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 was their new rector . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | I was her dear mother 's friend … a special relationship … . |
| 5 | She loved me all right and I was her only son , but oh , what a struggle she had to show ii . |
| 6 | Whatever her feelings towards her family , she was my reluctant hostess and I was her reluctant guest . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ I was his good girl , the girl to take to book signings , to introduce to Norman Mailer , ’ she says . |
| 9 | ‘ Like I was your little girl . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Although Anne had always read voraciously it had been novels and poetry , or volumes of letters and diaries which were her particular favourites . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She stayed for hours , not worrying , not thinking ; not seeing herself doing things , which was her usual way of planning ahead , chopping herbs , washing salad , seeing her hands arranging things on plates , hearing her voice ask for things in shops . |
| 17 | My shirts and nightwear were still " Annie Thompson " exclusives ( which was her maiden name ) and she would frequently scold herself when she made a mistake in her work and oddly I find that I do the same thing , even today , a sort of " pull your finger out Mahaddie " . |
| 18 | She watched the rhythmic strokes of the razor for a moment , then turned her attention to Twomey 's own cat which was miaowing and writhing uncomfortably in the wooden wine case which was her quiet bed . |
| 19 | We went out , 2–0 at Old trafford , in front of 30,000 — which was their only consolation … they all thought theyd see us get thrashed . |
| 20 | The assumption was that their wages only supplemented the family income and , anyway , they did not need to find work interesting because they had families to look after , which was their real job . |
| 21 | They , they did have the option that they could have had complete absolute egalitarianism and made everybody into a poor peasant , but the commun but the commun the Communist Party were progressive and they s saw that how that you needed to have industrialization in order to increase the welfare of peasants which was their ultimate aim , and I mean it appears that how that they did n't actually care er what kinds of means they 'd have to achieve that , as in capitalism was justified in this longer term perspective . |
| 22 | I asked innumerable friends and acquaintances which was their favourite house in England ; almost invariably their choice was built between these dates . |
| 23 | When I was asking them which was their favourite area , not unsurprisingly a couple of them mentioned the Lake District — anytime except in the summer holidays . |
| 24 | Patrick showed her Spar Cove , which was their favourite haunt — a fascinating little bay , formed by the clyst itself . |
| 25 | Though no longer the sole data providers which was their previous role , data processing departments now need to function as enablers , responsible for co-ordinating various computer systems . |
| 26 | and of course they had the Thames which was their main highway , Thames was much easier to use than |
| 27 | The two men were picked up on the Ross ice shelf , about 350 miles from the coastal camp at Scott base which was their original target . |
| 28 | We had read that the Toraja hunted heads until as recently as the 1920s , but they were feared by their neighbours less for their ferocity than for their magic , part of which was their unnerving reputation for being able to cause the dead to walk . |
| 29 | Christians had a sacred history : in the fourth century they acquired a sacred geography which was its spatial reflection . |
| 30 | Alice took off the cotton dress which was what young mothers wore in Chelmsford to shop in , put on jeans and a black T-shirt , the kind of clothes she would always wear now , through an indefinitely stretching future . |