Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] [was/were] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard Holmes was something of an expert at the game , but he ended up as a down-and-out by the end . |
| 2 | Marie Claire was nothing like a nun and made a noise as she walked in her high-heeled shoes . |
| 3 | Men , it seemed , were scarcely tolerated in the Jarman household and Mr Hawkins was nothing but a leftover from the days when old Mr Jarman was alive . |
| 4 | Mr Chettle was something of a late starter . |
| 5 | Yet those are mistaken who imagine ( as , for example , Warnie did ) that Mrs Moore was nothing but a distraction from the serious business of work . |
| 6 | Twenty-four-year-old Wilkinson said : ‘ Brian Clough was one in a million at Nottingham Forest . |
| 7 | Hari was angry as she walked back through the streets towards her home , Emily Grenfell was nothing but a snob , she thought everyone beneath her . |
| 8 | He replied that the older Czechs were wary of the idea of a unified Germany but , for the young , West Germany was something of an ideal whereas they despised the DDR . |
| 9 | When she started dancing , eight-year-old Susan Stokes was something of a phenomenon — not a drop of Irish blood in her . |
| 10 | Among racing people , Charles Caldecott was something of a joke . |
| 11 | By the middle of the century Arkesilas was himself on the run , fleeing from Cyrene via Euesperides to the west , where he was assassinated . |
| 12 | It was obvious now that to most of these women Luke was nothing but a boss . |
| 13 | Luke Calder was nothing but a ruthless manipulator who made people do what he wanted when he wanted it , yet all she could think of was that she wanted to feel again the hot urgency of his mouth ! |