Example sentences of "[pers pn] was the [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in fact er one My brother next to n to me I was the middle of them I was the youngest boy . |
| 2 | — I remember , & never shall forget , my father 's face as he looked upon me while I lay in the servant 's arms — so calm , and the tears stealing down his face : for I was the child of his old age . |
| 3 | I was the sister on his corridor . ’ |
| 4 | And I was the engine of it all . |
| 5 | And I was in the middle of all this , I was the engine of it all . |
| 6 | I was the engine of it all . |
| 7 | For some reason the barman got it into his head that I was the boss of your TV station . |
| 8 | I was the centre of their universe and my first seven years sped by in a whirl of buckskin shoes , party frocks , pet rabbits and circus trips . |
| 9 | ‘ And one look at my flat chest convinced her I was the love of your life , I suppose ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll have you know I was the scourge of our local Pontypool dance hall every Saturday night . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It was not Mrs Greville 's word , ’ said Sally-Anne , goaded unwisely into further indiscretion , still trying to break free , ‘ it was your handwriting — the same that told me that I was the light of your life and that you loved me dearly . ’ |
| 12 | After our first Report the tabloid journalists enjoyed themselves by writing provocative articles about how I was the professor for whom correct English did not matter . |
| 13 | The star , now 27 , recalls : ‘ I was the envy of my classmates . |
| 14 | Then said he , I am Saint Lazarus , and know that I was the leper to whom thou didst so much good and so great honour for the love of God ; and because thou didst this for his sake hath God now granted thee a great gift ; for whensoever that breath which thou hast felt shall come upon thee whatever thing thou desires to do , and shalt then begin , that shalt thou accomplish to thy heart 's desire , whether it be in battle or aught else , so thy honour shall go on increasing from day to day ; and thou shalt be feared both by Moors and Christians , and thy enemies shall never prevail against thee , and thou shalt die an honourable death in thine own house , and in thy renown , for God hath blessed thee ; — therefore go thou on , and evermore persevere in doing good ; and with that he disappeared . |
| 15 | I was the closet to him , I was within twenty-four hours a day and he called me all the time . |
| 16 | His was the air of one who is unjustly put upon , who is dreaded and feared , yet who is the only friend of the poor and the best doctor for the mortally wounded . |
| 17 | She was the girl with everything — fame , riches and most of all the undiluted love of her new husband — or so the world believed . |
| 18 | She was the measure of her own world . |
| 19 | I thought she was the bottom of it all . |
| 20 | Despite himself he had been touched by her fierce defence of him , and although he frequently entertained Mrs Darrell he only did so because she was the widow of his dead friend . |
| 21 | He liked to hint that his relationship with Gina was some sort of grande passion and that she was the love of his life . |
| 22 | At such moments she was the embodiment of what I have called ‘ the natural mind ’ . |
| 23 | She was the teacher with whom John 's half-sister had studied in Cape Town . |
| 24 | She was the incarnation of everything that had gone amiss in Sylvie 's own life . |
| 25 | He must know how much she hated being told this , reminded about how she was the apple of their eye , and the centre of simple boastful conversation . |
| 26 | I became a father late in life , and I know it 's a cliché , but she was the apple of my eye . |
| 27 | Gwendoline had enjoyed it too , especially as she was the cause of it , though nobody knew that of course . |
| 28 | Now she was the mother of his son . |
| 29 | He married her in 1242 or 1243 , and she was the mother of his eldest son and heir , Hugh . |
| 30 | ‘ Had you decided she was the woman for me ? ’ |