Example sentences of "man who was [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also want to speak to an elderly man who was wearing a brown jacket and was refused entry to the bank because he arrived just as the robber had left . |
| 2 | They left the house by the same route by which they had entered , though had not gone far when her escort stopped to exchange a few words with an odd-job man who was undertaking a minor repair near some outbuildings . |
| 3 | You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born a free man should be contented penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases … |
| 4 | She paused to introduce Lindsey to the young man who was checking the various monitors and equipment . |
| 5 | Her colleagues included a Roman Catholic principal of a teacher 's college , an Anglican and a man who was starting a united mission teacher 's college and had written several books on teacher training . |
| 6 | But in September 1985 he joined forces with a man who was to play a large part in changing all that . |
| 7 | Also there , Captain Oates , the man who was to make the ultimate sacrifice in a bid to save his colleagues . |
| 8 | Police are now waiting to interview the 25 year old man who was driving the stolen car . |
| 9 | After them , the mill belonged to a Mr Chapman , thought to be the man who was running the nearby Sevilles Mill . |