Example sentences of "who [was/were] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though small in numbers , the ILP had four vociferous Members of Parliament who were assured a hearing in the House and in the country . |
| 2 | The rest of the time the students , who were paid a salary , were deployed to teach in schools throughout the country , with the back-up of distance learning materials and periodic supervisory visits from National Centre staff . |
| 3 | The French-trained Lion Cavern , who was beaten a length by Rodrigo de Triano in the Middle Park Stakes , has been confirmed a definite starter for the Newbury race , which has attracted 13 acceptors . |
| 4 | In the same week in which President Bush appeared on national television brandishing $3,200 worth of cocaine ( coercively obtained from a dealer who was dragged a block or two nearer the White House ) to raise the air-time mileage he earns on drugs , it did not take long for outrage to be expressed . |
| 5 | For a chap who was reckoned a bit of a bumbler by his friends and a bit of a bruiser by his country 's neighbours , West Germany 's chancellor may have surprised even himself this week . |
| 6 | The central committee of the Communist Party of Slovakia ( CPSl ) on Jan. 20 elected Peter Weiss chairman of its executive committee , replacing Jan Siroky ( appointed only on Dec. 17 — see p. 37106 ) , who was elected a secretary of the central committee together with Pavol Kanis and Vladimir Jakubac . |
| 7 | Chief financial officer Frank Metz , 59 , is retiring and will be succeeded by returnee Paul Rizzo , who was elected a vice-chairman ; Jack Kuehler , 60 , gives up his post as president and becomes another vice-chairman . |
| 8 | The executive , who was made a CBE for his work in connection with Lockerbie , said he would be pleased to accept the honorary degree as a recognition of the selfless contribution made by all those involved . |
| 9 | Dagda 's generous nature was inherited by his daughter , Brigid , who was made a saint for her many good works . |
| 10 | His wife Rebecca , daughter of Thomas Thorold , had evidently predeceased him ; the Pitsea estate was entailed on his elder son Samuel , who was made a baronet in 1671 . |
| 11 | And for their biggest match of the season , John Sillett who was made a club director this week has a full squad to choose from . |
| 12 | The names of persons presently in office are set out on page 4 , all of whom were directors throughout the year , except for who was appointed a director on 17 February 1993 . |
| 13 | John Rhys tells of a fenoderee who was given a suit of clothes ; so disgusted was he with this ‘ bribe ’ that he placed a curse on the family for each item . |
| 14 | Miloš was not the only one of the former rebels who was given a post in the new administration . |
| 15 | Among them , the first child ever to read The Hobbit ; the son of the publisher Stanley Unwin , who was paid a shilling to read the book and say whether it should be published . |
| 16 | His failure can not have pleased the training officer , who was paid a bonus for every dealer who kept his place on the dealing floor . |
| 17 | A man who was refused a job because of his beard has lost his appeal at an industrial tribunal . |
| 18 | According to Roger of Wendover 's Flores Historiarum he was expelled by a certain Aelfwald ( II ) , who was accorded a reign of two years ( 806–8 ) in Northumbrian regnal tradition . |
| 19 | A FEUDING doctor who was awarded a record £150,000 damages against his partner for slander has been forced to give up his battle to get her to pay the cash . |
| 20 | Dunn intends to start the game with former Northampton midfielder Stephen Hall , signed from Easington , in his line up , as well as another midfielder Phil Ostle , who was signed a fortnight ago from North Ferriby . |
| 21 | The next in time of those commemorated in the ASB is More 's antagonist William Tyndale , who was executed a year after him . |
| 22 | Mr Keith Holloway was commenting on the case of teenager Lee Kennedy , who was found a bed and breakfast place after months of living in a garden shed . |
| 23 | Mr Mellor , who was handed a dossier on the Darlington case during a lunch at Teesside airport , promised to look into it . |
| 24 | You 'll find in our newspapers many signs of a extraordinary mental instability leading to terrible deeds ( that theological student who killed a girl he had arranged to meet in a shed , and who was arrested a hour later eating his breakfast — and so on ) . |
| 25 | Mrs Boesky , who was left a fortune by her father Ben Silverstein , who owned a string of properties including Hollywood 's Beverly Hills Hotel , has also been seeking the repossession of her husband 's property in Honolulu . |