Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] [pers pn] were the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was therefore no longer any reason for or point in hesitation ; and I said that if I were the choice that I would respond to the best of my ability … |
| 2 | Ceolred is said not to have been a son of Osthryth , so that if he were the son of Aethelred by a subsequent marriage after Osthryth 's death , he would have been aged only about 10 or 11 at his accession . |
| 3 | I 've got a , a photograph somewhere where we had this trestle table er on the platform and if you were the tea and of course the men had to stay o overtime , they did n't get paid for it and we , we it was a seven day week for us , we were never paid for Sunday . |
| 4 | I think probably the County Council are in a better position than me er to advise you as to whether that thirty one thousand commitment figure is true of not , but if it were the case , then I think , Yes I would agree that erm the train would stop very quickly , and in view of the situation that we 're now in , there would have to be a degree of future flexibility to allow for phased reduction in development over future years . |
| 5 | He was resting his huge hand on June 's angled knee as casually as if it were the arm of a chair . |
| 6 | For if it were the man himself would crumble . |
| 7 | Remember how they used to feel as though they were the size of grapefruit ? ’ |
| 8 | In the event of the death of any person entitled to indemnity under this Section the Corporation will in respect of the liability incurred by such person indemnify his legal personal representatives in the terms of and subject to the limitations of this Section provided that such representatives shall as though they were the Policyholder observe fulfil and be subject to the terms exceptions and conditions of the Policy in so far as they can apply . |
| 9 | But soon he discovered that politicians were more interesting than colonels so he arranged his soldiers as though they were the House of Commons and made them harangue each other . |
| 10 | The Shropshire press nicknamed her ‘ the ice queen ’ ; local policemen claimed she treated them ‘ as though we were the scum of the earth ’ ; Shropshire neighbours declared her a loony . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I must say I did n't expect the red carpet , but neither did I expect you all to look at me as though I were the devil incarnate ! |
| 12 | Instantly , she thrust it from her as though it were the plague . |
| 13 | She spun to find a little bald woman — Chesarynth 's mind seized upon the woman 's finger-socket as though it were the badge of some sisterhood — and said , ‘ Yes . ’ |
| 14 | Joynson-Hicks announced this to the Cabinet as though it were the end of constitutional government . |
| 15 | He was the one with the distant , distracted look and the voice which sounded as though it were the product of an experiment by Dr Timothy Leary . |
| 16 | He stood up , face scarlet , looking at her and speaking to her as though she were the whore he had called her . |
| 17 | Miss Honey was still gazing at the child in absolute wonderment , as though she were The Creation , The Beginning Of The World , The First Morning . |
| 18 | A drink was thrust into her hand and within five minutes she was being passed from group to group as though she were the prize exhibit ; asked numerous questions she did n't know how to or have time to answer ; told endless tales of this person or that person ; until eventually , somewhat bewildered , she ended up in the bar with someone called Patrick who began regaling her with tales of old Ireland . |
| 19 | In Capital Marx argues that as a result of the peculiar history of capitalism , the capitalist , who is really a parasite on the workers , is represented as though he were the opposite ; as the source of production and the benefactor of the workers . |
| 20 | such person shall as though he were the Policyholder observe fulfil and be subject to the terms exceptions and conditions of this Policy in so far as they can apply . |
| 21 | Molly took a handkerchief and tidied him up as though he were the room . |
| 22 | He sat up , corked the bottle , picked up his glass , pushed it away , cocked his head on one side , and said in a pathetic , slightly injured voice , as though he were the victim , not Sally-Anne , ‘ There — will that do , McAllister ? |