Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] michael [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Typical of the infectious optimism was Michael Ainslie , president of Sotheby 's auctioneers .
2 First home was Michael Wallace , closely followed by Michael Derby and Michael Reed .
3 The rest of that team was Michael Concanon , Jim Browne , Adam O'Keeffe and Margaret Brennan .
4 Needless to say , the focus of the visitors ' attention was Michael Banks , who , in spite of his fatigue , made himself most affable and approachable .
5 The director was Michael Winner , who had made The Jokers , and to whom Crawford sent the script .
6 Well his name was Michael Hankie
7 Well his name was Michael Hankie
8 He was a bit shorter than Heseltine , and his name was Michael Quirke .
9 Mr Fagan told them his name was Michael Hess , son of the Nazi leader Rudolf Hess who was in Spandau prison in Germany .
10 He had told himself that his name was Michael Holly , he had set himself that challenge .
11 His name was Michael Holly .
12 But the back seat passenger was Michael Johnson , an armed robber with a history of prison escapes .
13 He did n't know the thugs ' identities , but he guessed that the tall thin man was Michael Lee .
14 The surprise choice for the New Zealand tour was Michael Bradley , a scrum-half who has been completely out of international reckoning over the past few seasons .
15 Beating the Ingham family monopoly was Michael Calvert ( Yorks ) who won the 16's title 7–6 4–6 7–5 against a tiring Richard Stamp ( Lincs ) .
16 The appellant was Michael Thomas Bromell who had been convicted on 16 October 1987 at Warwick Crown Court of unlawful wounding and had been sentenced to seven years ' imprisonment .
17 Best male solo was Michael Jackson and best film was Wayne 's World .
18 The driver of the quad bike was Michael Smith , an employee of the Bicester Hunt .
19 Here the excellent soloist was Michael Roll .
20 The man who ran the office was Michael Colborne , a chief petty officer whom Charles had become friendly with aboard HMS Norfolk , during his early days at sea .
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