Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] was [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For me his was pluralist socialism at its best — in the service of the community . |
| 2 | Now 70 and barely able to look after himself he was easy prey for the two con men who called at his home . |
| 3 | Now 70 and barely able to look after himself he was easy prey for the two con men who called at his home . |
| 4 | Reynolds also appears as the central figure in Zoffany 's group portrait of all 36 founder members of the Royal Academy , of which he was first President . |
| 5 | He would have been quite happy to have been employed as a production manager an or as an assistant director of which he was first class but the work did not come his way . |
| 6 | During the subsequent ‘ railway mania ’ period he was engaged on proposals for several new lines , including the Stafford–Rugby line through the Trent valley , opened in 1847 , for which he was principal engineer , working with Robert Stephenson and G. P. Bidder [ q.v . ] . |
| 7 | The strike was the latest stage in a dispute which dated from 1990 , when Cossiga had first criticized the Higher Council of Magistates ( CSM ) , of which he was titular president . |
| 8 | Though he was to achieve some distinction as a watercolour artist , exhibiting at several galleries , he was to become better known through his voluntary work for the Royal Association for the Deaf and Dumb ( R.A.D.D. ) for which he was honorary secretary for many years . |
| 9 | Kitson died in 1937 and by 1939 his collection was distributed between the Ashmolean , the Fitzwilliam , the Royal Institute of British Architects , of which he was honorary secretary , the V&A , the British Museum , the Norwich Castle Museum and Leeds . |
| 10 | Good heavens , surely he was n't uptight because she had n't told him who she was this morning ? |
| 11 | Despite everything it was one hell of a shock . |
| 12 | And we it was fourth year when we done it and we 'd never been shown anything like that and it was interesting because it 's the sort of fact that you you never really think about |
| 13 | I did n't feel I was able to tell her I was pregnant right from the start . |
| 14 | The problem is with him he was half way |
| 15 | I had n't told her he was five foot two — she might n't have believed he was romantic anyway . |
| 16 | But if there was one thing the past weeks had taught her it was that work was an antidote to worry . |
| 17 | I decided to take the vodka up to Dosh and tell her it was white wine . |
| 18 | They it was all piece work , there . |
| 19 | And er they were still whistling and calling , so I went up on to the top of the bank and they it was this plantation that fell down in the warren and caught fire . |
| 20 | He had heard of Parker 's wig and wigs — the whole place knew — but never nothing he was that way . |
| 21 | ‘ When , in answer to his assumption that there was to be an early wedding , I asked what was going round the grapevine now , he told me it was pure speculation on his part , stemming from the fact that you 'd just handed in your resignation . ’ |
| 22 | As he has written , ‘ I steeled myself to drive that fast lap in 1975 although my brain kept telling me it was sheer stupidity . |
| 23 | Oh it was cutting , definitely cutting it down yes , and I er remember in the first place before erm all this automation was brought in , they used to do the casting er a man and his son used to do all the casting and believe me it was hard work , er the real old way you know er with the fires and that and everything like that and heating the things up in a bellows . |
| 24 | Before me it was common ground that the assignments were not statutory assignments in conformity with section 136 of the Law of Property Act 1925 , but that they were effective as equitable assignments . |
| 25 | She had been spitting blood after a bad bout of coughing , but one look at the sputum told me it was clean blood . |
| 26 | But erm I real I really enjoyed it and er to me it was interesting work and I do n't know that I can tell you much more about the locks . |
| 27 | Runciman was not interested and Hughes told them he was busy turning round his company , which had temporarily bombed — an ideal qualification in retrospect . |
| 28 | But er but he said it 's , while it it was classic thing . |
| 29 | Of course erm it 's perhaps , perhaps it 's looking slightly to the er historical future it it 's er it it was bad news in one sense because erm there came to be a view taken in Europe that wars between the great powers would be short , sharp wars . |
| 30 | In an earlier notebook , dated 10 March '97 , he recorded : My limbs fall in , tremble , yield , I am a wreck , even of what I was last Spring . |