Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were leaks everywhere and well-reported battles between the so-called ‘ dries ’ who were the outright supporters of the Government 's economic policies and the ‘ wets ’ who were the sceptics . |
| 2 | ‘ Who were the friends he was with when I was at your house ? ’ |
| 3 | But I was able to tell the House this morning that all the Rule forty-three prisoners , who were the ones who were particularly vulnerable , are now accounted for , and I mean by that that they have all come out of the jail in the last few days and unfortunately one of them , as you know , has died from his injuries . |
| 4 | He demanded to know what she was doing as a kitchen maid , who were the soldiers using their house and where were their parents . |
| 5 | Such standardization and rationalization of diverse local practices was promoted by lawyers who were the agents of change . |
| 6 | ‘ Who were the others , eh ? ’ he hissed . |
| 7 | Who were the others ? |
| 8 | Who were the subs ? |
| 9 | Employment and exposure records date from before the occurrence of leukaemia in the children , and the link to industry files was done by industry staff who did not know who were the parents of cases and who were the parents of controls . |
| 10 | Employment and exposure records date from before the occurrence of leukaemia in the children , and the link to industry files was done by industry staff who did not know who were the parents of cases and who were the parents of controls . |
| 11 | Who were the bump-readers ? |
| 12 | The tombs of the Hilton family , who were the lords of the manor , are dated 1393–1431 and can be seen in the church , where there is the Hilton chapel . |
| 13 | The report gives the statistical data and the quantitative judgements of 410 regular bus travellers who were the Buswatchers . |
| 14 | However , this extension of the welfare state was double-edged , because as well as offering services it also involved a measure of control over those who were the recipients of those services . |
| 15 | But Russell found that although battered wives were frequently raped as well , rape in marriage was by no means confined to women who were the recipients of other forms of domestic violence . |
| 16 | We do not know who were the owners , nor what the objects meant to the owners . |
| 17 | I remember when I was at the Open University , the people who were engaged in implementing Open University programmes in the States , who were the deans in charge of the Open University experiments , were all women and all ‘ marginal ’ to the mainline male career people . |
| 18 | So who were the Cagots , other , similar allusions to whom you will also come across in the western Pyrenees ? |
| 19 | When crime series started it was quite clear who were the goodies and who were the baddies . |
| 20 | It was they who were the defenders , not the aggressors , the men pushed by fear of extermination into acts which they knew came dangerously close to that disturbance of the social order which was almost as much to be feared . |
| 21 | The most important element was the difficulty that reformers had in distinguishing between their desire to protect the young girls who were the objects of their concern and their desire to control them . |
| 22 | So when Assistant Chief Constable told the jury yesterday I would have discussed the question of who were the occupiers before giving my authority that was , do you remember that . |
| 23 | It was the apothecaries who were the originators of what , today , we call the family doctor , or the general practitioner , and the dentist . |
| 24 | Erm , if the man , who were the managers ? |
| 25 | Who were the Muddletonians ? |
| 26 | There was once some heroin floating round the college and there were two students who were the pushers that 's the phrase for them I think — and they were both beaten up . |
| 27 | It was the revolutionaries who were the villains , the Royals and their supporters the good and kind and handsome heroes . |
| 28 | And er who were the midwives employed by ? |
| 29 | Who were the gaberlungi women who could tell me about a castle that it turns out you know all about ? |
| 30 | When crime series started it was quite clear who were the goodies and who were the baddies . |