Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buxton was Liberal MP for Newport , Isle of Wight , a partner in the firm of brewers , Truman , Hanbury and Buxton , and an enthusiastic amateur architect . |
| 2 | Whitsuntide was 17 May in 1030 , and as the saint 's body was raised during the following night , it would have entered Canterbury on 18 May . |
| 3 | In an interview he recalled that Kylie was great fun to be with but she was not keen on spending too much time at parties or discos . |
| 4 | Sir Julian Bullard was British ambassador in Bonn , 1984-88 . |
| 5 | She thought that she had always believed Mo was better company than any person could ever be ; now she saw she had been wrong . |
| 6 | At the end of the first lap Walker was 30 metres clear and eventually came home 200 metres ahead of Reid who finished on 9:6.8 , 28 second adrift with Egeler finishing third further eight seconds in arrears . |
| 7 | The son of a submariner and a waitress , he started his education at comprehensive school before gaining a naval scholarship to public school , where Douglas Hitchhiker 's Guide Adams was one year senior . |
| 8 | Well away from the clamour of the market , farmer Clifford Adams was busy cutting mistletoe in the same way as his father and grandfather before him . |
| 9 | Yet the contradiction as seen by Castells was that capital , if it was to remain profitable , could not afford to provide such facilities itself . |
| 10 | After a pause , Donna said she and Angelica had talked for maybe two hours between Toronto and Sudbury , and Donna was sure Angelica could n't have murdered Steve , she was lost without him . |
| 11 | Now playing at inside-right , Whitworth was top scorer with 16 goals , but he also combined with Frank so effectively that we had a comfortable 2nd Division season , and then he headed our scoring chart again in 1924–25 . |
| 12 | She had been on the verge of persuading herself that her motive for seeing Veronica was simple altruism . |
| 13 | Star Hill was common land . |
| 14 | The new tenants moved into the house at once , and the arrival soon afterwards of their servant Peggy Marsh and young Basil Montagu was final confirmation that the Racedown years were at an end . |
| 15 | Yet Professor Underdown 's marvellous book shows just how particular Dorchester was two centuries before Hardy . |
| 16 | The left-wing Progressive Party of Martinique ( PPM ) lost its overall majority , the number of its seats falling from 21 to 14 , but the PPM secretary general Camille Darsieres was re-elected president of the Council . |
| 17 | Thomas Paine was one radical who accepted the inevitability of representative rather than direct democracy , but urged that in order " that the elected might never form to themselves an interest separate from the electors , prudence will point out the propriety of having elections often " . |
| 18 | I think he even thought that what happened to Richard was all part of God 's plan for him , Hubert . ’ |
| 19 | It was covered in lettering and had been riveted to the trousers , as if Grandson Richard was some sort of machine . |
| 20 | The cuts in subsidies which the European Community were proposing to introduce have meant months of uncertainty for Ray Gasson , but in fact the final agreement reached in Brussels was better news than he feared . |
| 21 | When Andy was fifteen years old he began working during his vacation periods at the local driving range near Bushey in Hertfordshire collecting practice balls . |
| 22 | Andy was best mates with Nick . |
| 23 | When I started my enquiries into our family history I was told that Mary Kell was two years older than George Webster and that she had previously been engaged to his elder brother who had died before they could marry . |
| 24 | The flying time from Thorney Island to Cherbourg was 35 minutes , and the aircraft were to fly in loose formation . |
| 25 | But one thing that is very relevant which , which you 've got ta think about is that , we all thought Operation Quickspend was great news did n't we ? |
| 26 | Just hearing these words from General Scott was sufficient reward for Dick Hansen . |
| 27 | He was the Financial Secretary to the Treasury when Lord Barnett was Chief Secretary , and we know what he had to say . |
| 28 | His love for Kay was one love that had never spoiled . |
| 29 | DAVID WAS New hit |
| 30 | David was busy writing down the phone number on a piece of paper . |