Example sentences of "who [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had turned off the main passageway into a narrow corridor leading to the stairs of our room , when our way was suddenly blocked by two savage creatures who seemed to step out of the darkness . |
| 2 | They turned a corner and Corbett had to hide his trembling at the appearance of the small , squat , one-eyed man who seemed to rise out of the darkness before them . |
| 3 | The day when the search guards were given orders to act roughly , and the little R.A.S.C. captain who came running out of the block with his mouth still bleeding from a blow with a rifle butt . |
| 4 | Meanwhile the argument between the vegetarians and the farmers over who 'd chickened out of the original challenge goes on . |
| 5 | The Belgian , who had popped out of the clinches to snatch narrow verdicts in three mass sprint finishes , settled the race with a remarkable show in the 40km time trial . |
| 6 | One evening in their local pub , the Dog & Rabbit , an old gentleman who had moved out of the district on retirement , returned to visit his daughter who lived in the area . |
| 7 | Sarah , who had leaned out of the window to see the house , sat down again , smiling and blinking at the water drawn into her eyes by the cold and the wind . |
| 8 | He listened to Nigel Cramer for several minutes , nodded and gave his own orders to the dozen men who had clambered out of the second and third helicopters . |
| 9 | Bertie Ahern , who had dropped out of the leadership contest to assure Reynolds of victory , remained Finance Minister . |
| 10 | ‘ Lovat was enquiring about you earlier on , Piper , ’ shouted one of the medics who had come out of the barn to tend to the wounded . |
| 11 | We had just come out of a 12.30 matinee and the street was burning in the sun and those who had come out of the theatre was cool and real but the others in the street were moving in a white light that had them like shadows . |
| 12 | He followed her , howling and swearing , so that Teresa , who had come out of the kitchen at the tremendous noise , cowered against the door and put up her arms to protect herself from what she believed would be an attack . |
| 13 | In it Christian psychiatrists , care workers , medical experts , ministers and those who had come out of the occult scene , spoke of the appalling wake of damage left by the occult . |
| 14 | I was certainly an interesting sight for the Lilliputians , who had come out of the city in crowds of several thousand to see me . |
| 15 | The policeman , who had materialised out of the hedgerow when she approached the churchyard , had had her name written in his notebook . |