Example sentences of "who [was/were] [adv] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 That was removed from 16 to 18-year-olds who were not on a Government course or in full-time education .
2 I was once offered a John Wesley letter which had the slight blemish of being written on paper watermarked some thirty years after the evangelist died , and on another occasion a letter from a supposed Trafalgar seaman , mentioning officers and members of the crew who were not on the muster roll of the ship concerned .
3 All of us who were not on the sales and marketing side spent a day a month selling .
4 But he had to release his hold on her mouth as he dragged her up the stairs , so she screamed at Agnes and her mother , who were already on the stairhead , ‘ He 's killed him !
5 On the other hand , when the amount produced is such that the demand price is less than the supply price , sellers receive less than is sufficient to make it worth their while to bring goods to market on that scale ; so that those who were just on the margin of doubt as to whether to go on producing are decided not to do so , and there is an active force at work tending to diminish the amount brought forward for sale .
6 In the last month before war was declared , families who were still on the waiting list for places on the Kindertransporte , but knew they had little chance of moving up the queue , took to waiting at the main rail stations , watching and hoping .
7 The three pirates who were still on the island did not trouble us .
8 Before we go on to keep the , to look at the minutes and for the young people who were actually on the weekend in .
9 We just passed them out to crazy people and artistes and people who were always on the scene in New York .
10 It must be hell to be her , with her crazy parents who were always on the scrounge , though she did n't seem even to be aware of her situation .
11 By the end of August Winchelsey resolved to save his church and the kingdom by allying with the laity who were now on the edge of rebellion .
12 Those Muslims who were out on the streets looked bad-tempered : they had not eaten or drunk since before dawn , and were in no mood for smiles or pleasantries .
13 They were among thousands of supporters in colourful and fancy dress — ranging from leeks and nuns to the more traditional Welsh red and white — who were out on the town on the eve of today 's match between Scotland and Wales at Murrayfield .
14 Somehow — somehow — to find out who was where on the night of Hilda Machin 's death .
15 Dennis Smith , who was also on the Warrington coaching staff , will be his assistant .
16 The company was at first commanded by a Captain Short , and later by Major H.M. Williams , who was also on the staff of the LNWR Carriage Department .
17 The impetus for the film to be made came from Paul Muni , who was always on the look-out for suitable social themes .
18 He was man who was always on the point of launching some immense enterprise , a few of which indeed came off while others ended disastrously .
19 Well there 's no logic to that there because the the lack of cover and er whatever applies the minute the last person leaves , and that erm it lies that the the concern is that if somebody who was in on the building , in the building on their own has an accident ,
20 One who was there on the day and has watched the film many times now suddenly notices that Snow , at The Oval , 1968 , has his foot on the pitch as he fields at silly mid-on while Australia slide to oblivion against Underwood .
21 I 'm glad you 've made reference actually to that picture of the circles because I , I erm I came up with that after we 'd had the parish day and i you know , observing who was there on the parish day and then trying to see how , how we reach people and , and , and who were missing and how important was it that everybody should be there on parish day , and was n't it that people who are involved should be there on parish day because that 's a point at which erm you know parish council can meet those very people .
22 They were both speaking very quietly , so as not to disturb Dyson , who was still on the phone .
23 Mosley , genu-inely puzzled by growing Jewish hostility to the BUF , asked A.K. Chesterton who was now on the Headquarters staff to examine the influence of Jews in British Society .
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