Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [was/were] the star " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seventeen-year-old Inst schoolboy Neil Young was the star performer at the South Antrim District Athletics Championships at the Antrim Forum . |
| 2 | Ted Gilmour was the star man for the B team , claiming a hat trick of victories . |
| 3 | G : Bruce Willis was the star who sprouted wings in Hudson Hawk |
| 4 | Fifteen-year-old Catherine Devlin was the star for Sporting scoring 34 points including five three-pointers . |
| 5 | The former Leyton Orient midfielder was the star of the show at Crystal Palace when Sheffield Wednesday boss Francis hauled off £3million-rated Carlton Palmer . |
| 6 | CITY of Derry 's Roisin Barr was the star performer in the early finals of the Ulster Age Group Championships today as she collected two titles with ease having won the 16–19 year old 100m Butterfly crown last night . |
| 7 | Glenn Stephenson was the star pupil of the group Mitchell nurtured . |
| 8 | Derek Wood was the star of their respective 6–4 and 7–3 wins , taking all six of his singles matches . |
| 9 | Rolf Harris was the star attraction at the zoo in June . |
| 10 | Trevor 's daughter Tracy was the star of the evening , and has been voted the best raffle ticket-drawer we have had ! |
| 11 | A FOOTBALL autographed by Coventry City players was the star prize in a charity raffle organised by staff at the Royal Bank 's Coventry Branch . |
| 12 | White Pines Software Inc of Nashua , New Hampshire was the star in the Macintosh world . |
| 13 | Thorn EMI was the star performer , surging 13p to 872p thanks to booming U.S. music sales and favourable comments from brokers . |
| 14 | Two seasons ago Ipswich , then in the Second Division , lost to the Saints in both the League and FA Cup competitions , when Le Tissier was the star turn . |
| 15 | Sarah 's brother Mick was the star pupil at his College and great things were predicted for him , and John was now fully recovered and walking without a limp . |
| 16 | had only a Paul Bromley penalty to show as they went down 35–3 at home Bradford and while Michael Robson was the star 22–13 . |
| 17 | John Hendrie was the star man for the Boro . |
| 18 | It seems that this Andrée woman was the star turn there , won all the prizes , played all the parts , set the fashion or whatever it is they look up to at those girl schools , you should know . ’ |