Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [Wh pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The players can be anyone who plays in the English premier league , including foreigners . |
| 2 | ‘ So it could have been he who slipped over the side and did it , ’ Arabella Buckley had promptly declared . |
| 3 | Thus the examples of ( 9 ) are acceptable : ( 9 ) your behaviour was barbaric this device is expensive his plan was inspired but impractical Where a prenominal adjective fits equally well with either relationship — ascriptive or associative — to its noun , we find that its occurrence in predicative position is acceptable , but only provided that the relation is taken as being ascriptive ; thus ( 10 ) mentions an individual who either has Greek nationality ( but the nature and region of the business which he or she deals with remain unspecified ) , or is a person who handles affairs connected with Greece ( but who may well be of some quite different nationality , Belgian for example ) ; ( 11 ) however unambiguously tells us that there is someone who falls into the former category : ( 10 ) the Greek representative ( 11 ) the representative is Greek |
| 4 | A proxy is someone who votes at the polling station for you . |
| 5 | She 's somebody who comes to the door and tries to sell you some make-up and perfume and toys and things . |
| 6 | Eddi Reader is one who sticks to the principles established in her old band Fairground Attraction . |
| 7 | The children come from East and West Sussex , although to my astonishment there 's one who comes from the far reaches of West Sussex , right away over erm the other side of Chichester . |
| 8 | It is we who project upon the continuous flux of history such categories as ‘ Mannerism ’ , and it is evident that not everybody at that period was a Mannerist . |
| 9 | I do n't know what happened , but over the years it was me who came to the band 's aid when it was needed . |
| 10 | I think maybe there was someone who died in the war or something . |
| 11 | The heretic was someone who quarrelled with the fundamental teaching of the Christian Church , not someone who criticized the trappings of religion . |
| 12 | The greatest composer in the world , if he lacks an interpreter to suit him , is like a man prevented from speaking by a gag ; and this evening it was you who acted as the interpreter to untie the gag , the messenger to carry the good news . |
| 13 | It was you who jumped to the conclusion . |
| 14 | Indeed , the epitome of an English gentleman was one who stood on the deck while his ship sunk beneath him , his upper lip stiff , his cap straight and his right hand at the salute . |
| 15 | The funeral trade furnished funerals in accordance with the rank of the deceased , and it was they who decided on the suitable coffin type , quality of lining and shroud . |
| 16 | William Mason Fenn was rector from 1864 until 1866 , and it was he who arranged for the fair at nearby Hoyland Common to be brought up to Rectory Field where the parishioners could enjoy the swings and donkey rides free . |
| 17 | Because he was literate , it was he who helped with the drawing up of wills or testaments , and , in more recent times , it was he who wrote references or testimonials and signed applications for passports . |