Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were others , I pointed out , who might wish Ralemberg 's death and I was their pathetic dupe . |
| 2 | I think my parents were rather surprised at my reaction , because I was their first child and they had been following child development textbooks that said that children ought to start making social relationships at two . |
| 3 | ‘ I was their first student . ’ |
| 4 | I was their new rector . |
| 5 | Long , black , fat-bellied and red-eyed , the bastards watched me hungrily as if I was their next meal . |
| 6 | I was her oafish idiot of a son who could n't be expected to make a success of anything — not even of his marriage . ’ |
| 7 | I was her dear mother 's friend … a special relationship … . |
| 8 | I was born in Hampstead at 10.00 pm. on a Tuesday night and my Mother was very glad to see me , because I was her first boy ; she had already produced two girls with the help of my Father and as the years rolled on she gave birth to another two boys . |
| 9 | She loved me all right and I was her only son , but oh , what a struggle she had to show ii . |
| 10 | Ultimately , I decided that this was not getting us anywhere , but I was her last hope . |
| 11 | Whatever her feelings towards her family , she was my reluctant hostess and I was her reluctant guest . |
| 12 | Stella I 've mentioned ; Stella I was her full title , she would be sitting at the bar , and then later , Stella II would be sitting there beside her . |
| 13 | Even though he was so much older , I was his first girlfriend , he was my first boyfriend . " |
| 14 | ‘ I was his good girl , the girl to take to book signings , to introduce to Norman Mailer , ’ she says . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought I was his best friend . |
| 16 | I was my own man and played the way I believed because we lacked talent in certain areas . |
| 17 | I was my own company er does management training and I wo n't touch the TECs |
| 18 | I was my own boss for a start — the man I worked for left after about seven months , and the man who took over did n't know anything about it : I knew more about the job than he did , so I had to tell him what to do for the first six months … in fact he tried to get the job upgraded anyway . |
| 19 | I was my own mistress — and so on . |
| 20 | ‘ I was your first feminist ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Like I was your little girl . |
| 22 | Mm , hope so but at least it wo n't be me my selection er er er er er errr gon na let my was there any post , Mum ? |
| 23 | A Commission under Governor Kerner of Illinois placed the blame squarely on white racism and on the social and economic inequalities which were its direct results . |
| 24 | Although Anne had always read voraciously it had been novels and poetry , or volumes of letters and diaries which were her particular favourites . |
| 25 | Anyone with any memories or information about Walker Brothers , the Pagefield Ironworks and in particular the railcars which were their post-war bread and butter , should contact him on |
| 26 | Nor are evolutionary processes progressive or purposive ; the primitive single-celled creatures which were our early forebears were not possessed of a burning imperative , or driven by a mystic higher force , to evolve into sentient humans . |
| 27 | We walked through the gloomy , echoing streets to the pub , past turdy parks , past the Victorian school with outside toilets , past the numerous bomb-sites which were our true playgrounds and sexual schools , and past the neat gardens and scores of front rooms containing familiar strangers and televisions shining like dying lights . |
| 28 | Which were my best subjects at school ? |
| 29 | The organisms which were his special interest , the actinomycetes or ray fungi , were particularly vigorous in producing substances which inhibit the growth of other microbes . |
| 30 | Only just into three figures , which was nothing these days , and in any case the money could n't have been important . |