Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] [be] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lads we met were a group who choose to meet with Father Patrick weekly . |
| 2 | For centuries it has been a buttress against the onslaught of Chaos from the wastes to the north . |
| 3 | In other words Braque is in effect saying ‘ My picture is an object , a flat surface , and the spatial sensations it evokes are a painter 's space which is intended to inform and not to deceive . ’ |
| 4 | Yet we must be careful before blaming politicians for this mundane campaign , since in many respects it has been a reflection of ourselves . |
| 5 | Usually such fine habitat details are not preserved in the fossil record , and the gastropods we find are a jumble of shells displaced from their original microhabitats . |
| 6 | Every pair of shoes he bought was a bargain . |
| 7 | In the early days I had been a bit disappointed that the NUJ had n't immediately leapt to John 's defence , but ever since I had first been to see the General Secretary , Harry Conroy , and his assistant , Tom Nash , the union had done what it could to respond to what was asked of them . |
| 8 | And in addition to that , am I right in saying , for thirty years you 've been a nun ? |
| 9 | In the last fifteen years we 've been a country where law had little to do with Labour relations . |
| 10 | In those days he had been a smoker . |
| 11 | For years it had been a dream of Methodist leaders like Hughes , Sir Robert Perks MP and Sir Henry Lunn to have a ‘ monumental Connexional building ’ worthy of Wesleyanism . |
| 12 | I should perhaps explain that for many years it had been a regulation in UK registered public transport aircraft that when flying below 15 000 feet hand operated microphones were prohibited . |
| 13 | For 15 years he 's been a warbirds enthusiast and would n't fly anything else … |
| 14 | He has strong interests in education , and management training and much experience of negotiating with government , something that we all need in N C V O. For some years he 's been a member of the Council for Voluntary Service Overseas . |
| 15 | For twenty five years he has been a member of Equity and has played a different number of roles . |
| 16 | For several years he has been a helper , and having decided to return to Birmingham where he had a distinguished career as a teacher of English , he resolved to give us the greater part of the library , collected over many years by himself and his late wife . |
| 17 | For the last two years he has been a hospital porter . |
| 18 | The first birds we see are a group of turnstones and a redshank , busily feeding in the park below the house , probing into the area of damaged grass where my neighbour 's sheep are fed . |
| 19 | It is important to be able to think about what has taken place once the session is over and to know that all the things you said were a product of your own subconscious and therefore likely to be extremely relevant to your own development . |
| 20 | In the Telegraph they 've got all the things we 've been a lot of them |
| 21 | In July 1908 Mary Sumner and her husband celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary and one of the gifts they received was a screen bearing the signatures of Queen Alexandra , the princess of Wales , and other royal patrons . |
| 22 | One of the groups they run is a gardening group and Liz Hodgson coordinates this one . |
| 23 | It is important that we ensure that the materials we use are a reflection of attitudes and expectations more suited to a diverse society , so many teachers may feel they need to collect a more multicultural range of resources . |
| 24 | He said , I 'll get onto them and I 'll tell him he has to come and clean your windows he 's been a bit busy . |
| 25 | ‘ We 've always tried to keep the game open and in this respect for many of the younger players it has been a learning experience , ’ said Gray . |
| 26 | Out of this model solution , the only results I see are a depression of production , unemployment and structural deformation . |
| 27 | The kings they portray were a mixture of human heroism , divinely inspired wisdom and very human failings . |
| 28 | ( One of our correspondents serving with 1st Armoured Division reports a visit to 1st Bn. , Staffordshire Regt. , in which he knew a company from 1st Grenadier Guards was serving under command ; the first men he encountered were a Milan crew — from 1st Royal Green Jackets … ) |
| 29 | Luke was seldom out of her mind , and the solitary nights she spent were a torment , her bed too big without his presence , the apartment too still and silent . |