Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [adj] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who was that at the door was it |
| 2 | The precocious actress , who was 16 at the time , played a young runaway whom Pitt 's character beats up , turns into a junkie and sells for sex . |
| 3 | The incident was not reported in the press and probably would have gone no further than the arrest and trial of the Falangist aggressors , had not protests from Generals Galarza and Varela ( who was present at the mass ) threatened to turn it into a major governmental crisis . |
| 4 | What is in that file is not as yet available to journalists , but apparently it contains an affidavit by an ex-policeman who was present at the discovery of the treasure . |
| 5 | Josephus , who was present at the siege , refers to them as Sicarii . |
| 6 | Blackburn Rovers striker Alan , 22 , who was present at the birth , said : ‘ It was important for me to be there . |
| 7 | The pursuer 's son , who was present at the meeting , said that he would instruct Messrs Ferguson & Forster to submit a formal offer to the defender 's solicitors , Messrs Macfie & Alexander . |
| 8 | The Prince was furious at this intrusion into his private life and authorized his friend , Lord Tryon , who was present at the picnic to shout a four letter word at the journalists concerned . |
| 9 | Because Pliny the Elder had been so widely-esteemed , the historian Tacitus was anxious to find out more about the circumstances of his death , and about the eruption in general , so he asked Pliny 's nephew , who was seventeen at the time and survived the eruption , to provide him with details of what had happened . |
| 10 | So er that was a telephone call to the divisional officer , who was available at the moment and who came down and discussed it with the employer and notwithstanding that , in the afternoon I had given the management one hour to resolve the problem otherwise there was going to be a major walkout . |
| 11 | Julie Dixon , who was eighteen at the time of the murder , has been awarded an undisclosed sum by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board for the loss of parental support she suffered . |
| 12 | The coroner , Mr Lester Madrell , heard in a statement from Mrs MacIllarry , who was pregnant at the time , that she jumped on Jobson , who then pointed the gun at her , she was absolutely terrified , she grabbed her children , leaving her baby buggy bahind , and ran into the store . |
| 13 | He also succeeded a pope , Celestine III , who was 85 at the time of his election and therefore over ninety at the time of his death . |
| 14 | The acquirer may not have the time or be willing to make the inspections and will not want to accept the risk that some information may have been given to one of its employees or advisers who was unable at the time to appreciate its significance in relation to the transaction , or indeed may have been forgotten . |
| 15 | Louis XIV , who was 25 at the time , danced two roles a village maiden and a gypsy . |
| 16 | She said nothing more and Jenna sat down to her breakfast , but as she glanced across at Marguerite , who was busy at the cooker , she saw tears standing in the dark eyes and guilt rushed over her as she realised why . |
| 17 | ‘ I was in a competition and my daughter — who was three at the time — was watching . |
| 18 | BAY City Rollers singer Les McKeown , who was penniless at the start of the year , predicted yesterday that he would be a millionaire by 1996 . |
| 19 | The mill was quite close to home so in the lunch hour I was able to go home to see to my mother who was ill at the time . ’ |
| 20 | Miss Miller , who was 65 at the time of her death but had a mental age of two , died on November 7 last year from head injuries . |
| 21 | Mr Fagan , who was 30 at the time , was not prosecuted for the trespass after the Director of Public Prosecutions ruled there was no evidence that the trespass was a criminal offence . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm sure whoever was responsible at the time acted in what they thought was the best interests of the council . ’ |