Example sentences of "was [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and all that ruddy stuff , , I knew she 'd come along and put all , use to be a , he was the R S A man for the Signals and old Reggie , he was another R S A , he was headquarters company and old was in the cable laid section for people you know , came loose , I was walking through the shed and these two , I saw these two put them down , and I thought what the hell are you doing here ? |
| 2 | By the end of the week there was just a simple theory test left where we were asked questions about winds , how to overtake and so on — and then it was certificate time . |
| 3 | His real name was Harvey Pepper , a 23-year-old native of Montreal , who was a dead ringer for Dustin . |
| 4 | A sequel to the announcement last September of the Group 's new policy on smoking was Heartwatch co-ordinator Andrew Smart 's series of ‘ smoke-stop ’ courses . |
| 5 | ‘ All I wanted to do at that point was change direction . |
| 6 | Well there was all sorts , whatever was on the go , there was raspberry jam that my mo we used to later years my father grew raspberries and that sort of thing , blackcurrant jam , my mother made all sorts of things like that . |
| 7 | It was laver bread ( made with seaweed ) from an old friend in Wales . |
| 8 | Three oximetry readings were taken while the child was breathing room air and the average reading was used . |
| 9 | My destination was Victoria station where I would try and catch a boat-train to France . |
| 10 | David Mairowitz had been active in Berkeley 's Free Speech Movement ; the one-time editor of the Insect Trust Gazette Bill Levy 's interest was Ezra Pound . |
| 11 | Now I mentioned that this was Chest Week and it 's the first time that the er Chest , Heart and Stroke Association have had a , a , a week specifically aimed at people with chest problems , or , or looking at chest problems . |
| 12 | The water was chest height and still rising . |
| 13 | He was America 's most prominent conductor and known for compositions from symphonies to musicals ; his most famous was West Side Story . |
| 14 | It was Marcus Judge who had created the Brotherhood and selected likely candidates for it , and it was Marcus Judge who decided upon punishment when a man 's work was unsatisfactory , when he was guilty of negligence , dishonesty or — worst crime of all — treachery . |
| 15 | It was Marcus Judge who had created the Brotherhood and selected likely candidates for it , and it was Marcus Judge who decided upon punishment when a man 's work was unsatisfactory , when he was guilty of negligence , dishonesty or — worst crime of all — treachery . |
| 16 | The only decent fork in history was Mortens Fork , used to toast the rich and prod the poor on behalf of that robbin' hood , Henry Llewellyn Tudor VII . |
| 17 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 18 | yeah , he was a Squadron Leader he was Squadron Leader , being engaged in combat he done the lot , he did n't need to prove that he was male . |
| 19 | It was saved then , as was Didbrook school , near Winchcombe , where parents pupils and staff again campaigned to save their school . |
| 20 | Was Magnus thinking of me ? |
| 21 | The menu that night was cottage pie and chips , a combination which has remained engraved on my memory . |
| 22 | she was decision taker , |
| 23 | ‘ It was decision time . |
| 24 | But now it was decision time . |
| 25 | He was university lecturer in history ( 1948–68 ) and reader in modern French history ( 1968–70 ) . |
| 26 | From 1940 to 1947 he was university demonstrator in anatomy , from 1947 to 1948 lecturer in anatomy , and from 1947 to 1952 lecturer in physiology at Cambridge University . |
| 27 | I wanted to run out and scream , but Mum had the key and all I could do was stand stock still , listening to the thumping of my heart . |
| 28 | Perhaps the most impressive of these was Loughborough College where that fine , sensitive associate of Peter Slade and Brian Way , Stan Evernden , was the first lecturer to evolve a student-centred drama course for potential teachers . |
| 29 | The pianist was Roger Bluff , who seemed able to draw a singing tone from the Festival piano that I have not heard matched for some time . |
| 30 | Of course it was Roger Rabbit who , last year , brought animated feature films back from the dead . |