Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mart Kenney was a perfectionist , and his high standards set an example for scores of dance bands across the country . |
| 2 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 3 | But although Danny paid the rent in full each month the owner was n't paying the mortgage and the lender did n't know Danny was a tenant . |
| 4 | Mark had forgotten Babur was a porter and had this thing about class . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't know Amy was a client . |
| 6 | ‘ You say Buckingham was a Templar ? ’ |
| 7 | She was always careful while here to cast her inquiries in the form of statements and she said , choosing her words meticulously , ‘ I expect Jasper was a bit off-colour this morning so you felt it wiser not to send him to school . |
| 8 | The NHS paid his bill of more than £8,000 for the two week course , and the hospital agrees Concorde was a mistake . |
| 9 | I believed Courtney was a hero who liked and respected women |
| 10 | Now that says Stephen was a man filled with the Holy Spirit . |
| 11 | He says Romeo was a chicken . |
| 12 | INTEL SAYS JUPITER WAS A MISTAKE , SELLS IT ON |
| 13 | Perhaps they believed Iona was a shortcut to Heaven ? |
| 14 | He 'd also said Leo was a tycoon , only she did n't quite know how to ask him about that . |
| 15 | Moorgate Mercantile were a finance company which owned a car . |
| 16 | But his decision to sack MacArthur was a failure in persuasion . |
| 17 | The evening before she had talked about Rose to Charley ; she could n't believe Rose was a murderer . |
| 18 | Well , he was n't too keen , because he reckoned Harley was a no-hoper . |
| 19 | All the same , I did n't believe Charles was a gonner when they posted him missing . |
| 20 | The question they asked Jesus was a trap : |
| 21 | Arnall Bloxham was a hypnotherapist working in Cardiff in the sixties and seventies . |
| 22 | Alison was greatly impressed when she heard Nigel was a writer . |
| 23 | It 's just — well , it 's just that if whatever killed Paula was a software virus rather than an accident , then someone would have had to infect the suitbrain . |
| 24 | Asked if the agreement to leave Makati was a defeat , he replied : ‘ Tactically , yes . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Are you saying Mills was a traitor , that he helped to mislead us into thinking WIN was genuine ? ’ |
| 26 | And , ’ obscurely , ‘ my behaviour ’ , as you call it , might have been very different if I 'd known Hugh was a thing of the past . ’ |
| 27 | It was as if she were giving me some hyacinth bulbs and saying December was a bit late to plant them . |
| 28 | LANCE Henderson was a boy of 13 on the overcast night he heard about the crash . |
| 29 | At at that time I thought Sabrina was a pal . |
| 30 | ‘ And I rather thought Ian was a friend of young Thomas , the Bishop 's son . |