Example sentences of "who was [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shy Nina , who was related to the Wedgwood pottery family , left him her run-down mansion and contents worth £170,000 when she died aged 83 . |
| 2 | That was what he meant to Luke Thackray , her son , who was to sleep in the kitchen so that the " candidate " might have the privacy of his tiny but spotless room . |
| 3 | His Lordship accepted Mr Bayliss 's submission that Order 5 , rule 5 did not give power to make an order for contribution in favour of a representative defendant against a member of the class which he was named as representing ; and that the only power it gave was that of giving leave to a person , in whose favour a judgment or order had been given or made , to enforce the judgment or order against a person not a party to the proceedings who was bound by the judgment or order . |
| 4 | When he took over in October 1964 , he enjoyed two other advantages : his majority of four ensured that the fractious Parliamentary Labour Party would have to behave ; and , apart from Patrick Gordon Walker , whom he appointed Foreign Secretary , and James Griffiths , who was sent to the newly created Welsh Office , only he possessed Cabinet experience . |
| 5 | She only remembered that right from the beginning he took her with him , and it was she who was sent to the doors to ask politely if they had anything to sell . |
| 6 | They fell foul , on the other hand , of Simon de Mont fort , who was sent to the south-west of France by King Henry III in 1248 to curb the unruliness there and ended up assaulting the Viscount of Soule in his castle in Mauléon . |
| 7 | Djore Držić 's nephew , Marin Držić ( 1508–67 ) , was a poor scholar who was sent to the University of Siena on a stipend from the Ragusan Senate . |
| 8 | I looked at the handset , then up at my father , who was leaning over the rail from the floor above , tucking his pyjama top into his trousers . |
| 9 | It was Moxie , who was leaning against the wall beside her , seemingly spreadeagled by some centrifugal force . |
| 10 | The driver was the first to recover his scattered wits and went down the steps to comfort Marsh who was leaning against the tender side , shaking uncontrollably , his face ashen . |
| 11 | Claudia said , glancing at the watchful man , who was leaning against the door-frame as if to prevent any thought of escape she might have . |
| 12 | Show respect , ’ said Garvey to Lucie , who was leaning against the corner strut of the stage with his eyes fixed on the far horizon . |
| 13 | Mary cycled into Berkeley 's ancient square and acknowledged a cheery greeting from ‘ Old Jesus , ’ the bearded local tramp , who was resting on the Town Hall seat . |
| 14 | It includes Eddie Browning , who was jailed for the murder of Marie Wilkes , and Michael Shirley who 's on hunger strike protesting his innocence … |
| 15 | Suddenly Angela , who was gazing at the red mack her mummy was holding out to her , gave a gasp . |
| 16 | Founded by Muz Murray , who was featured on the first issue 's cover breaking out of an egg , Gandalf 's Garden distilled the essence of the time 's peace , love , mysticism , and delusion . |
| 17 | The matches took place in Ballymena , Northern Ireland and Catherine McKenzie from Craigforth Administration ( who was featured in the summer Amicus ) played a full part . |
| 18 | Thirty years ago they built seven homes in the village for war veterans , in memory of the present owner 's great uncle , who was killed during the First World War . |
| 19 | Potter gave up his troop 25 July 1645 , becoming parliamentary commissioner to the army in succession to his brother Captain John Potter , who was killed at the battle of Naseby . |
| 20 | Naples-born Liliana Ferraro , 48 , will replace Judge Giovanni Falcone who was killed by the mob . |
| 21 | Käthe Kollwitz , who was an honourary member from 1940 to 1943 and Oda Schottmüller the resistance fighter who was killed by the Nazis in 1943 retained their membership . |
| 22 | The funeral has taken place of a teenage soldier who was killed by the IRA . |
| 23 | ANEW charity backed by a host of public figures was launched yesterday in memory of Bernt Carlsson , a Swedish diplomat and United Nations Commissioner for Namibia , who was killed in the Lockerbie disaster . |
| 24 | who was killed in the battle of El Teb in '85 . ’ |
| 25 | On Sept. 8 the inquiry theorized that a small detonating device placed among bags of gunpowder being loaded into the tube of one of the ship 's 16-inch guns had caused a huge fireball , and that a gunner 's mate , Clayton Hartwig , who was killed in the incident , had " probably " been responsible . |
| 26 | Scott Quinnell , 19 , was the game 's outstanding forward , and a 50-yard run down the touchline with the ball in one hand and handing off tacklers with the other would have impressed Alan Davies , the Wales coach , who was watching from the stands . |
| 27 | That man could well be former Southampton boss Chris Nicholl , who was watching from the stands . |
| 28 | " Let me out , just for a moment , " called the princess , who was watching from the window . |
| 29 | I was writing to my MP who was writing to the Secretary of State who was writing to the High Commisioner and it just went on . |
| 30 | I was writing to my MP who was writing to the Secretary of State who was writing to the High Commisioner and it just went on . |