Example sentences of "who [was/were] on [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | The two men were waiting for Gesner , the production manager , and the two members of the Gemeinderat who were on the theatre committee . |
| 4 | They brought out large packs of cigarettes — then rationed — and shared them out among the men who were on the road watching . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This must seem like bliss to those who were on the rack for much of the last three years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Ken 's friendships and the way he established them continued to surprise those who were on the periphery of his activities . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Some who were on the list contested their placing and felt ‘ it was unreasonable that they had lost out in the advertisement race ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It was called Are We Nearly There ? and it was about a little boy who was on a journey with his father . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Police denied any knowledge of who was on the bike . |
| 26 | Yeah , that 's that bloke who was on the bike |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The BBC refuse comment , except to say : ‘ Prince Charles expressed interest in the show and wanted to know who was on the bill . ’ |
| 29 | She must not ask who was on the telephone . |
| 30 | Who 's that who was on the telephone ? |