Example sentences of "who [verb] [adv] be [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A liberal , she remembered someone saying , is just a reactionary who has not been mugged yet . |
| 2 | The main contract is progressing well , following the successful if frantic mobilisation period , which reflects great credit on those involved , particularly Jan van Smirran who has since been transferred too Singapore to manage this and other contracts . |
| 3 | Teresa , who has regularly been called on by the Clothes Show and TV-am as well as many famous faces , will demonstrate simple application tips and talk about how to choose make-up from the bewildering choice available . |
| 4 | However , although only one in twenty of those over the age of 55 reported that they were pleased about the plant closure , those who did so were concentrated almost entirely in the group that was within three years of pension age when the redundancies took place . |
| 5 | When Professor Aldini applied galvanism to the face of a felon who had just been cut down from the gallows , |
| 6 | Everyone put on their coats and crowded to the gate with that mixture of patronage and curiosity reserved by old prisoners for those who had just been shot down . |
| 7 | Command of the main army was entrusted for the moment to a veteran Huguenot general , Sir John [ later first Earl of ] Ligonier , aged 65 , who had also been called back from the Continent , though it was understood he would become subordinate to Cumberland as soon as the latter was ready to take over . |
| 8 | Bradbury , who had also been sent off to this destination on 24 February , in company with Sqn.Ldr . |
| 9 | The pool of those with HIV infection acquired heterosexually via a partner who had also been infected heterosexually is slowly increasing . |
| 10 | Hampson , who had not been sent off prior to this season , has had a wretched past seven weeks . |
| 11 | But , besides this we found those who had not been stopped etc. at all still reflected the overall differences between races — Blacks being least favourable , Asians most favourable , with Whites being sometimes closer to Blacks and sometimes closer to Asians . |
| 12 | A heart-breaking wail now rose from those who had not been killed outright . |
| 13 | In coeliac disease patients who had not been treated both total and nephrogenous cAMP urinary excretion were inversely related to serum calcium values ( r=-0.759 , p<0.05 ; r=-0.876 , p<0.01 ) . |
| 14 | Lewis suddenly wandered on to the stage and started playing , hotly pursued by the band , who had not been tipped off . |
| 15 | Pauline also gave an apology to anyone who had not been told personally about the tragedy and explained that as many people as possible had been contacted in the circumstances . |
| 16 | These included a return to work for those who had not been laid off , the re-employment of the sacked strikers next week and a final , binding decision by the arbitration body ACAS . |
| 17 | Both Victoria and Albert were delighted with the Emperor 's charm and amiability , but above all they were captivated by Eugènie ‘ the dear , sweet Empress ’ , though the Queen confided to the Emperor that she realized how difficult her role must be for someone who had not been brought up to it . |
| 18 | A book about the children of the war , displaced children , children who had not been brought up by their natural parents or in their home countries . |
| 19 | President : Gen. Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali , appointed in November 1987 after a bloodless coup to replace " President for Life " Habib Bourguiba , who had already been declared mentally and physically unfit for office . |
| 20 | But whatever its humble origins , when the new word was picked up by the newspapers in August 1898 it was quickly transformed into a term of more general notoriety , so that ‘ Hooligan ’ and ‘ Hooliganism ’ became the controlling words to describe troublesome youths who had previously been known more loosely as ‘ street arabs ’ , ‘ ruffians ’ or ‘ roughs ’ . |
| 21 | Mr Doogan — who had previously been let in to the site at Aldermaston , Berks — claimed a new rule banned Irish people . |
| 22 | In February the Japanese made a great effort to surround a British and Indian force in Arakan , but the result was a resounding victory for our men , who had indeed been cut off for some days , but supplied by air . |
| 23 | He wrote also of an old man who had supposedly been snowed in , in pitch darkness , inside his stone hut , for thirty hours . |
| 24 | Fists flew when Thomas , 27 , and other Palace players were ambushed by a group of men who had earlier been thrown out of Joe Bananas revue bar in Croydon . |
| 25 | The Highlanders suffered such heavy losses in the assault on the village that the attack on Delville Wood was assigned to the South African Infantry Brigade , who had earlier been allotted merely mopping-up operations . |
| 26 | Peter Little won the race and Andy Pitts came second , but I had beaten three others who had originally been selected ahead of me , including Cameron Sharp , who the following year was to have a great outdoor season . |
| 27 | A common complaint from people who have not been taught properly is often : ‘ I could get the sail up alright and sail a little , but I could n't turn round and come back . ’ |
| 28 | I make no secret of my gratitude for being a member of a fortunate generation who have not been called on to fight in Europe . |
| 29 | I shall bear in mind some — I emphasise ’ some ’ — of those hon. Members who have not been called today when it comes to the debate next week . |
| 30 | And when he comes to the richer and more respectable inmates of the borough who can veil their defects behind money , he remains sardonic , and sees them as poor people who have not been found out . |