Example sentences of "[pron] was the [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new youth movement found its most dramatic expression in the religious brigades , the first of which was the Boys ' Brigade ( BB ) , founded by William Smith in Glasgow in 1883 , followed by the Church Lads ' Brigade ( CLB ) in 1891 , and the Boys ' Life Brigade ( BLB ) in 1899 . |
| 2 | There follows a white villa which was the Jesuits ' summer house . |
| 3 | Henley took quite an interest in her and she was the Ladies ' President from 1920–1925 . |
| 4 | ‘ She was the kids ' cat . |
| 5 | The officials included Squadron Leader Ian Sweet , who was the Championships ' Secretary and the race commentator ; Major Martin Leach , the technical delegate Mr Richard Berry , and PR consultants Colonel Geoffrey Godbold , and Major Hutch Hutchinson . |
| 6 | ‘ There was the parents ' estate , his father 's estate , the Doors ' estate — and they were all fighting . |
| 7 | There was the Masters ' Room on the ground floor — they took it out to put in a new directors ' lift — and whenever one of our ships docked in London her master would come for a drink and a chat with Mr.Andrew — like a sort of club , it was . |
| 8 | Portia appears indeed in Act four to be just in her defence of Antonio , and no one can comment on her choice of suitor in Act three , for surely it was the suitors ' luck and character that were the key to her , or so it seemed . |
| 9 | The following year it was the inner-cities ' turn once again , especially Inner London . |
| 10 | It was the judges ' commitment to freedom that was the main guarantee against despotism . |
| 11 | It was the respondents ' task to investigate ‘ what was the true financial position of Atlantic at the time of its acquisition and , if it was different from the way it was represented , how and why the truth was concealed : ’ Hoffmann J. [ 1991 ] B.C.C. 651 , 661 . |
| 12 | More than that , it was the Hawaiians ' way of retaining a sense of dignity and worth , it was their way of staying alive . |
| 13 | However , it was the evaluators ' impression that the dispute coincided with a certain demoralisation amongst panel members which had more to do with the disorganisation and instability of the panel itself . |
| 14 | As far as he was concerned , it was the Russians ' mistake and up to them to sort it out . |
| 15 | Recycling of waste was essential and it was the housewives ' job another job for her to salvage from her home such things as paper , bones , tin cans , old gramophone records , photographs and negatives , jam jars , rubber and rags . |
| 16 | Today though it was the residents ' chance to view the house for themselves . |
| 17 | It was the brothers ' intention to disappear in the ensuing melée . |
| 18 | It 's , it was the architects ' department erm , till they go like you know , till they Palatine Hall erm , it used to be the architects ' department . |
| 19 | He was the Nazis ' propaganda minister , a crucial figure in Hitler 's Third Reich . |
| 20 | For any would-be telegenic demagogue , Mr Bruce offers a lot of practical advice , most of it garnered when he was the Tories ' director of communications . |
| 21 | Then a confederate of X called on the defendants , who delivered the coats to him under the impression that he was the plaintiffs ' agent . |
| 22 | In such a case ? one must still examine all the circumstances of the case in order to discern what was the parties ' intention as to the passing of property . |
| 23 | And the only way place I could think to send them was the girls ' changing room ! |