Example sentences of "[pron] who [vb past] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was I who needed to see him because of the broken nights , the strain involved in loss of sleep . ’ |
| 2 | It was I who decided to remove our troops from the Gulf , because I thought they 'd become more of an irritant than a stabilising factor . |
| 3 | And it was and I who wanted to see it in the first place . |
| 4 | It is a quite deliberate attempt to depaganise the site by someone who wished to use it for other functions . |
| 5 | For example , a speaker might provide a summary for someone who wished to know what the intended relevance of the lecture was but who was only familiar with the subject at an elementary level . |
| 6 | I understand they believe she was shot by someone who meant to rob her , the chance victim of a killer she did n't know . |
| 7 | Kelly no longer thought of him as a steward , a central player in the racing game , but as someone who seemed to understand her better than anyone ever had , apart from her father . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's pretty rich coming from someone who tried to drown her employer and then pretended she 'd broken every limb in her body ! ’ |
| 9 | Similarly it would be stated in the estate agents ' particulars whether permission had been granted for a house which is up for sale to be sold to someone who wanted to use it as a second home . |
| 10 | ‘ Someone who wanted to do what you 've just done , ’ I said as I followed him inside . |
| 11 | ‘ She was led astray by someone who Promised to give her lodgings , then robbed and disposed of her . |
| 12 | Rincewind knew himself to be almost certainly the worst wizard on the discworld since he knew but one spell ; yet for all that he was still a wizard , and thus by the inexorable laws of magic this meant that upon his demise it would be Death himself who appeared to claim him ( instead of sending one of his numerous servants , as is usually the case ) . |
| 13 | Likening the allegations against Gates to those of the October Surprise story Bush said : " You 're talking to somebody who had to prove his innocence — me — on the basis of rumour … |
| 14 | He also points out that he told everyone who needed to know what had been decided . |
| 15 | And the MPs who who asked to put it forward including Alan they they had to you know they came to Ron to ask , Can we put your bill forward . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought it was you who wanted to see me . ’ |
| 17 | I was the one who had to take it to my tutor , not them . |
| 18 | She would far rather be the one who had to do it , though that was n't very nice , either . |
| 19 | A spare car was in Chamonix and Emerson was the one who went to fetch it , so that he was exhausted by the time free practice began on Thursday afternoon . |
| 20 | I quickly found one who agreed to supply me with a dozen apples for threepence as long as I could guarantee the same order every day for the next month . |
| 21 | Remember the other month , it was in the papers , was n't it ? about them tearing the clothes off that one who tried to queer their pitch ? |
| 22 | ‘ You 're the one who tried to get herself killed out there ! ’ |
| 23 | She was the one who refused to let me see my father . ’ |
| 24 | I quickly told them that it was their problem and they who had to sort it out . |
| 25 | Who was it who wanted to know something on that ? |
| 26 | Anyone who wished to accompany him was welcome . |
| 27 | Anyone who sought to translate their feelings into political activity soon found themselves in jail . |
| 28 | He therefore confirmed this constitution , and anathematized anyone who sought to destroy it . |
| 29 | She was terrified that she might fall , and so used to fight off anyone who tried to move her , even when she was sitting down . |
| 30 | To defend one ‘ faith ’ is to deny another , and so the stake must have been all too easy a rendezvous for anyone who tried to maintain their integrity . |