'em before , ’ he replied , ‘ but I 'll never ferget the bloke who laid me out . |
| 2 | How very arrogant you are , Feargal , and might I remind you that it was you who sought me out , not the other way round ? ’ |
| 3 | Coober Pedy ( form the aboriginal kupa piti meaning " white man 's burrow " ) has a large migrant population but it was an Australian who dug me out when I became bogged down in the dull-dust , and an old swagman on the road who warned me to keep an eye on the weather . |
| 4 | When I arrived and rang the bell it was Albert who showed me in . |
| 5 | Skinner , who ticked me off yesterday for suggesting his vote had fallen , is off after 14 years , leaving my colleagues on the Sun distraught and casting around for a new NEC contact . |
| 6 | You know the people who rang me up to say hey sixteen thousand on nine over five years ? |
| 7 | It was my father who started me off , about three years after we moved into the village dad joined the Debenham Players the local amateur dramatics society . |
| 8 | Some of the people I interviewed became informants , who kept me up to date on those phases of West End life with which they were familiar . |
| 9 | Mother I do n't need — the one who brought me up cost a lot in therapy to get over . |
| 10 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 11 | He was the one who brought me up , more a father than a grandfather . |
| 12 | The officer who took me back , she 's a right bitch . |
| 13 | Now , thirty years later , I feel a great regret for the father of my first four years , who took me out , and who probably loved me , irresponsibly ( " it 's all right for him ; he does n't have to look after you " ) , and I wish I could tell him now , even though he was , in my sister 's words , a sod , that I 'm sorry for my years of rejection and dislike . |
| 14 | And it was Bob who took me out . |
| 15 | A maid was immediately summoned who took me down to the servants ’ quarters . |
| 16 | I mean , the guys who took me down were real incompetents . |
| 17 | She was so kind when I was orphaned , she always made sure I was fed by organizing a rota of other Girls ' mothers who took me in until I was fourteen ; otherwise I would have ended up in an orphanage . |
| 18 | The lady who took me in was a widow with a son of about my age who hardly ever spoke . |
| 19 | It 's directed at somebody who did me over when I was young , ’ he waffles matter of factly . |
| 20 | It 's directed at somebody who did me over when I was young , ’ he waffles matter of factly . |
| 21 | It turned out to be a very arty , dimly-lit place , and I was harried constantly by the manager , who wanted me out before he opened up , but somehow I managed to get the job done , and I was quite pleased with it too ’ . |
| 22 | It was Reg Hollinshead and Steve Norton who snapped me out of it . |