Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [was/were] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as I appeared in the entrance I was suddenly conscious that I was the centre of attention . |
| 2 | What I did n't know was that I was the entertainment afterwards ! |
| 3 | For some reason the barman got it into his head that I was the boss of your TV station . |
| 4 | I am sure that I was the despair of Ron 's coaching life , but still he made no comment . |
| 5 | After much remonstrating during which I was told very kindly and politely that there was no problem , till I felt like tearing my hair out , I was sent to sit in a corner ( just a woman you see ) and Mr Fleming was ushered off to meet an official , rush off somewhere and come back with a piece of paper which was duly stamped , passport returned , and off we went to meet our contact , who explained in a jocular fashion that I was the problem . |
| 6 | Earlier , I mentioned discovering that I was the owner of an immune system . |
| 7 | Then said he , I am Saint Lazarus , and know that I was the leper to whom thou didst so much good and so great honour for the love of God ; and because thou didst this for his sake hath God now granted thee a great gift ; for whensoever that breath which thou hast felt shall come upon thee whatever thing thou desires to do , and shalt then begin , that shalt thou accomplish to thy heart 's desire , whether it be in battle or aught else , so thy honour shall go on increasing from day to day ; and thou shalt be feared both by Moors and Christians , and thy enemies shall never prevail against thee , and thou shalt die an honourable death in thine own house , and in thy renown , for God hath blessed thee ; — therefore go thou on , and evermore persevere in doing good ; and with that he disappeared . |
| 8 | I 'm pretty sure that I was the reason she left the big house , though I had n't actually been born then . ’ |
| 9 | With the egocentricity of all human creatures , exacerbated by my youth and misery I assumed that I was the cause and source of this lack of comfort and stirred myself to attempt to dispel it . |
| 10 | ‘ It was not Mrs Greville 's word , ’ said Sally-Anne , goaded unwisely into further indiscretion , still trying to break free , ‘ it was your handwriting — the same that told me that I was the light of your life and that you loved me dearly . ’ |
| 11 | He told them : ‘ I was delighted and over the moon to hear that I was the father of a blue-eyed , black-haired baby girl . |
| 12 | Aunt Louise greeted me with a kiss , and there was a feeling that I was the guest of some great lady in exile . |
| 13 | There are various former members of the BBC who believe that I was the instigator of the action against them , but unlike politicians I bear this sort of thing with a great deal of tolerance , taking what I think is a sensible view that one can not make omelettes without breaking eggs . |
| 14 | Night after night while I was asleep , I shouted that I was the murderer of William , Justine , and Henry . |
| 15 | Nothing was too much to ask if it prolonged her stay , she thought wistfully , so she smiled as she said , ‘ Considering that I was the culprit who booked them in on Ling 's day off , it 's the least I can do . ’ |
| 16 | That I was the absentee hostess and nobody like the chocolate cake we serve at the garden parties . |
| 17 | Ken Mentle , who often made up club rules as he went along , declared that his was the casting vote and promptly blocked the appointment , incredibly naming himself as manager . |
| 18 | He seems to have been shy and introspective , but liked it to be known that his was the power behind the scenes . |
| 19 | But it certainly could not be said of the master-manufacturers that theirs was the whisper of a faction , nor of the unions in their post-1832 revolutionary phase that theirs was the voice of the nation . |
| 20 | But it certainly could not be said of the master-manufacturers that theirs was the whisper of a faction , nor of the unions in their post-1832 revolutionary phase that theirs was the voice of the nation . |
| 21 | Correctly surmising that theirs was the room with the broken bolt hanging from the door , he entered it just as I was catching up with him . |
| 22 | Aldermaston scientists will try to do the same with hair from Anna Anderson who claimed , until her death in America eight years ago , that she was the Tsar 's daughter Anastasia — the sole survivor of the massacre . |
| 23 | ‘ In the course of this process we have talked to Miss Morgan 's solicitor , who told us that she was the life tenant of a substantial estate , and that you are what they call the remainder-man . ’ |
| 24 | Then he learnt that she was the man 's daughter , and frivolous thoughts were swept away on a tide of sympathy . |
| 25 | The wedding , planned for November … ’ ) she had learned that she was the goddaughter of Lady Bartlett ( that mother of sons … ) and had joined them at the end of July . |
| 26 | Above all , that she was the chairman 's wife . |
| 27 | She screamed for her brother and tried to make the boys understand that she was the daughter of the house , but her pleas did not register in their drugged minds . |
| 28 | He liked to hint that his relationship with Gina was some sort of grande passion and that she was the love of his life . |
| 29 | If you put your finger up her bum while she was coming , she did n't pretend to object just to stop you running away with the idea that she was the kind of woman who would n't object if you put your finger up her bum while she was coming . |
| 30 | The mortals believed that she was the provider of great riches until a seven-headed monster called The Cabinet destroyed her with the Golden Hair of Heseltine . |