Example sentences of "[noun pl] who [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cast of Her Benny , the dancers in their beautiful costumes , the steel band , the police and dogs , the schoolboys who were a credit to their schools showing how football used to be played just for the game . |
| 2 | In my youth there was a man who lived in our block of buildings who was a champion boxer while in the Army in India and he was always known as being doolally tap . |
| 3 | His uncles included a bishop , an abbot and one of the barons who was a profiteer from the anarchy of Stephen 's reign . |
| 4 | I spent a while some years ago just improving my chordal knowledge ; I just sat down and learned it , because I was playing with players who were a lot more advanced than I was , and because I was doing a lot of sessions and stuff . |
| 5 | The exceptions were in four main areas : in the west during the first onslaughts when the khanate of Kuchum was being eliminated ; in the far north-east against the Chukchis and Karnchatkan Itelmens ( here Russian losses may not have been very severe , but the effects on the aboriginal population were catastrophic ) ; in the south-east in the struggle with the Manchus for domination of the Amur , where the Russians were beaten ; and finally in the south-west against the nomadic horsemen of the steppes who were a thorn in the Russians ' flesh for over a century . |