Example sentences of "[noun pl] who [vb past] [been] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , sociologists and anthropologists , including Émile Durkheim , were interested in the reports of travellers and missionaries who had been to parts of Australasia . |
| 2 | This has caused a certain amount of wrangling , with those stalwarts who had been at Down Royal through thick and thin — mostly thin — complaining because there were now too many layers to be accommodated . |
| 3 | A memorandum by Thomas Cromwell in 1533 of matters to be discussed with the King includes things to be said on the departure of the Bavarian ambassador , the interrogation of a friar named Reysbye , the treatment of certain other friars who had been in contact with Rome , the folding of cloth in the north of England , the offer made to the King by the executors of Lord Dacre of the South in an important test case , and the affairs of a reputed idiot named Ralph Francis . |
| 4 | Of about 100 prisoners who had been on hunger strike since May 1 [ see p. 38179 ] protesting at the government 's alleged failure to free all political prisoners , 17 who were still fasting began accepting food in the days after Mandela appealed to them to abandon the fast , on June 6 . |
| 5 | Once in a while she went to a social club for air pilots who 'd been in hospital . |
| 6 | One knew the troops who had been in action . |
| 7 | Fields had spent some months , and a modest amount of money , examining the feasibility of a new transatlantic airline ; he had approached several key figures who had been with Laker Airways and solicited their interest ; he had begun to make enquiries about purchasing an aircraft . |
| 8 | Ten Kurds who had been in detention were released from Haslar yesterday with permission to stay while their applications for political asylum are processed . |
| 9 | On the first anniversary of that invasion , when thousands of Czechoslovak demonstrators were dispersed on Mr Husak 's orders by the police with military support , he was awarded the Order of Lenin , the highest honour the Russians could give him , and his acceptance of it sealed his fate once and for all Within two years of becoming party leader he purged all but 26 of the central committee members who had been in office before the invasion . |
| 10 | They had served deaf people faithfully and with devotion for more than a century and were correctly described in the same editorial as " dedicated men , universal guides philosopher , and friends who had been on call at every hour of the day . |
| 11 | She was determined the wedding would be one for the young blind girl to remember , even though it was not likely to be attended by any of the Wychwood gipsies who had been at Boz 's marriage to Nahum 's sister . |
| 12 | The Unit followed up the health of 700 children who had been on Blackpool beach last summer . |
| 13 | Robins came across the intact records of a child guidance clinic in St Louis , of children who had been in trouble between 1924 and 1929 . |
| 14 | He imagined with pleasure the bollocking that would be administered to the men who had been on duty the previous night . |
| 15 | He presumed those men who had been on duty had all gone in the helicopter to help the others . |
| 16 | One contrast , however , was that of the thirty-two cardinals created by Innocent nearly 50 per cent were masters ( men who had been at universities ) . |
| 17 | In 1989 the proportion of pensioners who had been in receipt of income support for three years or more was nearly double that for younger adults ( 76 per cent as against 39 per cent ) ( DSS , 1991 , p. 44 ) . |
| 18 | Both Lady Amory and Sir John liked to get their hands in the soil — they did all the planting and arranging of the beds themselves — but they also had two willing helpers , gardeners who 'd been at Knightshayes for years , and some foresters . |
| 19 | Others who had been in contact with the maid also sickened and died , so the local residents determined to take what action they could to prevent it spreading . |
| 20 | Had a nice letter from one of the Romanian boys you met very concerned about my job position — he had heard from one of the others who 'd been in London in the summer and saw |
| 21 | ‘ I had about 700 quid and I had some mates who 'd been in Clock DVA , the Sheffield band . |
| 22 | Students who had been in receipt of a CASE award from SERC were rather more likely to be in employment or waiting to start work than those with regular studentships . |
| 23 | There was no sign of the two policemen who had been on duty at the cordon . |