Example sentences of "who [vb past] [prep] be [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government really does believe that tenants have fallen victim to what William Waldegrave , who ceased to be Minister of Housing halfway through the Bill , called the dread drug of dependency . |
| 2 | Mr. Bundy , a jobbing gardener , was about five feet in height but built like a tank whilst Mr. Cool , a clerk at Style and Gerrish , the main drapers in Salisbury , was a very quiet man who rose to be head of the firm 's Accounts Department . |
| 3 | We had in addition to this party , — a doctor coming to visit his mother , who lived in Coll ; a young Englishman with a fishing-rod , who had left a medical practice for a few days , to whip the burns of Coll and breathe the fine air ; a minister 's wife ; a retired minister and his wife , both in delicate health ; the fiscal of Tobermory , who had a farm in Tiree ; the Chief Constable and Sheriff Clerk from Mull , who came to investigate a case of suspected cattle poisoning ; and a young Glasgow teacher , who came to be guest of the Fiscal aforementioned . |
| 4 | The introduction he now regards as ‘ inevitable ’ came in 1965 when a friend — who happened to be chairman of the RSPCA 's Leeds branch — asked him if he liked animals . |
| 5 | The decision by the Whig House of Commons to overturn the election of Samuel Swift in February 1694 to serve as MP for Worcester in favour of the man he had defeated , who happened to be brother-in-law to the Junto chief , Lord Somers , provoked demonstrations in the city , with crowds shouting " A Cheat , A Cheat , A Presbiterian Cheat . |
| 6 | It had sold a respectable few thousand — mostly to the literary and those who hoped to be part of that world . |
| 7 | My sympathy lies squarely with those who refused to be part of the South African sham in order to remain eligible to play at the highest level , but who now find that they will probably lose that chance . |
| 8 | Any past Minister of Health who wanted to be Minister of Health again would have very peculiar tastes . |
| 9 | It was n't long before we realised there were many other talents around who wanted to be part of it . |