Example sentences of "who [verb] [be] [adj] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And God bless Mrs Melburn and this big woman … lady who has been kind to me today . |
| 2 | What we did was we based our forecast , which I think Mr raised that point , we based our forecast on the admissions that we did at the Department of Social Security and I 'm glad to say that we have been significantly under that level and partly I think because er we 've had people who have genuinely diverted into home care and who 've been able to which is why we 've put the pressure on home care and on the occupational therapy services and partly because erm the , there were some inappropriate admissions I must say that . |
| 3 | The model represented more than Dr. Lorrimer who had been unkind to her and William , who had practically thrown them out of the laboratory . |
| 4 | ‘ It was important to respect the independence of older team members who had been used to me as a competitor and find the right balance between coaching and friendship . ’ |
| 5 | Coconut palms , mangroves and many unidentified trees confused me considerably , I who had been used to nothing taller than a stunted elder bush in a croft garden ! |
| 6 | The sympathy of Diodorus — that is , of Posidonius — stretches so far as to admit that even during the war the slaves spared some of the owners who had been kind to them . |
| 7 | She smiled nervously at Sergeant Phyllis Henley , who had been kind to her at the time of their parents ' ungainly departure from life , but uncompromising . |
| 8 | Most of the people who have been close to me over the years have been paid to be . |
| 9 | ‘ That woman who 's been good to you , would she have her if you asked ? ’ |