Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] were the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reader feels entertained , but in an excluded sort of way , rather as though he or she were the butler at a particularly lively dessert at Lincoln 's Inn . |
| 2 | You say in your book that many of your problems stem from the fact that you were the wife of an ambitious politician . |
| 3 | How did it feel to know that you were the instrument and the cause of something so enormously and comprehensively dreadful ? |
| 4 | ‘ Jones and Nicky Kai were leaving the building when I arrived this evening , and as Jones seemed to imagine that I was here to call on him I simply explained that you were the object of my presence . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I had no idea that you were the sort to put a great deal of store on the value of one-to-one relationships . ’ |
| 6 | Someone said that you were the father of Jane Davenant 's son . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ When did you tell your uncle that you were the father of Cissie Jordan 's baby ? ’ |
| 8 | And the searchlights the the battery that we were The camp that we were near , they opened fire and the battery would open fire at that , and the searchlight anyway came in through the window . |
| 9 | It is not enough that hedges are misted in fresh green spray ; are greener today than they were yesterday , and greener yesterday than they were the day before . |
| 10 | Well I , I think after this er people have n't appreciated yet that they 've , the grounds have become a bit safer than they were the hooligan element seemed to be taking over , they have er closed circuit television now , at Walsall , so they can get to the hot spot of any trouble and er they erm the ground |
| 11 | Michelle Phillips moved in ; according to Bruce Dern , Jack seemed to want to believe that they were the couple , made for each other ; he saw them as having it all , on his own terms . |
| 12 | The true Cubists , on the other hand , while they made their discoveries intuitively , were nevertheless very conscious of the fact that they were the beginning of something completely new ; in a sense they were anti-traditionalists . |
| 13 | In short , their easy manner and friendly ways made us forget that they were the King and Queen of England . |
| 14 | Consensus went out of the window , and those authorities decided locally that they were the Government and to hell with what was said in this place . |
| 15 | Cardiff were never allowed to demonstrate clearly that they were the fitter and more composed League team , despite an early assault when they forced five corners . |
| 16 | If the child gets better when certain foods are excluded , then they should be reintroduced to check that they were the source of the trouble . |
| 17 | The City was also happy with the package — but Labour leader John Smith attacked the Conservatives for ‘ cynically and ruthlessly betraying ’ election pledges that they were the party of lower taxes . |
| 18 | Auer did , in fact , produce such fine raised patterns that Austrian government representatives found the resemblance so close ‘ that they took them to be real lace , until , by touching and closely examining them , they convinced themselves that they were the production of the printing press ’ . |
| 19 | Critics , whilst accepting the reality of the dowsable lines which Underwood had discovered , generally concluded that they were the result of the physical features rather than the reverse . |
| 20 | His explanation of the shallow shelves between the islands was that they were the result of subsidence caused by volcanic activity . |
| 21 | It discovered ‘ that death certificates often do not mention asbestos diseases even when the coroner has conclusive and documented evidence that they were the cause of death . |
| 22 | If I were the patient I would hope someone would have the common sense not to operate on me . |
| 23 | If I were the Secretary of State for Social Security , which I am not , my nightmare would be the early morning phone call from the Department 's press office saying that an eviction is taking place that day , that the media and particularly the television cameras will be there and asking whether I would be there and what were the Government 's comments . |
| 24 | There was therefore no longer any reason for or point in hesitation ; and I said that if I were the choice that I would respond to the best of my ability … |
| 25 | You might , were you in the celebrity business , react like literary agent Ed Victor : ‘ If I were the agent I would step on some jugulars to come home with $5 million for world-wide rights to the book and the film . ’ |
| 26 | Mind , I suppose if I were the sort of person you obviously think I am I would have known about your predilection for pretty girls — and your low boredom threshold , ’ she said scathingly . |
| 27 | To me this is odd as if I were the president of South Korea I would have imprisoned Kim Hyun-hui and released Im Su Kyong as to me Kim Hyun-hui committed the more serious crime . |
| 28 | And you were the kind lady who gave little Afgie the leprechaun , ’ she added with a warm smile . |
| 29 | She looked down at him , piteously , as if she were the child . |
| 30 | It was as if she were the child , cornered and reasoned into giving an explanation , and Lucy the teacher with all of the patience and the pressure working for her . |