Example sentences of "our [noun sg] was [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our trick was to put them in different situations . |
| 2 | ‘ Our vicar was tellin' us about the people who are leadin' the uprisin' in Russia . |
| 3 | Old Ladjang remonstrated with him quietly , but the others were silent , and we realized that our captain was infecting them with a subtle but poisonous hostility towards us . |
| 4 | Our apparel was given us as a sign distinctive to discern betwixt sex and sex , and therefore for one to wear the apparel of another sex , is to participate with the same , and to adulterate the verity of his own kind . |
| 5 | Our journey was to take us from one end of the village to the Bar-Tabac at the other end , a trip of some 200 metres down the straight street that led to the plump , vine-studded hills in the distance . |
| 6 | Our tutor was to introduce us to ‘ fieldwork ’ . |