Example sentences of "who [prep] [noun pl] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therese danced also with Bobbie and Paul ; but most of the time the women in their party danced with the men who between dances stood watching against the wall . |
| 2 | Donald and I , who as schoolboys frequented the South Kensington museums during our holidays , and returned by various routes to tea in our hated home , must often have passed that way . |
| 3 | Thus when there was demand for training youth in drama the holder of the purse , the government , turned for advice not to educationalists , not to speech and drama experts ( although there was some overlap here ) , but to a small group of charismatic figures who for decades had been promoting community drama of one sort or another , promoting it by giving advice , by running courses , by setting up drama libraries of play-texts , by making links with professional theatre , by popularising competitive festivals . |
| 4 | It was our unclouded commitment to women , and greater insistence that the fundamentals of sexism should be tackled without compromise , that brought youth service attention back to the young women who for decades had been excluded by boys and men . |
| 5 | Even the most powerful of the Duke 's vassals , the Counts of Angoulême , who for generations had been accustomed to act as though they were independent princes , had twice conceded defeat , in 1176 and 1179 . |
| 6 | Though clearly , whatever the logic of the situation , Hitler could still rely upon substantial bonds of undying allegiance among his most loyal supporters , especially of course those who for years had been exposed to the full brunt of Party organization and indoctrination , there seems little doubt that the mass base of unquestioned trust in Hitler was already in 1942 beginning to give way . |
| 7 | Teachers who for years had planned in terms of appropriate actions could not overnight apply their minds to appropriate meanings as well . |
| 8 | A small jeweller in Switzerland , who for years had made good profits by flagrantly copying de Chavigny designs , using inferior stones , low-carat metals and cheap workmanship , and then passing them off as de Chavigny originals through an impenetrable network of shady dealers and retailers , found its bank was suddenly very glad to extend credit for new workshops and an expansion programme . |
| 9 | Some of his oldest friends , who for years had been accustomed to seeing him , fat and genial , as the leading light of a pig-sticking expedition , were astonished to hear him now holding forth like a veritable Newton or Faraday and discussing the latest discoveries in medicine as fluently as if they were entries in the Bengal Club Cup or the Planters ' Handicap . |
| 10 | The amateur game was in a healthy state , much of the credit being due to men like Gerald Micklem and Raymond Oppenheimer , who for years had given encouragement to every movement that stimulated youth to play golf . |
| 11 | According to Subaire the new party would serve Moslems in the enclave who for years had had to rely on other parties to include Moslem representatives among their candidates . |
| 12 | The conflict of interest is glaringly obvious , but the only likely alternative in the current parliament seems to be the leader of the opposition Liberal Party — Jean Chretien , a French Canadian who for years represented Quebec ridings as a minister in Pierre Trudeau 's era . |
| 13 | Accompanying the Bear to Fairford is the man who for years controlled the giant aircraft . |
| 14 | It 's all thanks to the efforts of two cinema buffs from Gloucester who for years dreamt of owning their own picture palace . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , he enters 1991 without an economic plan or budget ( so everyone is having to improvise with last year 's targets ) , and without a prime minister to blame for mismanagement ( Nikolai Ryzhkov , who for months had been under pressure to resign and was about to be sidelined anyway , had a heart attack on December 25th ) . |
| 16 | Why should we do such a dirty business and stain our name , we who for centuries had an excellent reputation ? ’ |
| 17 | As he grew older , Richard II became more assertive , also became a patron of the arts and culture — Geoffrey Chaucer was one of his favourites — and that did not please the Duke of Gloucester , who with others began a civil war to remove the King 's favourites from Court . |
| 18 | It was quite a year for the affable and unassuming Sean Blaney , who within months had led his native Armagh to their one and only All Ireland minor success . |
| 19 | Whereas I scurry aimlessly from this to that , thought Alix , as she drove through the dark evening : they block one path , I try another , and so it goes on , thought Alix , who at times thought no such thing , and was not thinking it now with much conviction . |
| 20 | So it was again later , but from the mid eighth century to the mid sixth she found a rival who at times surpassed her , Corinth . |
| 21 | Perhaps the only member of the family who at times showed resentment was Sam , the next in line . |