Example sentences of "who [verb] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a table crammed into the wall , I stare into space , trying to ignore an old man who yells at the barmaid and another who sits doubled over with his pink mottled head against the table , sleeping and snoring . |
| 2 | Whatever the world had done to the little wide-eyed innocent who got eaten up by a bad wolf in the big city , it had n't taught her much . |
| 3 | It would always be the partner with a wife and kids who got shot down in the line of duty , giving his bachelor buddy the chance poignantly to break the news to his loved ones . |
| 4 | Those who got selected either for constituencies , or for the Central Office list when it was established in the 1950s , tended to be those whom old buffers in the party already had a pretty good idea about , because they knew their fathers , their regiments or their schools . |
| 5 | ‘ Our friend who got knocked down by a car , Mr Nowak , has fallen into a bad coma and he 's on the critical list . ’ |
| 6 | Section 35 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 empowers the courts to require any person who has committed an offence to compensate anyone who has suffered adversely as a result of his crime . |
| 7 | Brian Tustian , who has farmed organically for five years is looking forward to the opportunity of dealing with his customers personally : it gives him a chance to put the case for organic produce himself , and he can cope better with the variable quantity of his supplies at a market . |
| 8 | The Vice-President and General Manager is Martin P Nicholson , an Irishman who has paused only in an immaculate career to kiss his native blarney stone . |
| 9 | ‘ If frustration level has anything to do with [ creating ghosts ] , then Bird is our man , ’ said Karen Foerstel , who has written extensively on Capitol ghosts . |
| 10 | A clinician who has written extensively on this topic is Anthony , who has also discussed the implied association between psychosis and creativity . |
| 11 | I 've got one friend who has written down in a diary every person he 's ever re arrested , I do n't do that , I just , I , I ca n't be bothered to write it all down . |
| 12 | He takes over from Alloa-based Derek Allison who has moved on to be British national coach . |
| 13 | Nigel , 27 , succeeds Colin Auton who has moved on after seven years at the hotel . |
| 14 | Receptionist who has moved back to Newcastle following her husband 's transfer from the computer centre to in Durham . |
| 15 | Today I met someone — an Englishman — who has lived here for ages ( apart from the War years , of course ) and he may be able to help me . |
| 16 | The vendor is the third generation of the family who has lived there since 1919 , and is understood to have decided to sell rather than continue to face the task of maintaining the estate . |
| 17 | It was a remarkable education for all of us , including me , who has lived there for many years . |
| 18 | We say goodbye in this issue to Kevin Chevis who has beavered away in Key Publishing 's Photo Department and whose work has graced the pages of FlyPast for the last three years . |
| 19 | Anyone who has visited a newspaper office in the last five years with expectations from cinematic memories of Citizen Kane or who has struggled back from the newsagent on a Sunday morning with a sample of what is laughably offered as a ‘ leisurely read ’ will know that much has changed . |
| 20 | ‘ This other woman who is n't you and who has run away with Garry in your place . |
| 21 | She pointed out how to deal with a child , for example , who has run away near a busy road : ‘ You should explain to a child that it is creating danger , or is in a dangerous situation . |
| 22 | ‘ For instance , should a child who has run away from home ring and ask that their parents be contacted , then the counsellors will do that and tell the mum and dad concerned where the child is , ’ she says . |
| 23 | But first priority for the pool fraternity is to elect a new men 's team manager to replace Trevor Harte who has stepped up to Association chairman . |
| 24 | The top seed , who has missed out on just one final in 30 tournaments over the last two years , looked set for a shock defeat at 3–6 , 0–3 down midway through the second set . |
| 25 | He is its chairman , Sir William Wilkinson , who has campaigned courageously despite personal difficulties that would have stopped many more bullish men . |
| 26 | The medal , presented by the Duke of Edinburgh at Buckingham Palace , is awarded each year to a holder of a City & Guilds qualification who has gone on to a senior management position in their chosen field . |
| 27 | And so Ruth , the one who has gone out as a poor glean and walking behind the reapers , hoping they would treat her kindly . |
| 28 | That is a child who has grown up with books instead of wallpaper . |
| 29 | These examples may seem to be somewhat removed from the experience of a child who has grown up in an inner-city slum . |
| 30 | Unsure of whether she does owe him an explanation , of how much of her perspective she can get across in a conversation , and unwilling to let go of the London Kate who has broken through to the surface , she is ashamed of her suspicions of his reasons for asking her back to his place and agrees . |