Example sentences of "who [was/were] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you had get the two people who were at the back , you have to get them out before you landed because when you when you brought the flaps up if they were still in this little bay you would squash them to death and one day his dials showed that he had , in fact , squashed them to death ! |
| 2 | During the days I go and see my friends , most of the people who were at the hotel at the same time as I was have been moved up here . |
| 3 | I appreciate that this view is somewhat unfashionable and would gain little support from the majority of teachers who were at the centre of the disruptions of recent years . |
| 4 | ‘ Whilst Irvine , ’ he remarked , ‘ could have had his throat cut by any member of Queen Margaret 's household except for four ; you and I who were at the convent , and Catesby and Melford who were in Nottingham . |
| 5 | I suppose that I was influenced by the exploits of the great test pilots of the day , people like Peter Twiss , Neville Duke and John Derry , who were at the time just coming to grips with high-speed flight and what was called the ‘ sound-barrier ’ . |
| 6 | The legal charge was executed by the Hammonds , who were at the time transferees under a transfer executed by Mrs. Steed as attorney for the registered proprietor . |
| 7 | Most casualties ( 46% ) recorded involved people who were at the time of the incident standing in buses , but it is not always clear from the recorded data whether the passengers were standing due to the vehicle 's seating capacity being fully utilised or were on their feet moving towards a seat or the bus exit . |
| 8 | With a political prisoner escaped , all of us who were at the City of the Horizon must come under increased scrutiny . ’ |
| 9 | The collections indicated a wider hidden culture of support for ‘ the lads ’ who were at the forefront of the battle to restore national unity , in addition to the much smaller party political support they enjoyed in the South . |
| 10 | But while they gave support and commitment , it was lesbians who were at the forefront of change when the Girls ' Work Movement came to life in the late seventies and early eighties . |
| 11 | Harmsworth was one of many — others include Marconi and the pioneers of the film industry — who were at the forefront of what Briggs has called ‘ the development of the mass entertainment industry ’ at the turn of the century . |
| 12 | On the contrary , it was the most urbanized workers , those with the highest levels of skill , education and wages who were at the forefront of labour protest . |
| 13 | It 's like , you know , a lot of people who were at the conference were completely unaware of all this because they were working so hard . |
| 14 | Diana , who was at the Cenotaph ceremony in London , has refused to go with her husband to a charity pop concert on Monday to watch one of her favourite stars , Phil Collins . |
| 15 | Sally Taylor and her sister Mary who was at the birth told the coroner they throught obstetrician Mr Euan Laird was straining … |
| 16 | When we were all seated in our kitchen Frankie wanted to know who was at the graveyard and what had happened . |
| 17 | Other members of the committee are Sir Campbell Adamson , Mr. Charles Bracken , Mrs. Gillian Waddington , and Sir Ralph Halpern , who was at the ball accompanied by his pretty daughter Miss Jennifer Halpern . |
| 18 | James Cropper who was at the centre of the efforts to establish a national antislavery body to work directly for emancipation declared roundly , ‘ We have no wild schemes of emancipation … we rather wish the thing may work its own way by the force of faith and the operation of circumstances . ’ |
| 19 | Cranston asked , winking good-humouredly at the maid who had also hurried down to see who was at the door . |
| 20 | He spoke briefly , listened briefly , then turned to McKenzie who was at the tiller . |
| 21 | As their investigation progressed , so did their conviction that it was the President himself who was at the heart of the deception . |
| 22 | Also receiving OBEs were ITN cameraman Nigel Thomson , twice wounded while working last year , who was at the investiture with his wife ITN newsreader Carol Barnes , and former England cricket manager Micky Stewart . |
| 23 | No one who was at the Brewery Field ( perhaps not even the selectors ) would give twopence for their ability to do so . |
| 24 | Sophie went to fetch the family doctor , who was at the theatre . |
| 25 | A police officer who was at the scene of the crash said , ‘ Mrs Gallagher was travelling on her own side when struck by a vehicle coming from the opposite direction on her side of the road . ’ |
| 26 | Arthur Browning , the son of Stamford architect Edward Browning , who was at the school in the 1870's , reports that ‘ The initiation of the new boys kissing the face of the ‘ Old Man' ’ , which forms the keystone of the church door , was seldom practised ’ and J. H. Boam of the same period recalled that the ceremony was only undertaken if a pupil had done anything to dishonour the school . |
| 27 | Princess Anne , who was at the helm of the boat she chose with his help , gazed back and told him simply : ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 28 | Edward , who was at the helm , was given no room to turn and ploughed onto the rocks just five minutes after the start of a three-hour race . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't see why not , ’ said Tilney , who was at the age when the more outrageous the idea , the better . |
| 30 | Maxie went on : ‘ Y ’ see , everyone who was at the tea will keep reading the social pages for the next day or two to see that their names are in the report of it ; and , with luck , inside that time , on the same pages there 'll be a report about your Morals Committee — then they 'll know why you had the books , and old Miss Angus will be put in her place . |