Example sentences of "who [was/were] on [art] [adj] [noun] " 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 | However , there are some people who were on the old set up who are n't yet on the new set up ; addresses below . |
| 4 | They were joined by a party of Anzacs , who were on the last day of their leave before returning to the desert . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Out on the streets ; tenants who were on the receiving end of an early morning call from the bailiffs . |
| 8 | At Campbell Island he met John Biscoe [ q.v. ] , who was on a similar search for land in the Antarctic . |
| 9 | The commissioner was Judge Ireland who was on a temporary transfer from Scotland . |
| 10 | On Oct. 7 , a friendship and co-operation treaty was initialled by Dienstbier and German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher , in the presence of Havel and the German President , Richard von Weizsäcker , who was on a five-day state visit to Czechoslovakia . |
| 11 | Eila Karjalainen was a Finnish student who was on a hitch-hiking holiday in England . |
| 12 | She proposed that the new king and his brother , who was on a brief visit to Ludlow , should be escorted to London by a substantial body of troops . ’ |
| 13 | She hesitated , glancing anxiously at Philip , who was on the other side of the table . |
| 14 | Woil , who was on the other side , stared at her in despair and shared misery before retreating into his shelter . |
| 15 | They were talking to Perks , the Porter , who was on the other side of the line . |
| 16 | There might be a real risk of embarrassment to his full-time employers if he were asked to act for a client in his spare time who was on the other side of a case in which his main employers were engaged . |
| 17 | Some years ago a presenter at a seminar on project management referred to the Taylor Woodrow logo and said he had often wondered who was on the other end of the rope . |
| 18 | The late night , low level circuits made by the military jet over west Stockton and Eaglescliffe angered residents and Hartburn councillor Stephen Smailes , who was on the receiving end of their complaints . |
| 19 | On the plane she found herself sitting next to the Knitting correspondent of a women 's magazine who was on the same press jaunt . |
| 20 | Franz Beckenbauer , former West German captain who was on the losing side in 1966 , is willing to take part in anything planned — and Brazil 's Pele is also being lined up . |
| 21 | Jake Howard , who was on the Australian coaching staff for the World Cup , has joined Wanderers for next year and at the other end of Lansdowne Road the Landsdowne club have enrolled Graeme Taylor , formerly a Counties back and more lately involved with the All Blacks ‘ seconds ’ squad . |
| 22 | Ted Sturmthal , who was on the last flight , summed it all up ‘ I 'll do anything to keep the XB-70 in the air — except pay for it myself ! ’ |
| 23 | And er someone else who was on the large side , also stood up and they all giggled at him , and he said he 'd had enough of this fattist language . |
| 24 | As Dandelion ended , Acorn , who was on the windward side of the little group , suddenly started and sat back , with ears up and nostrils twitching . |