Example sentences of "who [was/were] [adj] at the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Far too many of them , however , soon started to produce technical problems of one kind or another which almost immediately swamped the tiny number of experts in organic materials who were available at the Royal Aircraft Establishment .
2 According to very senior sources who were present at the final session of the summit , what actually happened was subtly different from the PR people 's version .
3 Although there was opposition to the Fiat-Alfa deal from some trade unionists who were concerned at the possible job losses caused by rationalisation after a merger , the Italian government was subjected to considerable political pressure of a nationalistic nature to support the Fiat bid — pressure similar to that which forced the British government to cancel the talks between Ford and Austin Rover — and eventually rejected the Ford overtures in favour of an ‘ all Italian solution ’ .
4 He and Hopkins met only once , but that was enough to cause an emotional crisis in Hopkins , who was upset at the unexpected depth of his feelings for him , even after he was drowned two years later at the age of nineteen .
5 I have heard her voice and spoken to her lover and been walking with the Masai who was present at the farcical and tragic lion hunt .
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