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Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	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 .
2	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 .
3	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 .
4	And in fact er one My brother next to n to me I was the middle of them I was the youngest boy .
5	I am sure that I was the despair of Ron 's coaching life , but still he made no comment .
6	— I remember , & never shall forget , my father 's face as he looked upon me while I lay in the servant 's arms — so calm , and the tears stealing down his face : for I was the child of his old age .
7	During my last term at school I was the slave of a corporal in the Welsh Fusiliers .
8	I was the sister on his corridor . ’
9	And I was the engine of it all .
10	And I was in the middle of all this , I was the engine of it all .
11	I was the engine of it all .
12	If I did n't know Karen I should think I was the candidate for diabetes .
13	One picture I remember : I was the spirit of France , holding a tattered tricolor with the Champs Elysees in flames behind me .
14	It er We had to be it was a closed shop , that was , and er I er I was the er I was the secretary for er for our Chairman rather for ou our er local local branch , for the Nottingham area branch of er USDOR you see ?
15	You know that I should be interested , well I was the secretary of Labour Party for a time .
16	For some reason the barman got it into his head that I was the boss of your TV station .
17	I was the centre of their universe and my first seven years sped by in a whirl of buckskin shoes , party frocks , pet rabbits and circus trips .
18	‘ I was the centre of attention for four or five different guys .
19	‘ I was the centre of attention for four or five guys .
20	And as I appeared in the entrance I was suddenly conscious that I was the centre of attention .
21	He then asked my name , and on hearing it , asked if I was the padre at the convalescent homes , adding , ‘ A damned fine job .
22	I was the second in command of a submarine before I was twenty-one .
23	I do n't suppose you will remember me , but I was the winner of second prize in last year 's Wimpey News Photo Competition — a Spa Day at Ragdale Hall Health Hydro .
24	‘ I was the kind of person who would sit back and let my manager look after things , ’ he says , ‘ and that 's never a good idea .
25	And if anyone came up and told me off for sleeping on the pavement I 'd say I was the King of England and I can sleep anywhere I like .
26	But Sir Oswald Mosley , the " Black Shirt " Nazi sympathiser , was a surprising disappointment , I was the chairman of an edition of the half-hour " Press Call " .
27	‘ And one look at my flat chest convinced her I was the love of your life , I suppose ! ’
28	‘ I 'll have you know I was the scourge of our local Pontypool dance hall every Saturday night . ’
29	When I was the head of the Orchestre de Paris , they used to send inspectors along to auditions — until I refused to admit them .
30	I have no interest to declare in the construction industry , but during my first 10 years in that industry I worked for John Laing , then I worked for Wimpey for about eight years , and I was the head of the largest direct labour organisation in the country — the Greater London council — for nearly three years .