Example sentences of "and [noun prp] [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first step in the selection of the action and control areas in Ipswich and Newham was a study of the number and pattern of referrals to the hospital psychogeriatric services during the year prior to the commencement of the study ( that is , the year ending 31 July 1983 ) . |
| 2 | In part the death of the old politics of Church and Chapel was a consequence of the catastrophic effect of the war on militant Nonconformity , and especially on Nonconformist Liberalism , but in part it was also due to a new doubt on the Unionist side . |
| 3 | But Susan Einzig had a more significant , also more complex , place in his life : though to all appearances she and Minton were a couple , he used her as a decoy to attract into their orbit , through her role as the attractive elder woman , keen on dancing and having a good time , the lusty heterosexual students whose company Minton needed and whom , when rebuffed by Susan , he scooped up on the rebound , with mocking asides about the inadequacy of women . |
| 4 | What lay behind the beliefs of the Great and Good was a sense of custodianship . |
| 5 | Well there used to be one on the corner of Street and Street that was , that was a pawnshop right opposite the churches facing it the church were on the one corner Street and used to be on the opposite corner , and Johnny was a member of the church choir as I was after I was ten years ol ten years old , I Mr he must have thought I could sing he sent me down to St Paul 's and I , I went to St Paul 's Church on the corner of Street and I did n't stay there long because it was I was still working part- time I was still a schoolboy but er I did sing in the choir at St Paul 's Church for a time , and then I went , I went back to St Mary 's and All Saints in Palfry as a choirboy and er we used to have choir practice once or twice a week , I know we had it Wednesday night , the choir master was Albert Edward he was a butcher , kept a butcher 's shop on the corner of and |
| 6 | And they reiterated that they would like Becky to stay in for tests but Jenny could come home , and Becky was a bit jaundiced you see . |
| 7 | I mean Graham with his yachts and David was a test pilot was n't he ? ’ |
| 8 | Harker and Pickering was a railway foundry that specialised in wagons . |
| 9 | Kinship between the Capetians and Plantagenets was a string played upon by many intermediaries and arbitrators , but there is also evidence for genuine expressions of affection . |
| 10 | Erm Dr was the medical officer of health , part time , and Dr was a character , he always had a white carnation , he rode round in a carriage on occasions , and he er wrote copperplate . |
| 11 | The nation was declared to be a Commonwealth , and England was a monarchy no more . |
| 12 | Steve Chapman says that he comes from the Shennington club and Nigel was a member there … he jokes that mansell was a big an idiot as all of them … breaking in the wrong place and that sort of thing |
| 13 | By mid-March he was far behind with the reviewing on which he now chiefly depended for a living , Cottle was becoming ‘ clamorous ’ about preparations for the new edition of poems , and Osorio was a commitment which seemed likely to reach for months into the future . |
| 14 | I hope all of you know or have met this good friend of the Hundred I 'm sure that most of you have and he has with him today a guest from Germany , Herr and his charming daughter er and Mr was a member of the and has provided invaluable information here , who as you know is doing a , a comprehensive book on the monster mission and in commemoration of what we have done today , we have a letter addressed to er the Hundredth Bomb Group Memorial Association U K , from the Most Reverend Doctor the Bishop of Munster which I would like to read to you . |
| 15 | For in the Hermetic Art — symbolic though its language was — the mating of Sol and Luna was a moment of great joy and exaltation . |
| 16 | And Lizzie was a grocer . |
| 17 | Friday night , Saturday and Sunday were a nightmare . |
| 18 | And Shelley was a joke , man . |
| 19 | People in the secret services wanted Graham Mills dead and Marek was a tool that came conveniently to hand . |
| 20 | There are similarities between a stained glass window and a poster and Mucha was a master of both . |
| 21 | Julian and Sandy were a reaction to Rodney and Charles , but less cliché-ridden . |
| 22 | Margery followed her own adaptation of the tradition of the mulieres sanctae and Rolle was a hermit ; each exhibited extraordinary qualities within his or her role . |
| 23 | Not all of Andalusia and Estremadura was a kingdom of vast entailed latifundia peopled by overseers and landless labourers , given over to huge fields of wheat , barley , and fallows , to olive monocultures ( as in Jaén ) , or to the scrub pastures and the bull ranches of the great houses . |
| 24 | Similarly , the special relationship between Thatcher and Reagan was a meeting of ideologies , which in turn expressed congruent interests within a larger system of forces . |
| 25 | Play that game where you and Craig were a monster . |
| 26 | She and Nathan were a team . |
| 27 | Fernando was n't the proud man she 'd thought he was and Steve was a creep to have just gone off without letting her know why , with whom and for how long . |
| 28 | The couple met when Isabelle was a 20-year-old student of literature , philosophy and language at university in Aix-en-Provence and Eric was a 17-year-old at a nearby college for football skills . |
| 29 | Beleza was a director of the Banco de Portugal and Pereira was a member of the European Parliament . |
| 30 | Their addresses were well received and the publicity they attracted was so beneficial that the BDA in 1976 , by way of follow-up , paid for a lecture tour by Dr. David Denton , another American educationist , whose public meetings in Edinburgh , Glasgow , Carlisle , Newcastle , Doncaster and Oxford were a sell-out and an outstanding success . |