Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [was/were] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If anything , it has even more justified my decision to leave Coventry where I was manager and join Chelsea — I certainly could not have been away for a month if I 'd stayed at Highfield Road . |
| 2 | She is Elizabeth Reid , 46 , who comes to Lothian from the London Guildhall University where she was deputy provost responsible for all aspects of planning and development including financial planning and employee relations . |
| 3 | Mrs Welch , head of trans-European and overseas initiatives , has been at Longlands for six years , moving there from Saltburn Comprehensive where she was head of physics . |
| 4 | Sabrina France , 37 , lavished gifts on Detective Constable Michael France by stealing from a Bupa hospital where she was business office manager . |
| 5 | In 1970 Hall joined the News of the World , where she was woman 's editor until 1988 . |
| 6 | You know , where you were fishing ? |
| 7 | The Liberal Democrats did only 1% better in seats where they were second than where they were third . |
| 8 | The wagons were taken by traverser to the Wagon Shop for final coats of paint and the completed wagons were taken to the Gravel Sidings where they were brake and steam tested ( if fitted with same ) . |
| 9 | He founded an English branch of the Sangha at St Ives , Huntingdonshire , where he was vicar from 1931 to 1937 . |
| 10 | A long-serving member of the Cabinet , he had been appointed to President Robert Mugabe 's first independence government as Minister of Transport and Power in March 1980 , and was also a member of the ruling party 's political bureau , where he was Secretary for Youth . |
| 11 | The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art produced his Shut up and Sing in 1960 and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art , where he was music director from 1963 to 1973 , produced his Excuse Me for Living in 1964 . |
| 12 | Richard Rampton QC , read out a draft of a speech which Lord Aldington gave in March 1985 to the pupils of Winchester College where he was Warden . |
| 13 | Count Tolstoy and Mr Watts are alleged to have libelled Lord Aldington in a pamphlet distributed to staff , pupils and other people connected with Winchester College , where he was warden . |
| 14 | A graduate of Westminster Hotel School , ( where he was winner of the HCIMA 's premier student prize , the Sir Francis Towle Award ) he was among the first intake in Forte 's executive management trainee programme . |
| 15 | A social worker by training , his earlier career embraced social work for the deaf in Liverpool and Nottinghamshire and teaching at the North London Polytechnic , where he was tutor in charge of the course leading to a " Certificate in Deaf Studies " . |
| 16 | Mr Amann joins the Copthorne group from Forte 's international division where he was director of food and beverage operations at the Royal Mansour Hotel , Casablanca , Morocco . |
| 17 | After a three month search DEC UK Ltd has appointed Christopher Conway as UK managing director and UK-Ireland territory manager : Conway comes from IBM UK Ltd where he was director of UK banking and financial services — Geoff Shingles , who resigned as managing director at the end of 1992 , remains chairman . |
| 18 | After a three month search DEC UK Ltd has appointed Christopher Conway as UK managing director and UK-Ireland territory manager : Conway comes from IBM UK Ltd where he was director of UK banking and financial services — Geoff Shingles , who resigned as managing director at the end of 1992 , remains chairman . |
| 19 | In his heartlands of Hereford ( where he was dean ) and Wales , he was Trollopian in touch , and a generous kinsman . |
| 20 | He was educated at Shrewsbury School ( 1893–8 ) , where he was captain of cricket and head of the school , and at Christ Church , Oxford , where he graduated with a third class in classical honour moderations in 1900 . |
| 21 | Between 1908 and 1912 Dawson was responsible for recovering the remains of a human skull from a reputedly ancient gravel bed located at Barkham Manor ( where he was steward ) , near Piltdown in East Sussex . |
| 22 | Guests included a large gathering of colleagues , both present and past , and representative of Jim 's earlier days in the Chief Accountant 's , Securities and Ledger Department , and Drumsheugh Branch , where he was Manager for four years . |
| 23 | A man of determined industry , Renfrew was one of the guiding forces in the development of the new Glasgow archdiocesan offices , where he was moderator from 1988 . |
| 24 | retired from , where he was export services manager , in May 1982 after completing 43½ years of loyal and valuable service to the Company . |
| 25 | Also joining RDW is Suzanne 25 , from Liverpool Playhouse , where he was youth arts marketing and publicity assistant . |
| 26 | He joined the company in 1990 from Macarthy PLC where he was Group financial controller . |
| 27 | He has worked in the Plant Records Department , Pay Section , where he was group office assistant , and also cashier in the Cash Office . |
| 28 | That 's right , you do n't play with that , leave that where it was child |
| 29 | Soon , however , we were midway down and into a steep , narrow , rocky section , where it was turn now or go straight into freefall . |
| 30 | Where it was kind of |