Example sentences of "who [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The two men were waiting for Gesner , the production manager , and the two members of the Gemeinderat who were on the theatre committee . |
| 6 | They brought out large packs of cigarettes — then rationed — and shared them out among the men who were on the road watching . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | This must seem like bliss to those who were on the rack for much of the last three years . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Ken 's friendships and the way he established them continued to surprise those who were on the periphery of his activities . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Some who were on the list contested their placing and felt ‘ it was unreasonable that they had lost out in the advertisement race ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Managers have been chosen by the old boy network , recommendations from people who were on the boards of charities . |
| 18 | 6–9 Mrs Holliday , Bowmore , applied for the baptism of her daughter in the absence of her husband who was on a voyage to Africa and not expected to return for a year , and as they were " satisfied with Mrs Holliday 's knowledge as to the ordinance and the obligation " they agreed . |
| 19 | The congregation was told that Paul , who was on a weekend visit home from Newcastle , where he was studying industrial and architectural design , was a young man mature beyond his years . |
| 20 | Dr Ormerod , who was on a working holiday in the Carpathians , is to be tried on charges of attempting to smuggle a Romanian citizen out of the country . |
| 21 | It was called Are We Nearly There ? and it was about a little boy who was on a journey with his father . |
| 22 | While producing a series of vocal recitals at CBC I had the pleasure of working with Mrs John Christie ( Audrey Mildmay ) , who was on a visit to Vancouver , and who had a remarkably fine singing voice . |
| 23 | Because his wife had made dishes of it as first-night presents for the cast , apart from Titania , who was on a diet and would have to be dealt with in some other way . |
| 24 | I smiled in answer to this , and started talking in French to a small , balding man who turned out to be Swiss and who was on the run from the customs in Geneva . |
| 25 | The ruling PSOE retained an effective majority of one , however , because one HB deputy , Angel Alcalde , who was on the run from the police , had not taken up his seat . |
| 26 | I ONCE asked Ross Clarke-Jones — a laconic Australian who was on the Tour but also liked to surf big Waimea — which would be his ultimate experience : a big wave or a tube ? |
| 27 | Yesterday the heartbroken teenager , who was on the verge of trials with the Royal Ballet , said : ‘ In just one second , my life has been wrecked . |
| 28 | Police denied any knowledge of who was on the bike . |
| 29 | Yeah , that 's that bloke who was on the bike |
| 30 | However , the evidence of the fireman who was on the footplate of the engine that was hauling the express disproved the allegations of the railway company , for he had seen them together on the train after it had arrived at Birmingham New Street Station around 2.30 when the children had waved at him . |