Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [noun] be [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 But Susan Einzig had a more significant , also more complex , place in his life : though to all appearances she and Minton were a couple , he used her as a decoy to attract into their orbit , through her role as the attractive elder woman , keen on dancing and having a good time , the lusty heterosexual students whose company Minton needed and whom , when rebuffed by Susan , he scooped up on the rebound , with mocking asides about the inadequacy of women .
2 She and Nathan were a team .
3 As Ross monopolised her company , and claimed her for every dance , Laura was dimly aware that not only were her friends amazed , and frankly envious , but that she and Ross were the focus of all eyes , and much gossip .
4 She and Ken were a pair , soul brother and sister .
5 You can play it by the odds , by intuition , or by what you feel is morally right , but you and Bill are the ones who have to live with the result .
6 You and Papa are the exception that proves the rule , darling , ’ Folly said fondly .
7 Play that game where you and Craig were a monster .
8 The realisation that , no matter what Roman might have said to her , and whether he was faithful to her or not , he and Stephanie were a couple
9 The 47-year-old rocker 's glasses caught the eye at a glittering showbiz charity ball in Hollywood — where he and Rachel were a focus of attention all night .
10 And yet , over the past few years , he is probably regarded in the Caribbean as the West Indies bowler able to extract more movement off the pitch than any other and , certainly , during last summer 's Test series against England , he and Ambrose were the leaders in the ‘ unplayable delivery ’ department .
11 Crime has always been with us and Halling was no exception and it has been estimated that Kent 's crime rate in the 13th century was higher than any other county , and a statement by Prof. James Given , of Michigan , says that the percentage of murders at 23 per 100,000 in Kent was higher than the U.S.A. average of today .
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