Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encouraging them were the new links between British and American film companies that grew out of the quota legislation . |
| 2 | To hear her talk you 'd think I was the hired help . |
| 3 | I do n't know if it was because it never happened , or because they did n't think I was the right person to talk to . ’ |
| 4 | But it was of no avail , and as the time passed I was the unwilling witness of the gradual transition from heartiness to silence , then to something like panic . |
| 5 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
| 6 | I found I was the only woman in the upstairs room of the Albert in Kings Cross , listening to a man in a leather jacket giving an introductory talk which seemed to assume that we were all men . |
| 7 | I have not yet been given any reason for our lack of success on this occasion , and I do not yet know which were the successful applicants . |
| 8 | Erm I shall pass no comment on those , but I do know whose was the lowest bid . |
| 9 | There was something at St Michael 's but I did n't know it was the one world week . |
| 10 | ‘ There was something about him that made me know he was the best revue star we had . ’ |
| 11 | The only sign that anyone had ever occupied it was the flattened grass beneath the tree , where her blanket had been . |
| 12 | Clearly visible as an up-lighter caught it was the strong profile of Martin Ward , with the Dyson family a few steps behind . |
| 13 | What we do is take the , the day of the week and the , the calendar date , it might be the say it was the fourth day of the week Thursday |
| 14 | Hence , around 1980 , William Assheton , an architectural student whose forebears included the Rev. Richard Assheton , found he was the new owner of the building . |
| 15 | Kee looked at Karen and said quietly , ‘ Some people say he was the strongest houngan of all , the houngan we call Baron Samedi . ’ |
| 16 | Having identified who has joined the church in the past year we need to know what were the main influences which caused them to make their decision . |
| 17 | It was not hard to guess what was the wrong answer . |
| 18 | In order to sustain the argument that I am putting forward here , it is important to establish what were the major arguments levelled by anthropologists and others against the ‘ great divide ’ theory . |
| 19 | And do you know what was the worst thing of all — do you ? ’ |
| 20 | We do n't know about such aspects of their lives , but we do know what was the main pursuit of their generous leisure hours . |
| 21 | Plato argued that to know yourself was the very essence of knowledge . |
| 22 | I suppose what you told me was the whole truth ? ’ |
| 23 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 24 | He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 25 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through … |
| 26 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 27 | I assumed I was the senior man but one of my mates , a very good pal of mine to me , a senior shunter , he says , Oh you 'll get the job , they 'll be wanting to get rid of you Jimmy . |
| 28 | Loving you was the best thing that ever happened to me : I could never go with anyone else . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've always said you were the best blacksmith I ever had . ’ |
| 30 | He assumed she was the younger daughter of the couple who lived on the second floor , until she spoke . |