Example sentences of "who [vb -s] [prep] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've fallen for a boy who goes to the same school as me , but is two years younger than I am . |
| 2 | He explained that what makes the document confidential is the fact that the creator of the document has used his brain and thus arrived at a result which can only be produced by somebody who goes through the same process . |
| 3 | SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD James Spreng , captain of Stewart's-Melville XI , and his brother , Gerald ( 15 ) , who plays in the same side , have been selected for the Under-18 and Under-16 Scotland squads respectively for the home schools ' internationals in Cork at the end of next month . |
| 4 | But press officer for Jet , John Maple , who belongs to the same union as Mr Keeping , says that there are statutory reasons why this morning 's protest may have been in vain . |
| 5 | They convey to someone who belongs to the same culture a lot of information about the person who is wearing or carrying them . |
| 6 | Also taking part in the programme were Flossie and Bill Jarvis , giving their memories of journeys on the railway and the Rev. Ray Arnold , who lives in the former Horderley station bungalow , told about his finds on the site . |
| 7 | Gerstner is a colleague of Akers on the board of The New York Times Co , and he is also said to know former IBM chief executive Thomas Watson Jr , who lives in the same Greenwich , Connecticut suburb as Gerstner . |
| 8 | Gerstner is a colleague of Akers on the board of The New York Times Co , and he is also said to know former IBM chief executive Thomas Watson Jr , who lives in the same Greenwich , Connecticut suburb as Gerstner . |
| 9 | If a Muslim , she usually marries a cousin who lives in the same village so at least the surroundings are familiar to her ; but among Hindus and Sikhs the husband 's family nearly always live in a different village ( because a woman must marry outside her kin ) . |
| 10 | His brother , who lives in the same house , spoke with Mr Mandela for five hours on 4 August . |
| 11 | His younger brother , who lives in the same house in Umtata , met Mr Mandela in August and subsequently travelled to ANC headquarters in Lusaka . |
| 12 | It 's this friend of my brother 's who lives in the same block . |
| 13 | ‘ I did n't know Alex well but you ca n't not know a lad who lives in the same street . ’ |
| 14 | To George 's annoyance , everyone seems to be conspiring against his grandiose plans — especially the old lady who arrives on the same day as Tony Madoc . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | They then pass the egg and spoon to the next Brownie in the line who runs in the same way . |
| 17 | Meanwhile it emerged that the vice-president of Yugoslavia , Mr Hamdija Pozderac , who comes from the same part of Bosnia , had close connections with Mr Abdić and the firm of Agrokomerc . |
| 18 | Taylor , who sticks with the same squad with QPR 's uncapped striker Les Ferdinand the only change , believes this week 's results emphasise the need for change . |
| 19 | The new wave of folk spearheaded by Faith Over Reason and Ruby Blue marches on , and the latest addition is acoustic soloist Heather Frith , who works in the same vein , telling tales of reflection and longing . |
| 20 | The new wave of folk spearheaded by Faith Over Reason and Ruby Blue marches on , and the latest addition is acoustic soloist Heather Frith , who works in the same vein , telling tales of reflection and longing . |
| 21 | Behind the scenes the ‘ gals ’ whose fate will be determined by a male judging panel banter and bicker , in various states of undress , unaware that one of their number is a man with a mission to woo an unrequited love who works in the same supermarket and has also entered the contest . |