Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun sg] who [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ domino effect ’ is often very noticeable ; one person 's comments , whether positive or negative , influence the person who follows . |
| 2 | Fulham , London , adds : ‘ If I ever met the person who did it , I 'd say : ‘ I hope you have a daughter and I hope someone does that to her one day . ’ ‘ . |
| 3 | At the big house I met the Officer who had been looking for me earlier on . |
| 4 | Anyhow he went away and met the lady who became his wife in London , I believe , and they had a child . |
| 5 | Met the lady who lives at the top of our road who shared the vision on Sunday night . |
| 6 | And it was at the office … that she met the man who said … |
| 7 | It was nearly forty years later that I met the man who had carried me into the only half track we had left and who reassured me . |
| 8 | Her next job was at Grampian Television in Aberdeen where she met the man who shaped her TV career . |
| 9 | When Edwin Chadwick , the great English public health expert , was visiting Paris , he met the Emperor who asked him what he thought of the improvements in Paris , to which he replied : ‘ Sir , it was said of Augustus that he found Rome brick and left it marble . |
| 10 | World champion for 10 years between 1975 and 1985 , he has , since losing the title , been doggedly pursuing the man who took it from him , Garry Kasparov . |
| 11 | And she had dragged herself to her feet again and watched as the man called Duvall had sadistically begun to kill the boy who had protected her . |
| 12 | He wanted to blurt out that she looked beautiful in blue , that he 'd like to kill the man who 'd been in her flat the previous evening , that he hoped her date with him had been a miserable failure , that he had hardly slept a wink all night , beside himself with jealousy . |
| 13 | You are hurt , I know , and unable to believe in any man 's decency , but try to believe that whatever happened to you I still love you ; you have not changed for me , it makes no difference , no difference whatsoever — except that I want to kill the man who hurt you . ’ |
| 14 | As we were leaving , we passed the Muslim who had lost the fight . |
| 15 | ( 63 ) Two months ago , I should have scouted as mad or drunk the man who had dared tell me the like . |
| 16 | The magistrate consulted the King who told him to allow Richard Baxter to die at home . |
| 17 | The use of Fabian tactics by the French frustrated the English who spent large sums on the war , but to little purpose . |
| 18 | How does he answer the man who says : ‘ Do n't go to the lowest quoting insurer because I remember Vehicle and General , and other insurers , favourites , in their day , of countless brokers , who were not there when policyholders needed them . |
| 19 | Politeness and truth are often mutually incompatible ( how do we answer the friend who asks whether we like his new hairstyle , for example ? ) and so are politeness and brevity . |
| 20 | A church that is dedicated to a gentle , caring man who cared about the poor , instead of helping the man who needs help and who is literally sitting on the doorstep , is showing tourists paintings , especially commissioned to educate the illiterate about God , is not even showing them to the illiterate . |
| 21 | By explaining the framework of a school 's aims , by giving opportunities for growth , by bringing separate contributions together and by , as far as possible , helping the colleague who needs help , a head can both lead and serve as an equal in collegial management . |
| 22 | After three months of this slow starvation , one of the boys told the others he was so hungry that one night he might eat the boy who slept next to him . |
| 23 | She had given the instruction herself , saying she could not bear to see the person who had been the instrument through whom she had heard such infamous news . |
| 24 | There 's a special place in Glasgow where you go to see the specialist who looks after folk |
| 25 | I went to see the Minister who had come to help Rev Kenneth who now had duties in other parts of London . |
| 26 | ‘ Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus and hurt her knee twenty minutes ago ? |
| 27 | Around five o'clock I dashed back to feed the cats and to see the electrician who had arrived to fit a new ceramic hob which Nigel had ordered . |
| 28 | My mother happened to see the woman who 'd been my daughter 's form teacher for the previous two years , who was known to interfere . |
| 29 | A sharp blow hit her between the shoulder blades and she wheeled round to see the woman who had spat at her leaning down to pick up another stone . |
| 30 | She just knew she had to see the woman who held Timothy 's heart and perhaps persuade her to set him free . |