Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among those I met were the Duke of Wellington , who has his London home in part of beautiful Apsley House , which with all its treasures he presented to the nation some years ago ; Vicomte and Vicomtesse Bernard de la Giraudière , and Mr Richard Nicholson the Vice Chairman of Laurent-Perrier UK , and his charming wife ; Mr Malcolm Innes , Mrs Piffa Schroder , Mr John Grant of Rothiemurchus , the Hon. |
| 2 | Among the first people I met were the bridegroom 's uncle Mr Peter Stormonth-Darling , with his daughter Mrs Justin Cobb with her two-and-a-half year old daughter Zoë who was a bridesmaid . |
| 3 | The first friends I met were the bridegroom 's half-sister Lady Tana Focke , with Mr Paul Focke , and their two very attractive teenage daughters Diana Focke and Victoria Focke . |
| 4 | I tried your mobile as well but I did n't think it would work up there in the mountains and sure enough all I got was the recording saying try again later . ’ |
| 5 | What was also disturbing was that I found being the centre of attention quite attractive . |
| 6 | There was never a dull moment and among the places I visited were the Statue of Liberty , Central Park , the World Trade Centre , the Empire State Building , Wall Street and Chinatown . |
| 7 | The second one I visited was the centre on Edgware Road . |
| 8 | The first dedicated fax card I used was the JTFax , which was purely a fax card and lacked a data modem . |
| 9 | Because I 'd been the butt of her wit she remembered me . |
| 10 | If I 'd been the archer , I thought , I would have been waiting in position , crouched and camouflaged , endlessly patient , arrow notched on bow . |
| 11 | Then a long time after that , it was May , and I 'd been the night before , but he was out ( or in bed with someone ? ) and that evening he was in and alone , and we talked some time ( he was telling me about John Minton ) and then he put on an Indian record and we were quiet . |
| 12 | So despite the yellow scarf strangling my balls , the brown make-up , and even the accent , I relished being the pivot of the production . |
| 13 | The second thing I noticed was the friendliness of the people , the spontaneity of their welcome and their kindness to all the athletes who gathered there . |
| 14 | The first thing I noticed was the air of relaxed efficiency . |
| 15 | I must admit when I when I came in the door there the first thing I noticed was the peat smell . |
| 16 | One of the central interpretative difficulties that I faced was the lack of comparable material from other studies . |
| 17 | I enjoyed being the creeper , but not the victim ; now my role was reversed . |
| 18 | The first night I heard was the party . |
| 19 | I was doing something all I heard was the sound of this chair . |
| 20 | ‘ Next thing I knew was the letter to say I had been fined £720 . |
| 21 | ‘ I think the first thing I saw was the isolation of each . |
| 22 | At the end of the alley I paused , waiting , but all I saw was the end of a nose which quietly withdrew as I stood there . |
| 23 | ‘ I rang what I thought was the doorbell once and nearly cut this geezer 's Mercedes in half with his up-and-over . ’ |
| 24 | But the most important thing I thought was the thought process I mean just just saying this while you were just going on I just jotted down in the same way you could come off with three ideas that around and I felt that was that was ideal . |
| 25 | I began to cycle through the water and headed for what I thought was the bridge . |
| 26 | I began walking towards what I thought was the town . |
| 27 | ‘ They pushed me to the floor and stuck what I thought was the gun to my knee-caps and threatened to blow them off if I moved . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The main thing I learned was the electronics . |
| 29 | What bugged me was the way they sampled that line ‘ Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day ’ from the film Withnail and I. It was a shame , since what I liked was the way the album had its own space and logic . |
| 30 | Yeah , oh yeah I remember it quite well I , I can remember that I , the only parts of Harlow I liked were the country lanes , I did n't like all the new houses , but then I 'd been brought up in the country |