Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] were the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among those I met were the Duke of Wellington , who has his London home in part of beautiful Apsley House , which with all its treasures he presented to the nation some years ago ; Vicomte and Vicomtesse Bernard de la Giraudière , and Mr Richard Nicholson the Vice Chairman of Laurent-Perrier UK , and his charming wife ; Mr Malcolm Innes , Mrs Piffa Schroder , Mr John Grant of Rothiemurchus , the Hon. |
| 2 | There was never a dull moment and among the places I visited were the Statue of Liberty , Central Park , the World Trade Centre , the Empire State Building , Wall Street and Chinatown . |
| 3 | Among the points she made were the need for care of children , the importance of supporting the NCH , which was doing such a wonderful job for children in need ; and the necessity of seeking out the fathers who abandon their children and making them pay maintenance . |
| 4 | Two of the areas we considered were the scope of interim financial information and the period to publication of interim reports . |
| 5 | While the Poles were largely indifferent to the internal problems of the city — which they reasoned were the result of German agitation and would never have arisen if the Versailles politicians had made some more workable arrangement — they were very sensitive to any disturbance in their trade through the Corridor and the Baltic ports . |