Example sentences of "who [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that respect , I was different from other reporters who were on a big story one day and a ‘ bun worry ’ the next . |
| 2 | He declared that neither he nor Dumas , who were on an official visit to Oman at the time , were informed of the request for entry . |
| 3 | Members of Leuchars mountain rescue team , who were on an exercise in the area , went to his aid and moved him to an area accessible for the helicopter . |
| 4 | The imprisoned Mr Mandela has met in recent months more than a dozen of the chieftains and assorted dignitaries — his Xhosa wife , Winnie , among them - who were on the podium . |
| 5 | Wolfgang Rosch , the deputy commander of the Leipzig worker 's militia , which had been out in force during recent demonstrations , admitted that members ‘ had the same concerns as the people who were on the streets ’ . |
| 6 | So anyway , at Khabarovsk we were eating ice-cream — there were always ice-cream sellers on the platform — and I was taking pictures of David and sneaking pictures of the soldiers who were on the platform with us but , unfortunately , they caught us at it . |
| 7 | But then , as Blackstone pointed out , the opinion gained ground that it would be to the advantage of trade , and of creditors in general , if debtors outside the scope of the bankruptcy laws who were on the point of insolvency could also surrender their property for the benefit of their creditors , and in return be protected from legal process . |
| 8 | Managers have been chosen by the old boy network , recommendations from people who were on the boards of charities . |
| 9 | The people who were on the radio when I first got into listening were really fine singers , people like Perry Como , Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby , but good as they were , they did n't inspire me to be like them . |
| 10 | Beyond them are the also-rans , other disaffected characters , who were on the receiving end of tempting , exciting , ego-boosting telephone calls which were never subsequently followed up , from headhunters of whom they never heard anything again . |
| 11 | The DPP , which wants an independent Taiwan and unlike the KMT harbours no dreams about the mainland , sees itself as representing the majority of the Taiwanese , who were on the island long before the mainland influx of the late 1940s . |
| 12 | ‘ . In another occasion of indecent assault whereby a drunken soccer fan ‘ put his hand up the British Airway girl 's skirt after she tried to subdue him and a group of pals who were on the duty-frees ’ ( Star ) — both the Star and the Sun avoided naming the air hostess . |
| 13 | Some who were on the list contested their placing and felt ‘ it was unreasonable that they had lost out in the advertisement race ’ . |
| 14 | This must seem like bliss to those who were on the rack for much of the last three years . |
| 15 | Not unnaturally , it has always been traditional to see the years to 1360 as constituting a period unfavourable to France : the initiative lay largely with the English , and it was mainly the French who were on the defensive . |
| 16 | I have seen in my own area where wee lads who were on the border line of going one way or another regarding life in Northern Ireland , ending up getting jobs and doing great for a year and at the end of the year just thrown back onto the dole and people have lost interest in them again . |
| 17 | This is fighting talk , and suggests his fond memories of Maurras and the Action Française , but it was only talk — perhaps it was Eliot 's way of enlivening what he thought to be the muted tone of discussion in England ; perhaps it was also a method of inspiring his colleagues at the Moot whom he called " companions in affliction " , intellectuals or refugees who were on the periphery of events to which there was no foreseeable end . |
| 18 | Two or three of them who were on the main board solicited support from other board members ; they worked even harder to obtain commitment from the heads of the businesses , who would soon be board members . |
| 19 | They were joined by a party of Anzacs , who were on the last day of their leave before returning to the desert . |
| 20 | They brought out large packs of cigarettes — then rationed — and shared them out among the men who were on the road watching . |
| 21 | Particularly striking were the much higher percentage of men than of women who were heads , and the much higher percentage of women than of men who were on the lowest two scales . |
| 22 | Ken 's friendships and the way he established them continued to surprise those who were on the periphery of his activities . |
| 23 | The two men were waiting for Gesner , the production manager , and the two members of the Gemeinderat who were on the theatre committee . |
| 24 | However , there are some people who were on the old set up who are n't yet on the new set up ; addresses below . |
| 25 | Erm , but I think P , er , budget review , or somebody needs to have a look at it , if you 've got budget review and you 've got people who , most of the people who were on the old working party know the background there anyway , seems as good a place as any to look at it . |
| 26 | Out on the streets ; tenants who were on the receiving end of an early morning call from the bailiffs . |
| 27 | The Nuclear Test Veterans Association has been fighting for 10 years to get compensation for British servicemen who were on the Pacific islands when the tests took place in the 1950s . |
| 28 | And then that one conservative who did go and do it , he swapped places with people who were on the dole , and he went and lived up in Newcastle . |
| 29 | We challenged and supported each other through the stresses of daily living , where women , who were at a particularly vulnerable point in their lives , had to make hard choices about their future and gain the strength to struggle through and survive . |
| 30 | The collections indicated a wider hidden culture of support for ‘ the lads ’ who were at the forefront of the battle to restore national unity , in addition to the much smaller party political support they enjoyed in the South . |