Example sentences of "who [was/were] [vb pp] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He underlines Nithard 's insistence on what nowadays might be called line-management : he reveals that a manager 's problem in the Carolingian palace was the maintenance of good order and morale among the often unruly yet indispensable " crowd " of young noblemen who were deployed on a variety of tasks and errands , especially of a military sort . |
| 2 | Shields , lances , pennons , broadswords and sun , but shielded by parasols for those in need , the guests who were seated on a rostrum below the pillared ruins of Cyrus " might , watched this impressive defile . |
| 3 | Mr Watson said the defence would now be looking for a ‘ courting couple ’ who were seen on the bus at the time of the incident . |
| 4 | He trained on until dark , when it was just he , Isay and the three Myrcan instructors who were left on the practice field . |
| 5 | It was Dobson and his gang who were left on the street , laughing , while he had to slink shamefully away . |
| 6 | The latter was accused of treason on account of a letter he had sent to Euric , advising him not to make peace with the Greek emperor , that is Anthemius , but rather to attack the Britons who were stationed on the Loire , and to divide Gaul with the Burgundians . |
| 7 | The Sescas family were vassals of the Albret , and Barrau de Sescas , knight and admiral of Bayonne , was described in May 1297 as the ‘ man ’ of Amanieu VI in letters of Edward I to Albret , requesting his indulgence towards Barrau , who was detained on the king-duke 's business in England through no fault of his own . |
| 8 | The second victim was a 30-year-old woman who was hit on the head by a boom . |
| 9 | Please note that Susannah Harsanyi ( who was listed on the cast/crew list we sent you last week ) will not be with the party . |
| 10 | The authorities said that Mr Porras , who was deported on the grounds of having an expired visa and using falsified documents , had lived in Ecuador under an assumed name since 1987 and ran a Quito company trading in farm machinery , glassware and industrial security equipment . |
| 11 | One motorist who was stopped on the way to Bushmills said : ‘ The police were pulling in cars and coaches and taking teenagers out and searching them and the vehicles . |
| 12 | Anna was a horse who was born on a stud farm that bred show stock , but unlike her glamorous relatives , she born ugly . |
| 13 | St. Catherine who was broken on a wheel … hence the Catherine wheel firework . |
| 14 | Jamie Blandford , who was named on the list at Horseferry Road Magistrates Court in London , as Charles James Spencer-Churchill , arrived on foot looking relaxed and cheerful . |
| 15 | Who was put on a spot . |
| 16 | ( 31 ) There was a young girl of St Bees , Who was stung on the nose by a wasp When asked ‘ Does it hurt ? ’ |
| 17 | As one who was teethed on the works of George Gaylord Simpson , I 've been bemused for several years by the supposed ‘ revisionist ’ implications of punctuation . |
| 18 | A police spokesman said : ‘ He told them he could not wake his mummy who was found on the ground floor . ’ |