Example sentences of "war [pers pn] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the war she was a member of the consumers ' council of the Ministry of Food and of the Central Committee on Women 's Training and Employment . |
| 2 | After the war she was the first woman to hold a Commercial Pilots Licence , although she had difficulty finding a job . |
| 3 | After the war she was the first woman to hold a Commercial Pilots Licence , although she had difficulty finding a job . |
| 4 | Under Field Marshal , the Viscount , Alanbrooke 's chairmanship during the Second World War they were the Government 's most powerful advisers . |
| 5 | During the war he was a wireless operator in the Royal Signals , serving in India and Burma . |
| 6 | Before the Second World War he was a junior assistant engineer with the North Metropolitan Power Company at Bishops Stortford . |
| 7 | But in politics and in real war he was a child , incapable of concentrating for long . |
| 8 | At the end of the civil war he was a captain of horse . |
| 9 | By the end of the war he was a major . |
| 10 | Before the war he was an archaeologist at Oxford . |
| 11 | After the war he was the first Welshman to become an accredited guide of the British Mountaineering Council . |
| 12 | For the rest of the war it was a case of just ticking over until a splendid Victory Meet in 1919 which raised cash to help build the Richmond YMCA . |
| 13 | In the early days of the war it was the practice for all staff to take shelter on the ‘ alert ’ , but loss of production time demanded a better system , and late in 1940 , a ‘ spotter ’ was detailed to observe enemy aircraft and to warn when danger was imminent . |