Example sentences of "[pron] who [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it I who persuaded you to fly from your home ? |
| 2 | I shall die with that feeling of guilt , that it was I who robbed him of life . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It was I who carried you to your bed . |
| 4 | ‘ He ate little and it was I who brought him food . |
| 5 | ‘ Sir George called it a ‘ ripping idea , ’ and he must know I need a chaperone so he can hardly object if I take you , since it was I who brought you ! ’ |
| 6 | It was I who raised it again , with my magic art — summoning it back to sight here on my island . |
| 7 | ‘ I was close to your father during his great crisis , ’ she said , ‘ and it was I who led him astray . |
| 8 | After all it was I who recommended them to use Nadirpur . ’ |
| 9 | Moreover , it was I who wet my finger to test the wind and pointed out that , even if he wanted to leave the game , it would be no use . |
| 10 | It was n't I who rang her , if that 's what you 're thinking . |
| 11 | It was not I who erected it ! ’ |
| 12 | I was conscious , too , of his fine , tanned hand holding the pencil , and of the occasional play of warm breath from his mouth , wholesome as home-baked bread , though he was a heavy smoker — much heavier than I. ft was I who introduced him to the Bisontes brand , a Spanish version of Lucky Strike , with a similar ‘ toasted ’ flavour . |
| 13 | It then had to be washed and hung up to dry before my bucketful was " sold " to someone who got it ready for the shops . |
| 14 | and one lady was told by someone who kissed her first , first kiss , said to her , she was just a natural |
| 15 | Most importantly , we began to realise that an expert was someone who understood what they were talking about , not someone who had become an expert in regurgitating things that other people had taught them . |
| 16 | Fur-thermore , he needed someone who understood his way of working , and his goals . |
| 17 | Edward took her on a tour of Bath — perhaps he was also hoping to be seen by someone who knew him ! — and then headed out into the country . |
| 18 | Andrew MacKinlay at Thurrock was praised to me by someone who knew him well , not for any sort of high-flying , but for through and through decency : and anyone removing Tim ‘ I propose to call these people ‘ the Ethnics ' ’ Janman has instant appeal . |
| 19 | So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ . |
| 20 | This was the essence of the problem : the press could only be managed by someone who knew their methods and who would not expect them to come round to Central Office to search for news . |
| 21 | If I were to approach my sixth criterion I needed to find someone who knew their way round an oscilloscope , and it was n't until the mid-1980s that a bright , if somewhat cranky , scuba-diving enthusiast arrived on campus to do a PhD . |
| 22 | McLeish reflected that Giles Hawick was the classic example of someone who knew what they wanted and did n't mess around , and that that was what had attracted Francis Morgan 's daughter . |
| 23 | Someone who knew what she was doing produced a pitcher of iced water for Farrar 's hand . |
| 24 | Joseph Hyde had been beaten up ; systematically , and by someone who knew what they were doing . |
| 25 | Her clothes were good , and seemed to have been chosen by someone who knew what she was doing . |
| 26 | The reason is that a great many " inventions " would not be obvious to a layman but would be to someone who knew something of the technology involved . |
| 27 | Only someone who knew her very well would have noticed it . |
| 28 | ‘ If we were to put a full description of the girl , and of the clothes she was wearing , in Saturday 's paper , it might be seen by her parents or someone who knew her . |
| 29 | She only wished there was someone who knew her to see her climbing in . |
| 30 | ‘ You do n't think , ’ Tremayne said painfully , ‘ I mean , it had to be someone who knew you would fetch Gareth 's camera , who shot you . ’ |