Example sentences of "who have [adv] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As things have turned out it has n't proved to be a serious drawback so far ; and your mother , who has temporarily left home , is very happy for me . |
| 2 | Dalglish , who has already spent more than £10 million , will have to pay £500,000 if Risom arrives at Ewood Park . |
| 3 | It was set up in conjunction with Swiss entrepreneur Niels Rasmussen , owner of Nercom Informatik , who has also set up Goldmine Technologies AG in Zug , Switzerland ( UX No 374 ) . |
| 4 | As before , Thomson , who has also put out calls for biographical material on other subjects , including S G Brown , signs himself a Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers , helping establish credibility with editors unaware of the fact that he started collecting original papers in 1972 . |
| 5 | The book was intended as the unpretentious account of a Devon lad who has just kept on writing and then reading the news . |
| 6 | There are others who are n't even dancing : one who has just gone over to the veranda and plunged his hand into the vat of boiling oil so he could offer a hot puri to a child in tears : another who is standing in the midst of the dancers being continually buffeted as they come and go , and hungrily eating a plateful of raw rice grains . |
| 7 | Sir Adrian Cadbury , who has just stepped down as chairman of Cadbury Schweppes , has been appointed a member of the Takeover and Mergers Panel . |
| 8 | A middle-aged building worker who arrived at the palace — his first time in such a place — after his marriage had broken up , said , " I was a little bit disgusted , they do n't treat you as if you were just unemployed , they treat you like a person who has just crawled out of the gutter . " |
| 9 | Luke 's wedding ring was on the table , close to her hand , and her eyes were wide open , like the eyes of someone who has just woken up . |
| 10 | It is typical of British tennis that Annabel Croft , who had not played a serious match for five years , should celebrate a light-hearted comeback by beating one of our brightest prospects who has just taken up the game professionally . |
| 11 | But as she did so , she thought she heard a thin , piercing sound , like the wail of a child who has just wakened up and found himself alone . |
| 12 | It is , therefore , worth bearing in mind that if you want a new tank , and have a friend who has just set up a new fish-house , you might do well to order through him/her … |
| 13 | They were all sitting there staring at me and Monsieur de Levantiére said , ‘ This is Constance , who has kindly stepped in at the last moment . ’ |
| 14 | A runaway is a young person , aged under 17 years or in local authority care , who has either left home ( or residential care ) of their own accord but without agreement or is forced to leave , and is missing for one or more nights . |
| 15 | It was an interpretation problem , sir , with a rather rum Nandi interpreter who has since run away . |
| 16 | Lorcan Wyer who has since gone on to become one of the most stylish jockeys in England was associated with most of the Scott winners in those days . |
| 17 | In the first edition I felt I owed a debt of gratitude to my old teacher , Professor Geoffrey Lampe , who has since died so courageously of cancer , to close friends , the Revd. |
| 18 | Unfortunately , they were soon moved to different duties , but before doing so they were able to train a third person , a Sergeant , who has since carried on the work . |
| 19 | It is a home from home for Sue Wilson , who has probably spent as many nights at the camp since it was set up on January 18 as she has at home . |
| 20 | Publishers grow thick skins against negative reviewing , but I remain puzzled at the volume of abuse directed at this particular book , by an author who has spent many years working on his subject , opening up new areas of research , and who has arguably contributed more in recent years ( viz Orwell : The War Broadcasts , Orwell : The War Commentaries and The Larger Evils ) to the study of Orwell 's work than any other scholar . |
| 21 | Getting this ingredient off the drawing boards and into bricks and mortar — not to mention details such as Donald Duck doorknobs — was indeed the stuff of dreams for Stern , who has always stood up for emotional content : ‘ In my view , whether you are engaged in a theme park , a hospital , or a court house , the building should elicit some excitement . ’ |
| 22 | Your letter was a great joy to me , a message from another human being who approaches his work with the same seriousness as I do mine , and who has consequently suffered as much under the insanities of our time … |
| 23 | And if memory serves ( what was she called , that girl who did the PR for Windscale , Sellafield I should say , and Aldershot FC ? ) , oh yes , Daphne Grierson , who has now moved on to greater things and is image adviser to Nigel Canada ( is that correct ? ) the teenage fiddle-player . |
| 24 | Stop listening to people , such as Mr Kinnock , who has now written out to C L Ps telling them that they should be changing the way that the unions are linked to this Labour Party , not at all . |
| 25 | She turns to the visitor , who has now subsided on to a settee . |
| 26 | Hendry , who has now earned over £200,000 during the 1992-93 season despite his relatively poor run of results , added : ‘ When you believe that you 're the best player in the world it 's very depressing when you keep on playing like an idiot . ’ |
| 27 | Still , sometimes when I saw a camera lifted to a scene I would like to have shared back home , I felt a twinge of loss and was suddenly conscious of my idle hands , like someone who has recently given up smoking . |
| 28 | May I , as someone who has recently come off the dole , comment on Donald Gould 's article ( Forum , 20 January , p 180 ) . |
| 29 | Stevie and Patsy Mulligan are the sons of a dear friend who has recently passed away . |
| 30 | Anyone who has recently taken up some form of exercise will tell that it has brought them enhanced mental energy and concentration , the ability to sleep more deeply and a feeling of well-being . |