Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [pron] was the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What can I give you to drink ? ’ he said , leading the way into a sitting room which was the twin of hers . |
| 2 | When six cartons of drugs , bandages and serums were heaped on my study floor there was the business of finding out when and how they should be administered . |
| 3 | The pool was just bel just beside the harbourmaster 's office just a little further where it is now , cos what we had , what we call the yard , that 's where the engineers ' workshops was , the carpenters ' shop , which is still there and then little further up th up the Newcut East there was the pool place for the National Dock Labour Board . |
| 4 | Even at the search stage which was the focus of much of the analysis in this chapter the cases were highly selective . |
| 5 | Bainbridge has a lovely village green which was the setting for nothing more remarkable than the fact that I arrived there one day to walk over from Bainbridge to Cam Houses with Tony and Eddie , the landlord from my local pub , only to discover that I 'd left my walking boots back at home in Dentdale and had to do the entire walk in a pair of fur-lined cowboy boots , which earned me the nickname of Roy Rogers for the rest of the week . |
| 6 | Through this work she met and married a dashing test pilot who was the son of a wealthy Boston brain surgeon , had two children and lived in some style on Long Island where Jack spent many holiday breaks , lapping up the upper-class luxury . |
| 7 | On the fairways it was Formby driving range professional who was the star . |
| 8 | But after a topsy-turvy match at Midgley Park it was the Swifts who booked their place in the second round , running out winners . |
| 9 | The little boy 's search had been successful , for now he brandished the scarlet sports car which was the prize of his collection . |
| 10 | Some 400 loyalists had gathered to explain their grievances about police action in the town and to call Ken Maginnis , the Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP who was the OUP law and order spokesman , to task for his description of the rioting as ‘ orchestrated thuggery ’ . |
| 11 | They were really much more than just bike rides , for Granny , who lived with the family , had told her the story of St. George and given her books about Brownies , and Brenda rode along the country lanes make-believing she was the knight riding to rescue the princess from the dragon . |
| 12 | His parents want him to continue his navy career which was the cause of so much celebration a year ago . |
| 13 | And in an episode of the comedy Brass he was the Duke of Windsor . |
| 14 | On a small landing at the turn of the back staircase there was the lavatory reserved for gentlemen only — neither Maman , Aunt Tossie nor any visiting lady ever used it ; and , of course , he servants had their own " outdoor " in the cobbled courtyard beyond the gun room . |
| 15 | Oak leaf It was the Oak Leaf |
| 16 | There was also support for Paris House who was the subject of a bet of £11,000-£2,000 and cut to 5–1 . |
| 17 | James 's recall finally established the system of defence linked to attack by a midfield forager which was the key to the successes of the next decade . |
| 18 | ‘ We 're nearly there , ’ he said soothingly , and a few moments later he escorted her through the elaborate palm Court which was the entrance to the Royal Hotel . |
| 19 | There was the , the , the Chri , Christ Hospital which was the girls high school |
| 20 | Nevertheless , agricultural output showed signs of deceleration due to a steady decline in the international commodity prices of rubber , cocoa and especially palm oil which was the subject of a vigorous campaign in the United States to raise public awareness of the relationship between consumption of saturated fats and heart disease . |
| 21 | A beekeeper himself with 10 hives in the manse garden it was the Dean who dreamed up the idea of a honey service four years ago . |
| 22 | And when they hit me with the INSET thing it was the summer term , the first half of the summer term and I was beginning to fray at the edges , as far as I 'd just got things going , and it was just like something else on top of a lot of pressure already . |
| 23 | they , they er , the building society which was the insurance company was n't it that we had the mortgage through ? |
| 24 | A small traditional style village which was the source of inspiration for some of Chopin 's most romantic compositions . |
| 25 | The resignation on March 15 of Borisav Jovic , the Serbian representative on the Collective State Presidency who was the President of the Presidency for the year ending May 1991 , was widely assumed to have been inspired by Milosevic . |
| 26 | Through her status as Queen of Mount Olympus she was the patron of all womanly activities , including childbirth , and the guardian of wedlock . |
| 27 | I , I shall be seeing the you know in a few weeks time the daughter she 's a , she 's er Rene that was erm Eddie , who were very big pals of mine and we go to the anniversary lunch together so we 're all over eighty but erm you could n't the bread shop , was another confectioner 's shop , and then turning round the corner you come to another shop , up two steps , which was and that was another type of confectionery and shop , then you get as far as the corn and seed people er they used to have a shop in Street as well , and then before the First World War there was the butchers and they sold foreign meat . |
| 28 | In Star Chamber it was the clerk of the court , William Mill , not the judges , who was accused of injustice . |
| 29 | AT THE box office it was the year of White Christmas , 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Hitchcock 's Rear Window . |
| 30 | Beside the boat-house a jetty thrust out into the water , and from this a weedy , once-gravelled path led along above the beach to the stone archway which was the garden gate of Taigh na Tuir . |