Example sentences of "[noun sg] who [vb past] [adv] [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I mentioned a boy who had only been at school for two terms , a boy who had had a limp , someone he had been friendly with for a time .
2 It must introduce new concepts , whether in mathematics , geography , physics or literature , concepts that are unfamiliar , and would have remained unknown to a child who had not been to school .
3 I suddenly knew I had either to behave like a shocked girl who had still been at school that time the year before ; or like an adult .
4 Both were initiated by Billy , a 16-year-old with a recently acquired impairment who had only been with the group for a year .
5 I walked to Coruisk from Sligachan and on to Camusunary and Kilmarie with a young American friend who had never been in this part of Scotland before .
6 He noted condescendingly in his diary that the wily Verdeţ was ‘ a most agreeable person who had never been outside a Communist country in his life …
7 Nor was there a difference in the proportion of those committing suicide who had previously been in touch with the psychiatric service .
8 Payton who had only been on the field for six minutes put Celtic further ahead in the 66th minute when he accepted a left wing pass from Collins to shoot low into the net from six yards .
9 The first man who came in was in ordinary clothes .
10 The troops reluctantly went to their beds , among them a number who had never been to Pathfinders before , and others who were returning after a time away .
11 Quickly he led them to a table , produced menus and wine , but deep in her despairing heart Alex was convinced that it was the surprise of someone seeing a customer who had already been in once that evening .
12 His memories of the period are a mixture of Glasgow patter-merchant and re-cycled Hollywood cool : he was a Blues Brother who had never been to Chicago .
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