Sentence examples for they were pupils from inspiring English sources

As his obituary notes, Holmes was passionate about sport and played rugby with a young Hugh Grant while they were pupils at Latymer upper school in Hammersmith.

She added: "Philip Pickett used his position of authority as an accomplished professor to abuse young, talented women who were vulnerable due to their age and the fact they were pupils of his.

Other facts: they've already lost a founding member (Baria Qureshi), they were pupils at the Elliott school in Putney, south-west London (a musical hotbed with past pupils including Hot Chip and Burial), and they only ever dress in black.

David Cameron and Boris Johnson are not really in a position to know, because the 1970s were their early schooldays at the end of which they were pupils at Eton – though they may have heard grown-ups complain that Britain was going to the dogs.

They were pupils in grades 2 through 10 of five randomly selected schools in Berlin (three elementary schools and two high schools).

At present, they are pupils of Hampton Community College in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, which from September will become one of the first academies to be sponsored by the Swedish group.

They are pupils at Bethnal Green Academy in London.

Were pupils from different countries really comparable?

The idea at André Urani, says Oliveira, is that teachers become mentors rather than lecturers, while the children take a more active role in the study process: "They stop being pupils, and become students".

Milne's friendship with Philby began when they were both pupils at Westminster School.

They were apt pupils of a campaign that was "a perfect-storm marriage between grass-roots energy and digital technology".