Example sentences of "who [was/were] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A worker-directed study conducted in the mid-1970s considered as temporary workers all who had a job which was available only for a limited time and all who were themselves available for their jobs for only a limited period of time . |
| 2 | The course was run by trainers who were themselves disabled , providing us with a real example of disabled people in a position of control . |
| 3 | Thus the whole burden of adjustment was thrown onto the economies of certain weaker countries who were themselves reluctant to devalue and preferred to adopt expenditure-reducing policies . |
| 4 | She was indomitable in her determination and tireless in her efforts to serve the women and children who were her special charge . |
| 5 | One campaign by a leading washing powder manufacturer went into schools with an educational programme because it was an effective way of reaching the mothers who were its prime target . |
| 6 | Who were his early influences in this quarter ? |
| 7 | Yet the first step had been taken , and an inexpressible sadness closed in upon him , as if he had stripped himself wantonly of the children who were his own flesh . |
| 8 | Louis reallocated Orléans and Blois to the brothers Odo and William , men who were his own mother 's kin and also allies of Bernard , and probably Tours to Vivian , one of the local nobility . |
| 9 | Two men who were his own uncles . |
| 10 | It was not a sudden transformation , but by the late eighties there were precious few figures prominent in political life who were anything other than careerists . |
| 11 | Although during the years I worked there I had the opportunity to meet many people , mainly the farmers who were our principal customers , I can honestly say that my job was the most boring and monotonous I could possibly have had . |
| 12 | Er well who were you supposed to give that to ? |
| 13 | Who were you angry with ? |
| 14 | The Russian team of twelve , who were my primary responsibility , disliked , or , more accurately , hated the Germans . |
| 15 | How longingly I recalled that other bed , with Sophocles beside it and Mary in it , as I camped out on unsavoury sacks among the dregs of humanity who were my new companions ! |
| 16 | Who were your early influences ? |
| 17 | Nevertheless , when she disappeared for a week without saying anything to Katrine who was her closest friend , Katrine went round to the flat a number of times , thinking she must be ill . |
| 18 | I did n't take offence , nor did I think her last question the non sequitur of a schizophrenic — Chineseness had everything to do with financial acumen — but she was treating me with the politeness she would accord a stranger who was her equal . |
| 19 | Frances , who was her close companion and helper , was the youngest of the family . |
| 20 | The child glared at me so fiercely that I tried to ingratiate myself by asking who was her favourite composer . |
| 21 | As she strolled by the river bank near Balmoral that day , she tried to pour out her pent-up feelings to her companion , this powerful woman who was her last hope . |
| 22 | Who was her secret admirer or friend ? |
| 23 | Mr Romiti , the ruthlessly effective chief executive who was their main target , did not present himself in court . |
| 24 | The welfare of deaf people was thus becoming a grave concern to many people , and this led in 1911 to an important milestone being reached through the efforts of a wealthy merchant banker , a Mr. Leo Bonn , who was himself deaf . |
| 25 | Their vows were received by the General Moderator of the Congregation , Sr. Ellen Gielty , who was herself one of the first three Notre Dame missionaries to go to Nigeria in 1963 . |
| 26 | Lunia , the sympathetic friend and neighbour , who was herself interested in Modigliani , managed to calm him and after that she stood guard at the door to prevent any intrusion . |
| 27 | Who was your best pupil/patient ? |
| 28 | ‘ Who was your best friend at school ? ’ |
| 29 | Who was your first sporting hero ? |
| 30 | But you remember how intense your feelings were for someone who was your whole life , and you 're afraid that your love for him is n't so much dead as lying doggo , ready to rise up and damage everything you hold dear . |