Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [pers pn] was [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In David Lloyd George 's coalition government he was successively parliamentary secretary at the newly created Ministry of Labour ( 1916–19 ) and the Board of Trade ( 1919–20 ) , and first secretary of the mines department ( 1920–2 ) , acquiring experience of industrial relations which was again called upon during the renewed industrial unrest of 1925–6 . |
| 2 | After winning the Yorkshire Amateur Championship in 1973 and playing in the Walker Cup it was uphill all the way topped off with Ryder Cup success during the Eighties . |
| 3 | Duncan was dug in at the bottom of the orchard and had called in for a chat on his way from Brigade H.Q He was very interested in bagpipe music , having served with the Gordon Highlanders before joining the Commandos . |
| 4 | Anyway talking of nonsense you should 've seen the bill I was sent for my council tax it was quite pricey . |
| 5 | But er no as a as a safety bakery it was as good as any . |
| 6 | As a member of the Scottish Sports Council I was closely involved in setting up arrangements for access to rivers . |
| 7 | Before the days of common subsurface investigation it was very difficult to distinguish between the two . |
| 8 | viz. , right or wrong , and common fame saith he was as good as his word , in the worst sense . |
| 9 | Watching the Nijinsky recreation it was suddenly possible to understand why . |
| 10 | From its registration number it was only three years old , and it looked well-kept , the front tyres were new . |
| 11 | He stared wildly up at her cage roof but though it was buckled by the fall of the tree branch it was still intact and she could not escape . |
| 12 | As a seaside resort it was always likely to develop , but never did . |
| 13 | The truth is that for the first month of the NME s TDFC offensive he was totally paranoid . |
| 14 | On the opening day it was almost impossible to get into Salle 41 owing to the crowds . |
| 15 | As a temperance organisation it was particularly stunned to discover that some its missing money has been invested in drinking and gambling establishments . |
| 16 | If McIllvanney 's yard had been deserted on Saturday afternoon , on Sunday morning it was unnaturally busy . |
| 17 | As a Ballyclare supporter I was not sure which fans to join in the final but thankfully I went to the South stand and found myself in the middle of the most friendly people I have ever met in my whole life . |
| 18 | Me and an aunt , just outside Norwich we used to go up for Sunday dinner it was very nice along the river there , and a , I thought the very nice part of cathedral , there 's a cathedral lies very low it had some very nice erm , mm , what you call it , close , is it ? |
| 19 | When Creed stepped out of the service elevator he was n't alone . |
| 20 | Oh that was a lambing chair it was n't that one was it ? |
| 21 | For men in the 16-19 age group it was just 1.9 per cent , while for the 60-64 age group it was 10.2 per cent . |
| 22 | The first teacher I had in the infants was a Miss , she had a bad habit of rapping you across the knuckles with a ruler , and there was a pupil teacher Miss , funny thing about that is she , she , she came up to , Mr came up as headmaster and Miss came as a teacher , she was a pupil teacher it was n't necessary to go to college and get degrees in the , she , she used to be a pupil teacher in the infant school when I was at school , and Miss was actually at the sunshine school when my daughter was going to school . |
| 23 | Not quite cos I mean at one time , when he was Christopher 's age god he was never free from cold was he ? |
| 24 | As a sort of bridge person I was quite interested to find out how different the works , the , the , the Permanent Way office does the structural things and er obviously all the clients have feared that this resources would be thrown perhaps . |
| 25 | ‘ On the summit day it was so hot our main problem was carrying our clothing along the undulating ridge , ’ said Roger . |
| 26 | Even cards and tickets used for advertising purposes were under tight control and under the Paper Control Order it was not permissable to display cards directly related to furthering the sale of goods . |
| 27 | As a cabinet minister he was keenly aware of the increasing weakness of the government , as James Craig , first Viscount Craigavon [ q.v. ] , prime minister since 1921 , lost control of affairs in the 1930s . |
| 28 | First , I told the Cabinet Office I was not prepared to have my paper discussed with this division outstanding . |
| 29 | A keen music lover he was also honorary general secretary of the Darlington Music Festival which finished at the weekend . |
| 30 | Abigail lay on her side , well tucked in , the teddy bear she was too young for sitting in the corner by her feet . |