Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My friends and I were of the resistance . |
| 2 | I was of the opinion that when the plans for the new St Augustine 's School were under discussion that the number of proposed school places was too low . |
| 3 | type combined tail lamp and service number stencil carriers on the underside of the canopy against the head of the stairs , which were of the quarter turn direct type . |
| 4 | Both half bulkheads had windows , with a hinged opening part in the bulkhead nearest the platform step , which was of the Brush folding type . |
| 5 | There was a never-ending pile of sewing in her huge , wicker sewing basket , which was of the kind in which snake-charmers keep their snakes . |
| 6 | Upper deck seating was arranged two and two , except that there was a single seat beside the trolley mast , which was of the Brecknell , Munro & Rogers ‘ B1 ’ type , and slightly offset towards one side . |
| 7 | Whether you were of the left or of the right , for 40 years , you knew which side you were supposed to be on , and there were few ideological dilemmas . |
| 8 | Stephanie did not like cut glass : she was of the generation that discovered the plain , the functional , the Finnish , Dartington . |
| 9 | She gave me the names of all her friends and said how proud she was of the life her father had given her . |
| 10 | She was of the opinion there was more to the girl than might reasonably be expected . |
| 11 | Far from being tempted to explain anything then , she was of the view that she 'd see him in hell first . |
| 12 | Fergus had divined how afraid she was of the doll-mask and had dealt with it in his own way , daring her to let it all hang out , quoting Yeats at her in his Irish voice . |
| 13 | ‘ … poor , almost illiterate … her pride was that she was of the Clanranald . |
| 14 | The Alliance campaign , with the differing emphasis posed by Liberals ' David Steel , who was of the centre-left , and the Social Democrat , David Owen , who contemplated a possible coalition with the Tories , was a disaster . |
| 15 | But so had Danny Maher , who now had the ride on Bachelor 's Button , and who was of the opinion that Pretty Polly did not have sufficient reserves to last home in the Gold Cup . |
| 16 | A similar result was reached by Lord Somervell who was of the opinion that fraud did not go to jurisdiction and could be challenged at any time . |
| 17 | This plan was no sloppily organized affair , aware as we were of the lengths to which threatened men will go to protect their most prized territory . |
| 18 | Here the new building is redolent of the symbols of commercial architecture — polished marble , hi-tech glazing , stepped cube facades — as the old one was of the values of its age . |
| 19 | Just as he was beginning to adapt to the fact that there were Muslims — and that some of them were quite pleasant — it turned out that there were as many strains of Muslim as there were of the virus responsible for the common cold . |
| 20 | One of them there was of the opinion who could quite easily lose his licence for it . |
| 21 | Convinced as they were of the unity and uniqueness of God , the disciples became confident that he was present in Jesus . |
| 22 | When it came up for its third reading on 21 June it was referred to a select committee who on 18 July reported that they were of the opinion that the bill ought not to be proceeded with . |
| 23 | It was of the pilot , this time without the plane . |
| 24 | Consequently it was of the type which is highly praised |
| 25 | It was of the gate to Marie Claire 's villa : a clear bold drawing of the tall wrought-iron gate I had watched the girl go through on the first night I saw her . |
| 26 | There was one particular painting which caught my eye , it was of the sea at midnight , with a full moon above it , in the sky . |
| 27 | This is as true of the patrician Tories and the outraged-of- Tunbridge Wells brigade to which The Daily Telegraph under Worsthorne 's editorship was still directing its leaders as it was of The Guardian 's public sector-employed army of veterans from 1968 whose retreat was traced across the pages of MT throughout the 80s . |
| 28 | It was of the kind that one is warned against sleeping upon , but I knew she did sleep upon it . |
| 29 | It was of the man in the cemetery coming after her with her mother 's bread knife . |
| 30 | It was of the vriki and the two cups on the bench . |