Example sentences of "[pers pn] was secretary " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was secretary of the working party which produced the statement . |
| 2 | I was secretary of the Society of Reason . |
| 3 | When I was Secretary of State for Trade and Industry most of those Departments were in London . |
| 4 | The vicar had asked me in the war to do this and erm I was secretary of that and I used to say er , you know you could only do so much because we was n't like housewives today . |
| 5 | But , erm all that time I was running the young wives ' and we used to hold a stall in the garden , at the garden party at the church , and w when you took your takings in , you know th the treasurer would say you know , who are you , you know and I used to say young wives ' and then one day I said well , you know we 're no longer young wives , you know we were getting old and I decided there and then I 'd had enough of young wives ' , you know and er , er because I , I said , I , I was secretary and I 'll close it down it , it erm the young wives ' closed down and er er it , it had actually closed down and this lady was marvellous this secretary of the Guild , who would kno known mother and she was a councillor , she come dashing down , you know you , you , th the young wives ' has closed and you know you 've got excuse . |
| 6 | I worked in quite a few departments in the Co-op erm and I was secretary to the education er in those days , whereas Miss member relations er in the , when I was there we were just education department with an educational secretary and erm then , he , we did all the staff training as well . |
| 7 | I mean I had the same problem when I was secretary . |
| 8 | ‘ It was n't like this when I was secretary . |
| 9 | Er as regards to the team that was gon na come down from London and I was Secretary of the Football Club at that time . |
| 10 | When I was Secretary of State for Education and Science I recall being concerned about the implications of some methods of teaching reading if they are followed too acutely — in other words , without a balance of reading methods . |
| 11 | I was Secretary of the miner 's support group that was set up in Blaenau during the year long miner 's s strike where we collected a lot of food and twinned with a town down in South Wales and made a lot of new friends . |
| 12 | Aye well you see there was a a local departmental committee , of which I was the employees ' employees ' side , of which I was secretary . |
| 13 | I was secretary for seven year eh . |
| 14 | She was secretary of the Tollemarche United Church Willing Workers ' Group , vice-president ( not president ! ) of the Tollemarche Downtown Community Centre , a driver for Cripples ' Transport , a member of the Car Dealers ' Wives Society and , she would remind him , a member of the Committee for the Preservation of Morals . |
| 15 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |
| 16 | She was secretary to Lady Margaret Hall from 1880 to 1914 and , as lady secretary to the AEW ( 1883–94 ) , was responsible for organizing tuition for women students and for supervising those not attached to a hall , who lived at home or with ‘ hostesses ’ in the city . |
| 17 | From 1913 to 1918 she was secretary of the Women 's Labour League , and strongly defended the need for separate women 's political organizations , at least until women had acquired political experience and maturity comparable with that of men . |
| 18 | From 1919 to 1948 she was secretary for social training there , and later published privately a booklet on its history . |
| 19 | It is 20 years since the previous Prime Minister , when she was Secretary of State for Education , promised universal nursery education for all three to five-year-olds whose parents desired it . |
| 20 | Later she transferred to BNFL where she was secretary to Con Allday for more than 16 years and then to Sir Christopher Harding . |
| 21 | She was secretary to the Conservative agent in Darlington for 17 years . |
| 22 | She was secretary of the local Red Cross for many years and on retirement was made an honorary life member and awarded a badge of honour . |
| 23 | But she was I think she was secretary and Cissy Miller of Hunton was treasurer . |
| 24 | In 1870 he established what became the Workmen 's Peace Association of which he was secretary . |
| 25 | From 1974–81 he was secretary and vice-chairman of the Conservative Northern Ireland Committee . |
| 26 | He pinpoints the beginnings of the contemporary resurgence of this theme as Sir Keith Joseph 's speech to the pre-School Playgroups Association on 29 June 1972 , when he was Secretary of State for Social Services . |
| 27 | Chairman of the Youth Hostels Trust , a member of the Council for National Parks and the Society of Sussex Downsmen , he was secretary of the Common Land Forum from 1983 to 1986 . |
| 28 | We had met a year or two before when he was secretary of the Canadian Mayors ' Federation . |
| 29 | He was also and excellent golfer whose handicap at one time reduced to one , and until his resignation due to ill health shortly before his death he was Secretary of Moseley Golf Club . |
| 30 | LEGA emphasised the need for an objective appraisal of a prospective co-operative 's commercial prospects : and was critical of the attempt made on Mr Anthony Wedgwood Benn 's insistence when he was Secretary of State for Trade and Industry , to rescue the Scottish Daily News , Kirkby Manufacturing and Engineering Ltd ( KME ) , and Meriden ; and to make the co-operative form the instrument of rescue . |