Example sentences of "who [vb past] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chicago had been founded by John MacKenzie , a Canadian who lived from 1763–1823 . |
| 2 | Today 's prayer was written by St Richard of Chichester who lived from 1197 to 1253 . |
| 3 | A Mary Malone who lived from 1663 to 1699 was the woman who became Dublin 's favourite daughter , it was claimed . |
| 4 | The earlier Moghuls had ruled only the northern half or two-thirds of the sub-continent but Aurangzeb , who ruled from 1658 to 1707 , set out to conquer the south and was almost completely successful in this . |
| 5 | Most were reasonably conscientious in combining the religious life with extensive secular responsibilities ; few rose to quite the heights which the abbey 's chronicler noted in Odo , who ruled from 1175 to 1200 : |
| 6 | Stoicism had declined , the last prominent exponent of its philosophy being Marcus Aurelius who ruled from 161 to 180 . |
| 7 | Announcement of the verdict was accompanied by shouts of " Shame ! " by Ostashvili 's supporters ( who ranged from young skinheads to elderly war veterans ) , and banners were unfurled bearing anti-Zionist slogans . |
| 8 | What I got was a group of men who ranged from those with a more developed line on women 's issues than mine to those who were frankly misogynistic , and a woman who went on record as saying that , in her opinion , feminism put women off being lesbians . |
| 9 | From November , 1914 , Ruhleben ( racecourse stables outside Berlin ) housed for up to four years about 4000 Britons , who ranged from several honeymoon couples just arrived in Germany for their August holidays to dons and students on walking or reading parties , musicians and sportsmen snatched from festivals , and even a journalist with an ear supposedly close to the ground , Israel Cohen , a German correspondent for the London press who had cheerfully left on July 29 for his vacation near Dresden . |
| 10 | There is no shortage of examples of defendants in rape cases who assumed that a woman who said no really meant yes , or who inferred from other supposed clues ( make-up , clothing , accepting a drink ) that the victim had consented , despite her apparent protests . |
| 11 | He had an ‘ affable chat ’ with Graveney and other members of the Gloucestershire team , who suffered from poor results and sagging morale last season . |
| 12 | I had a friend who suffered from twisted testicles so I made sure part of my sponsorship arrangement is that I 'm provided with decent shorts with inner briefs that give me support . |
| 13 | Although somewhat less in individuals who suffered from full-blown manic-depressive psychosis , creativity was found to be significantly raised in both patients and relatives who were rated as cyclothymic . |
| 14 | Dawn , 30 , who suffered from blocked tubes , and John , 32 , had been trying for a baby for nine years . |
| 15 | The impact of such an approach was emphasised recently in a mainstream secondary school wishing to introduce a child from a special school who suffered from cerebral palsy . |
| 16 | Chissano also outlined a number of human rights issues which would be reflected in the constitution , including the abolition of capital punishment , legal defence for the poor , land tenure for farmers , compensation for those who suffered from illegal acts by the state , and recognition of the right to strike , the last being a particularly topical issue in view of the wave of strikes affecting the country [ see below ] . |
| 17 | Dr Cox , 47 , of Colden Common , Hants , was convicted at Winchester Crown Court in September of attempting to murder Lillian Boyes , 70 , who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 18 | The tweedy lady , very county , who suffered from some extreme fungoid disease of her feet , which were wrapped in many layers of polythene and which in a public cinema would have guaranteed her a whole row to herself , but at the NFT caused whoever was unfortunate to have the adjoining numbered seat to retain vivid Aromavision memories of particular films . |
| 19 | While they all concentrated on paintings , the exhibition ‘ Entartete Bildhauer ’ at the Westfälisches Landesmuseum is exclusively devoted to the sculptors who suffered from this verdict . |
| 20 | Clarke ( 24 ) , who suffered from this ailment before , says he is n't unduly worried . |
| 21 | Reservations were soon expressed , however , about the necessity for psychiatrists to carry out the assessments in view of the relatively small number of patients who suffered from psychiatric illness and the pressures on already stretched psychiatric resources ( Crammer 1969 ) . |
| 22 | An interesting example is the case of a man in his mid-thirties who suffered from bad neck tension and who , while having his neck treated , began to rub his hands round the sides of his chest . |
| 23 | More than £6,000 was raised by Group employees around the globe in a united gesture of compassion for , who suffered from motor neurone disease . |
| 24 | Anyhow , a man called Jack Foster , who came from round Middleton way , was employed as her farm manager , and ended up marrying Miss Walker . |
| 25 | The final of the Inter-County Under-16 competition will be between Berkshire , who came from 2-0 behind to beat Essex 4-2 at Wokingham , and Greater Manchester , who won 2-1 against Nottinghamshire at Meadow Lane . |
| 26 | And a new threat emerged with the 19-year-old Norwegian Lasse Kjus , who came from 32nd start to eighth . |
| 27 | Both she and Dr Brewis were also concerned about the many patients on their wards who came from outside Newcastle : they knew even less about the arrangements for community care within those districts . |
| 28 | Four-fifths ( 81% ) of those who came from outside Edinburgh were visiting the City for leisure purposes . |
| 29 | The original model of the place had been one of an unintrusive liberal Christianity , and the first Principal was Sir Walter Moberly — a don and Vice-Chancellor who came from one of the great dynasties of bishops , scholars , and headmasters ( of Public Schools , of course ) . |
| 30 | Within the chief engineer 's department the main responsibility for sorting things out fell on Group-Captain C. E. H. ( ‘ Charles ’ ) Verity , who came from one of the best pre-vesting undertakings ( the London Power Company ) , after a wartime spell of directing the bombing of German power stations , to be the headquarters Generation Construction Engineer . |