Example sentences of "who [vb past] [prep] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , this year there will be a film marking the centenary of Leo Walmsley , the novelist who lived for many years at Robin Hood 's Bay . |
| 2 | The late Miss Pepper , who lived for some years at The Bield , spoke of the ‘ throwing up ’ of fleeces during clipping to a helper on the gallery . |
| 3 | The story of Hereward was later popularised by the novelist Charles Kingsley ( 1819–1875 ) , who lived for some years at Barnack Rectory , about four miles to the south-east of Stamford . |
| 4 | According to former Tangier refugees like Pubi Rosenbaum , who lived until recent years in New York , and George Wertheimer of Madrid , Samuel was entrusted with considerable sums of money and jewellery from his orthodox brethren in Vienna and Hungary which he left in various strategic places for safekeeping . |
| 5 | Former Macci pupils include Tommy Ho , who turned pro three years ago at the age of 15 , and Will Bull , the National Boys 18 runner-up in 1990 who is a rookie on the tour . |
| 6 | Alan Hey , who graduated in that year and now works in Sheffield , is planning a party for students who studied for a Diploma in Ceramics or a Manager 's Diploma in Ceramics . |
| 7 | This is the tale of 575237 Bowers R C , an ex-Halton apprentice who served for 38 years with the RAF before retiring as Wing Commander Engineer . |
| 8 | Sir Peter , who served for many years with 22nd SAS Regt. and SAS Group , is the first general to wear the badge in the SAS sand-coloured beret . |
| 9 | ‘ I thought I would use a grenade ’ , said Vu Van Hau , a 22-year-old Vietnamese soldier who served for three years in Kompong Cham and Kompong Thom provinces , before returning to his native Ho Chi Minh City as part of the September withdrawal . |
| 10 | The couple 's elder son , Jonathan , who served for 12 years at sea with the Dutch Merchant Navy , is a marine engineer . |
| 11 | Mr Wheeler , an engineer who worked for many years in the oil business , is a pleasant , slightly worried-looking man who can not bear the fact that no one seems to realise just what lengths he goes to in order to keep the plant squeaky clean and emission-free . |
| 12 | On the other side of the entrance to Garden Cottages was a small house in the occupation of Mr. Truckle who was a coalman and his wife who worked for many years at The Salisbury Steam Laundry . |
| 13 | The clock now stands beside the one given to her husband , who worked for many years at Glazier Metals Ltd . |
| 14 | Previously Bill who worked for many years as sales manager with G.U.S . |
| 15 | These included Thomas Attwood , a young English composer who took lessons with Mozart , an Irish tenor , Michael Kelly , who sang for four years at the imperial theatre , and became Mozart 's favourite billiards partner and drinking companion ; another composer , Stephen Storace , who had had two light operas produced in Vienna , and his sister Nancy ( Anna ) , who was principal soprano at the imperial theatre . |
| 16 | GEORGE ALLEN , a football coach who died on new year 's eve , deserves a footnote in political history . |
| 17 | He did so , and continued in Stockport until 1623 , being succeeded on 4th November by Thomas Rossen , who resigned within two years . |
| 18 | ‘ I feel very angry with the whole government , ’ says Eleanor Greenwood , who put in nine years as a councillor , serving long hours on Hampshire 's education committee . |
| 19 | A MAN who complained of 17 years of hounding by the television licensing authority although he had never owned a TV set won a remarkable legal battle and £5,500 expenses yesterday . |
| 20 | These works were founded by Mr Joseph Wright , who had for many years been intimately connected with what we may call ‘ the system of locomotion ’ , having been a contractor for the conveyance of mails , and the owner of most of the coaches running between the Metropolis and Birmingham , and other large towns . |
| 21 | The membership also included Derek Senior , who had for many years been advocating a fundamental reorganisation of local government . |
| 22 | He had dropped me a note the day he left advising me to sell , so sell I did , but despite many hours spent traipsing round the East End I could only find one interested party : Mr Cohen , who had for some years conducted his tailor 's business from above my father 's shop and wanted to expand . |
| 23 | At Pyinmana I called on Brayton Case , the gallant Baptist agricultural missionary who had for twenty years organised a training farm . |
| 24 | The fate of a fallen minister or favourite might be even harder if he had aroused real fear and hatred in his opponents the executions ( or rather judicial murders ) in 1719 of Baron Goertz , the adviser of the dead Charles XII of Sweden , and in 1772 of Count Struensee , the progressive-minded but tactless favourite who had for several years dominated the court of Denmark , are good illustrations of this . |
| 25 | He was loyal to the old Left , was Alan , unlike their turncoat father who had in recent years been wooed by , and had , it seemed , espoused , the radical Right . |
| 26 | Will the principal roles be taken by the same group of children who starred in previous years ? |
| 27 | character in Washington Irving 's story of that name , who slept for 20 years . |
| 28 | The cash raised came to £25,000 , much of it from 60 sponsored athletes who ran in last year 's ADT London Marathon . |
| 29 | Candidate John Sykes , seeking to succeed Sir Michael Shaw who retired after 26 years as MP , is defending a majority of just under 13,500 . |
| 30 | Tony Jacklin , four times captain of the Ryder Cup team , who retired after this year 's drawn contest with the United States , receives the CBE . |