Example sentences of "those [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Those who knew him only as a fellow undergraduate would have been still more surprised by his degree result had they known the extent of his other activities . |
| 32 | To do so I must read the eye-witness accounts of those who knew him . |
| 33 | Certain drafts of The Cocktail Party , for example , are marked with Mary Trevelyan 's handwritten alterations " as dictated by T. S. E. " From the late Forties she kept a diary of their friendship , and in this it is possible to see how bewildering Eliot could appear , even to those who knew him best . |
| 34 | As a person , Whitaker was frequently described by those who knew him as a great store-house of energy and enthusiasm , who could manage that rare gift of imparting such enthusiasm to others . |
| 35 | It was a familiar stance to those who knew him , as was the smile he now gave his son ; a dark , ironic smile that seemed both amused and calculating . |
| 36 | Those who knew him in the early 1970s in Florida remember a young man who beat balls at night after working a day job . |
| 37 | Spiers was an unassuming and kindly man , whose painstaking scholarship was greatly admired by those who knew him . |
| 38 | Rendel was a shy man , but confident in his views and , to those who knew him well , a shrewd , witty , and charming companion . |
| 39 | Those who knew him described Muspratt as energetic , public-spirited , accomplished , and generous . |
| 40 | Admired for his ability , diligence , and determination by those who knew him and looked on with affection by all who met him , the ready reference to ‘ Jock ’ was a happy recognition of his easy combination of public popularity , private modesty , and unfailing personal courtesy . |
| 41 | Connon was a hard man to startle in any case , as those who knew him well could vouch . |
| 42 | His health was already failing , but his death still shocked those who knew him |
| 43 | Those who knew him describe him as a typical Oxford don , courteous , charming , an unassuming man to whom fame came very late . |
| 44 | Those who knew him remember an amiable man , but not necessarily the sort of person you 'd expect to end up in the White House . |
| 45 | Even in Carluke , there are those who are far from convinced that Beattie , then only 19 and described by those who knew him as a train-daft ‘ big softie ’ , was capable of such a violent act . |
| 46 | I never accepted that title , and I believe those who knew me and spoke honestly of me never applied it to me . |
| 47 | Unless … unless they face the truth — the truth ‘ that will make ye free ’ , according to the Bible — which in this case is that the love and/or respect that was earned by the deceased during their lifetime is there for ever in the minds and hearts of those who knew them . |
| 48 | To many this scene would have been unnerving and unsettling , particularly to those who knew them during the period known as the past . |
| 49 | Those who knew he was in the area recognized him immediately . |
| 50 | All the bravado about earning his living , enjoying comedy and making the faces cut little ice with those who knew his capabilities . |
| 51 | Those who saw her last television programme , A Winter Too Many , will remember the extremely poignant sequence — and the tears — when she said farewell to her ‘ family ’ , the beloved beasts , as they wended their way down the road from Low Birk Hatt to new ownership , led by the senior cow — ‘ Rosa , my lovely Rosa ’ — who had given Hannah the only available warm drink , her milk , and acted as a radiator when the power failed at Low Birk Hatt during the last savage winter . |
| 52 | ( And those who saw them off have left the platform ) |
| 53 | In fact , of course , many of Japan 's new rulers shared both aspirations : modern methods and Western techniques could be embraced as wholeheartedly by those who saw them as the key to a restored ‘ traditional ’ Japanese independence based on indigenous social structure and values as by those who desired to embrace not only Western techniques but some version of Western ideology . |
| 54 | As might have been expected , the larger exhibitions attracted considerably more visitors than the smallest exhibition , but all three received a generally favourable response from the public , with both the Carlyle and MacLean exhibitions being rated as Very Good or Good by at least 90% of those who saw them , and with 78% of those who saw the Skinner exhibition giving it similar ratings . |
| 55 | Occasionally he was referred to by those who saw him at services as ‘ the old canon ’ though he was much the youngest of the canons . |
| 56 | Perhaps Mr Browning was entirely above reproach , though there were those who saw him constantly at Isa Blagden 's and thought that friendship promised more ; perhaps he was able to subdue the desires of a healthy man in his prime , but Ferdinando would not be able to if temptation was set in his way . |
| 57 | Those who saw him freeze into immobility against Mike Tyson before crashing to the canvas in the first round in July 1990 believe they are seeing now a repeat of the same symptoms . |
| 58 | Most important of all , he did them so well that those who saw him then still today , thirty-seven years on , speak of him with awe . |
| 59 | When he finally got there , when he walked through the town , he sensed a tension amongst those who saw him . |
| 60 | Those who saw him then say he seemed to shrink into himself and lose what ever vestige he had till then retained . |