Example sentences of "she [was/were] the [num ord] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was the second child and second daughter in the family of one son and three daughters of Dr Richard Marsden Pankhurst , barrister and republican , and his wife Emmeline Pankhurst [ q.v. ] , daughter of Robert Goulden , a prosperous Manchester cotton manufacturer . |
| 2 | She was the second daughter and fourth child in the family of two sons and five daughters of Frederick Cons , a maker of pianoforte cases for Broadwood 's , and his wife Esther Goodair , the daughter of a Stockport mill-owner . |
| 3 | But she did ask a question , she was the first question that was asked , the one about erm |
| 4 | She was the first athlete that I could identify myself with ; she was always in the news . |
| 5 | She was the first dog that I got to know and I 've been a sucker for them ever since . |
| 6 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
| 7 | And she was the first teacher and there was Mi Mr who was the head teacher . |