Example sentences of "by [pron] [noun] who " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect , if it was a profession it was a profession in name only ( a point made indirectly by my lecturer who studiously avoided use of the word ) . |
| 2 | Very good , very , very good , no I think as I say the only thing I said to Mr I told him that I 'm very upset because I 've always been treated ever so fair by him I mean they 've really been good to us , you ca n't say they 're not , I mean no other Council I do n't think is as good as Harlow Council , well I say that because I know by my friends who live away they 're not er , they do n't get half the benefits that they get here , I mean we are looked after are n't we ? |
| 3 | My request was dismissed with some amusement by my parents who added that I should have more sense than to believe in all that mumbo-jumbo . |
| 4 | When I was nine months old I was taken out to India by my parents who had a theatre company — they still have it , in fact , and they still tour . |
| 5 | I tried to take over the kitchen , but in this I was thwarted by my father who had his own ideas about food , and who would keep interfering and making a mess , whereas I preferred to clear away and wash up as I went along . |
| 6 | My interest in this particular aircraft is brought about mainly by my father who , now in his 70s , spent his war years as a young man serving in the RAF as an airframe fitter . |
| 7 | I suppose I was influenced by my father who used to sing and tell stories at concert parties he ran . |
| 8 | Each strip was staked by its winner who cut his mark in the ground . |
| 9 | Too often the reason that a project fails is that the team leader enters a department to be met by its manager who sees someone only equal , if not subordinate , in status and , fearing an incursion on his empire , makes it nigh impossible to achieve progress . |
| 10 | Pot , hash , cannabis , whatever you call it , is well-documented , too , by its devoted users who praise its benign powers , and by its detractors who believe it is a short-cut to the opium den . |
| 11 | The presentation of memories as they were told brings this book alive , but the Civic Society might have been better served by their publisher who should have avoided duplicating four paragraphs in two chapters attributed to different contributors . |
| 12 | Diomedes ' mares differed from mortal horses in that they would feed only on human flesh , a trait encouraged by their master who ordered them to eat any stranger who trespassed in his kingdom . |
| 13 | But if anybody refuses to believe that about 270 B.C. Lycophron could say about the Romans : " And the fame of the race of my ancestors shall thereafter be exalted to the highest by their descendants who shall with their spears win the foremost crown of glory , obtaining the sceptre and monarchy of earth and sea " ( transl . |
| 14 | There are examples of officers whose promotion was clearly desired by their superiors who yet could not be advanced . |
| 15 | It was difficult to refuse and thereby block their chances , but helping one student set a precedent ; any foreigners were plunged into moral dilemmas by their students who wanted help to go abroad . |
| 16 | Very many different languages are spoken , both by the community and by their visitors who come from all over the world , and Latin provides a lingua franca . |
| 17 | Lewes and Chichester had continued to grow in dignity , no doubt helped by their lords who could see the tax potential . |
| 18 | Some pupils , especially girls in rural areas , were withdrawn by their parents who considered it a Waste of money' to send girls to school . |
| 19 | Many spouses blame this conflict on the organization , and this is reinforced by their partners who similarly blame the organization For separating them from their families . |
| 20 | Convalescents can be accompanied by their spouse who can also benefit from the rest and relaxation provided . |
| 21 | About one hundred women attended the conference but local women were conspicuously absent , forbidden to attend by their husbands who feared the power of women 's words , their wives ' innate feminism and the possibility of lesbian contagion . |
| 22 | It is above all those children who were cared for actively by their grandparents who recall them in depth and with strong feeling . |
| 23 | Individual members gain influence by becoming acknowledged experts in a particular sphere of government and on other issues will tend to accept the cues provided by their colleagues who are experts in that particular policy area . |
| 24 | Nowadays they may be esteemed by their peers who know something of their work , but this esteem has little currency value in the committee-rooms where performance is appraised . |
| 25 | I was deeply moved by the story of Alejandra Munoz , a Mexican woman illegally brought into the United States by her cousins who deceived her into becoming a ‘ surrogate mother' . |
| 26 | Fazila and Salima attended English classes but Ruksana was forbidden to by her father-in-law who thought she had too much to do in the house . |
| 27 | Dorothy Stanton Wise was born deaf at Dover where she was educated at home by her mother who had taken her to see the Rev. Thomas Arnold at Northampton for advice . |
| 28 | It was an Oriental table , donated by her mother who was an actress of the old school and given to lavishness of gesture . |
| 29 | Yvonne Orsett introduced herself , originally , by buying from the stall whenever she saw it , then came donations of bric-a-brac , small craft items and the beautiful baby clothes knitted by her mother who has won prizes locally . |
| 30 | ‘ I heard on Wednesday from a neighbour that she had been left alone by her mother who had gone to Spain . |