Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [was/were] [noun] " 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 | Since becoming MP for Surrey South West in 1983 Mrs Bottomley has moved through the Department of Education and Science , where she was PPS to Mr Chris Patten , to the Ministry for Overseas Development and the Foreign Office . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Sabrina France , 37 , lavished gifts on Detective Constable Michael France by stealing from a Bupa hospital where she was business office manager . |
| 6 | In 1970 Hall joined the News of the World , where she was woman 's editor until 1988 . |
| 7 | You know , where you were fishing ? |
| 8 | That , she considered , was as it should be , seeing she was Loverin 's wife . |
| 9 | Where there was evidence to show that such a decision had been taken for reasons of national security , this would be accepted to ‘ preclude judicial investigation of [ the ] particular … grievance ’ . |
| 10 | Sole practitioners tended to argue that , if adopted , it should apply to the whole profession , or perhaps simply to those firms where there was evidence that reconciliations were not being undertaken in accordance with the rules . |
| 11 | That being so , a situation could arise where there was evidence to establish concert in the case of one accused but not in the case of the other . |
| 12 | But sending food in was not always an effective mechanism because in countries where there was starvation and deprivation there were invariably problems in terms of distribution because of armed conflict . |
| 13 | Where there was success it was claimed to be due to local outlets and relevant local knowledge . |
| 14 | Indeed it transforms death and gives hope where there was darkness . |
| 15 | The storm also caused a landslide in the Tywyn and Bryncrug area of South Meirionnydd , where there was damage to property and part of the track of the narrow gauge Tal y Llyn Railway . |
| 16 | From this whole picture of ignorance and inactivity , and of continuing dissent even where there was knowledge , we can only conclude that legislative acts were commonly accepted , even by those responsible for them , as expressions of hope or at best long-term intention , rather than as strictly enforceable legislative acts . |
| 17 | Two separate grounds were advanced in support of the claim , namely , ( 1 ) the broad constitutional point that as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise had no authority from Parliament to impose the charges and the corporation were under no legal liability to pay them the latter should be entitled to recover , and ( 2 ) that the condictio indebiti applied where there was error in the interpretation of a public general statute . |
| 18 | It moved to new buildings in 1930 in Ruskin Road , where there was provision for 360 pupils . |
| 19 | In future , however , France 's contribution would be " more enthusiastic " towards countries where there was progress towards greater democracy . |
| 20 | Where there was money , there she was . |
| 21 | Where there was money they played . |
| 22 | The early inhabitants had to go where there was grass for their animals to feed on and this mobile existence dictated that the home was some form of tent . |
| 23 | The early inhabitants had to go where there was grass for their animals to feed on and this mobile existence dictated that the home was some form of tent . |
| 24 | Intensively studied in this respect has been the Malay Peninsula , where there was trade with China , particularly in ivory and incense wood ( Aquilaria malaccensis , Thymelaeaceae ) , the decaying heartwood of which is saturated with resin ( the aloe or ahaloth of the Bible ) , in the period AD 420–589 . |
| 25 | As a result , after graduation he set out into an area of research which was more leisurely paced , where there was time to reflect and find the answers without the pressures from perpetual competition . |
| 26 | Where there was reluctance — as in Britain — middle-class pressure had to be brought to bear in order to convince the politicians that something ought to be done . |
| 27 | That tribunal said that where there was uncertainty as to the duration of the stay it was proper to consider the application as if ordinary residence was contemplated . |
| 28 | You have brought life where there was uncertainty … perhaps in part you have made me know myself , understood before by you . |
| 29 | At the gate of the security zone where there was access directly onto the apron , he formally shook the Colonel 's hand . |
| 30 | There was the sunny realm of Perfect Pop , where The Monkees reigned as benevolent despots , where there was sugar in every pie , where everybody listened to ‘ Help ’ and smiled a lot . |