Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be [pos pn] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A local MP , the Secretary of State for Health , William Waldegrave , agreed to be our guest speaker at the dinner . |
| 2 | Old Boys locks David Phelps and Mark Trigg managed to achieve parity at the line-out , but it was the set scrum which proved to be their Achilles heel . |
| 3 | Dougie Bell proved to be their match winner with a hat-trick , while their fifth goal came from Paul Robinson . |
| 4 | One of the new-look business 's greatest successes proved to be its Food Courts , where up to five takeaway counters open on to a central , supervised seating area . |
| 5 | There seemed to be only one way to force Jason to leave her alone , and that had to be their employer IMP . |