Example sentences of "[noun prp] who had been [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A doctor at the scene was unable to save Mr McWhinney who had been flying alone . |
| 2 | After examining the photographs , Mr Hayden recognised William Terris who had been murdered in about 1900 in The Strand which lies just around the corner from Covent-Garden Underground Station . |
| 3 | President : Abdur Rahman Biswas , formerly Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad , was elected by its members in October 1991 to replace Acting President Chief Justice Shehabuddin Ahmed who had been sworn in as head of a transitional Council of Advisers in December 1990 [ see pp. 37907 ; 38152 ; 38533 ] . |
| 4 | She had glimpsed Emily Grenfell who had been leaning forward in her carriage , staring out into the crowded roadway , her emeralds shining at her throat , the green richness of the stones glittering in the light from the street lamps . |
| 5 | Hannah Dooley knew a bloke in Birmingham who had been set on by a group of small ‘ pod-like ’ creatures while out walking his dog . |
| 6 | Lionel who had been catching up on news from Yorkshire , said , ‘ My brother tells me Hawksworth at the Hall has netted an enormous fish . |
| 7 | But a duty was a duty , a posting could not be evaded by a Major who had been turned down for promotion to Colonel . |
| 8 | Crues ' centre back Barry Hunter had snuffed out Newry 's only worthwhile goal attempt early on when he blocked an effort by Gary Hughes who had been put through by the clever Ollie Ralph . |