Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The women who spoke to Margaret Irwin were themselves inclined to adopt the same low value of their work that they heard expressed by the men . |
| 2 | ‘ Jeff was my best friend and my brother ; he was my spiritual and musical mentor since 1972 and I never lost anybody this close to me before . |
| 3 | Crewe 's 2-1 win over Mansfield was their first in 10 games but they cut it fine , Cutler scoring the winner two minutes from time . |
| 4 | He began to grow tobacco , raising some capital from Abraham Burrell , but Henry Somerscales was his main partner , for Somerscales had learned in Holland how to cultivate tobacco , and took responsibility for the sale of the matured crop . |
| 5 | Dennis was our ribbed condom , our french tickler . |
| 6 | Leila stood behind the girl , hands on her shoulders , as proud as if Ari was her own daughter . |
| 7 | Curiously , Larry Turman told Arthur Hiller that the thing that finally swayed them towards Dustin was his 45-second spot in The Tiger Makes Out . |
| 8 | Figaro was his first real success , and he and Mozart worked closely on the text , toning down the political comment , and emphasizing the comic ( buffo ) elements so perfectly suited to Mozart 's deft , sparkling setting . |
| 9 | Hardy was my poetical father and if I seldom read him now , it is , perhaps because our relationship is so assured as no longer to need being made conscious . |
| 10 | Say something to her when she comes back , say erm Richard was you supposed to send erm did Laura come up to you and sa sa say that you , did she ask you out something like that ? |
| 11 | ‘ Richard was my worst nightmare , ’ Jennifer said . |
| 12 | His concern for Rebecca was something tangible , and it left a heavy dragging weight in her own heart . |
| 13 | Himself a farmer , almost for 30 years an MP , now with almost a year as minister under his belt , Sir Hector was his usual affable self , seldom referring to his backing group of Scottish Office specialists . |
| 14 | → I do n't think that our look at the Carlton Combo was anything other than a fair , unbiased review of a new product which just happens to incorporate a different technology along the way . |
| 15 | Lucy was her immaculate self at work in the morning ; they had a drink in the pub , and it was as if that evening , the story , the kiss , the flowers , had not been . |
| 16 | England recovered well from a slow start and their 3 ½-½ victory over the United States was their widest margin ever in matches between the two countries . |
| 17 | David Checketts was his first private secretary , a former squadron leader in the RAF who had been equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh , and was the perfect person to help the Prince make the transition from the armed services into a full-time working member of the ‘ family firm ’ . |
| 18 | Ann was her usual quiet self ; Harry was a little less wild ; Sam was obviously head over heels in love with is new bride , and Martha was clearly content . |
| 19 | Only in Leicestershire was there any appreciable cereal growing and even in this county it amounted to no more than 26% of the arable acreage . |
| 20 | The second Ken was my Permanent Secretary , Sir Kenneth Stowe . |
| 21 | Both were probably guilty of rewriting the history of their true feelings , and it seems clear , at least , that Coleridge 's proposal to Sarah Fricker was his own impulsive decision . |
| 22 | The inevitable comparison with Horowitz followed , though from the start Gavrilov was his own man , nurturing and projecting a style and brilliance all his own and remaining true to his own lights thoroughout his mercurial career . |
| 23 | But Luke Travis was something more . |
| 24 | So Dana was my European exploiter ; I was his Daisy Miller . |
| 25 | Georgina was my main reason for leaving in the first place . ’ |
| 26 | Often staying at Marchmont was his dear wife Brigid 's father , James Laver , writer on the history of fashion , one time Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the Victoria and Albert Museum , and a marvellous raconteur . |
| 27 | These 11 species of birds identified by Gould were none other than the Galapagos finches . |
| 28 | That of Cornelius was its usual angular self topped off with a twirling banner . |
| 29 | The lobster served to her at dinner with David Swan was her first but , judging from the way she let the butter run down her chin , not her last . |
| 30 | An additional problem for the CNAA was its own structure — given the complexity of the BEd and DipHE proposals that were being designed . |