Example sentences of "[to-vb] were [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last to appear were Doctor Stevie and Buck Finnegan . |
| 2 | Other paintings which failed to sell were Max Liebermann 's ‘ Allee im Tiergarten ’ ( Avenue in the Tiergarten ) and Ernst Wilhelm Nay 's ‘ Dark Rhythms on Ochre ’ . |
| 3 | Other ministers to resign were Geoffrey Kariithi ( Assistant Minister for Tourism and Wildlife ) on Dec. 27 ; John Gachui ( Assistant Agriculture Minister ) on Dec. 28 ; and George Muhoho ( Minister for Research , Science and Technology ) and James Njema Karume ( Assistant Minister for Co-operative Development ) on Dec. 29 . |
| 4 | June was the time for ‘ inoculation ’ ( budding ) and the best stocks to use were Frankfurt and Damask roses , these being the ‘ freest shooters ’ . |
| 5 | Out of this strange interface between post-punk and post-hippy ( what punk once aimed to bury ) , the key groups to emerge were Dinosaur Jr and Butthole Surfers , in the USA ; Spacemen 3 and Loop , in the UK . |
| 6 | The only people to phone were Joseph and Lily , and now and again a friend of Elaine 's from work . |
| 7 | Hitachi was one of six Japanese companies invited to invest in Kaleida ( CI No 1,931 ) , and of the other five , only Toshiba Corp has so far stuck its head above the parapet with an agreement with Apple to license Kaleida technology and use it in jointly developed products ; others invited to join were Matsushita Electric Industrial Co , Sharp Corp , Sony Corp and NEC Corp . |