Example sentences of "[pers pn] were the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 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 | Trust Claire to act as if she were the centre of attention . |
| 5 | She spoke , Ruth thought , as if she were the mistress of a large establishment in London instead of a country vicar 's wife in a remote Yorkshire dale . |
| 6 | But I can understand you more now , 'cos I never thought you were the kind of fellow to lead anybody up the garden , then jump the railings . |
| 7 | ‘ He told me you were the kind of man who might be able to catch up with Vecchi . |
| 8 | cos you could , I mean if if she asked you about it , you know , you could just say well honestly I 'm quite , I did n't think you were the kind of person who 'd go for I know , I know that thing is I mean I can see , I can see that she 's going for him because |
| 9 | ‘ In view of your attitude , I assume you were the child of a happy marriage ? ’ |
| 10 | At the time , you were the butt of some very unkind jokes ? |
| 11 | If you were the wife of this man , what would you want ? |
| 12 | You say in your book that many of your problems stem from the fact that you were the wife of an ambitious politician . |
| 13 | I assumed you were the type of patient who would have been told … ’ |
| 14 | You were the cook of this banquet . |
| 15 | There was further confusion during which Hegarty told the Unionists , ‘ You were the cause of October Fifth ’ , and Councillor Anderson called the protesters a ‘ rabble ’ . |
| 16 | Presumably you were the cause of their separation . |
| 17 | Someone said that you were the father of Jane Davenant 's son . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ When did you tell your uncle that you were the father of Cissie Jordan 's baby ? ’ |
| 19 | I was so afraid of losing you to Maria Luisa , dreading her return , then it was just too terrible when I thought you were the father of her baby . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I attended a party at which you were the guest of honour . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Certainly , it would be extraordinarily clever if it were true — and if one had ever thought you were the sort of man to be manipulated . |
| 23 | ‘ And I know all about you — how your father , while still a boy , was forced by his family into an unhappy marriage with an older woman , and how you were the result of that marriage . |
| 24 | And er so we were the kind of erm the team who were there the , at the time so |
| 25 | The Shropshire press nicknamed her ‘ the ice queen ’ ; local policemen claimed she treated them ‘ as though we were the scum of the earth ’ ; Shropshire neighbours declared her a loony . |
| 26 | The bus was almost full and we had to sit separately , and it was obvious that , as foreigners , we were the object of intense interest . |
| 27 | We were the cause of dissension at home , the culprits involved in street brawls , the local tough-guys . |
| 28 | With him were the head of the Irish Development Agency , Kieran McGowan , and Galway 's mayor , Padraic McCormack . |
| 29 | Mentioned by Melville and Conrad , they were the scourge of the East Indiamen seeking the treasures of the Moluccas archipelago . |
| 30 | They were the vanguard of a legion of trappers , traders and mountain men who would pioneer American settlement of the far West . |