Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] was the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | News of the discovery spread to Maurice Barley at Nottingham University , where he was the tutor in archaeology in the Extra-Mural Department . |
| 2 | English was the most far-flung language in 1880 ; not only in new nations , but in British colonies where it was the language of official life and therefore a language of record and social advancement for the native . |
| 3 | This article stated that an objective regime existed where it was the intention of the parties to create general obligations and rights in the overall community interest , provided all States with territorial competence over the area subject to the regime were included among the parties , or subsequently consented . |
| 4 | This last is one of the first essentials of a true Suffolk ; for it was bred for use on the farm , and for use on the Suffolk farms in particular , where it was the custom for the horses to work a long day from 6.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. without nosebag or any break for rations . |
| 5 | Or it was the Labrador 's hairbrush , ’ Catherine Crane offered demurely , and McLeish burst out laughing , glancing admiringly sideways at her . |
| 6 | Either it was the brandy or it was the heat , but she went out like a light . |
| 7 | And as I appeared in the entrance I was suddenly conscious that I was the centre of attention . |
| 8 | What I did n't know was that I was the entertainment afterwards ! |
| 9 | For some reason the barman got it into his head that I was the boss of your TV station . |
| 10 | I am sure that I was the despair of Ron 's coaching life , but still he made no comment . |
| 11 | After much remonstrating during which I was told very kindly and politely that there was no problem , till I felt like tearing my hair out , I was sent to sit in a corner ( just a woman you see ) and Mr Fleming was ushered off to meet an official , rush off somewhere and come back with a piece of paper which was duly stamped , passport returned , and off we went to meet our contact , who explained in a jocular fashion that I was the problem . |
| 12 | Earlier , I mentioned discovering that I was the owner of an immune system . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 'm pretty sure that I was the reason she left the big house , though I had n't actually been born then . ’ |
| 15 | With the egocentricity of all human creatures , exacerbated by my youth and misery I assumed that I was the cause and source of this lack of comfort and stirred myself to attempt to dispel it . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | He told them : ‘ I was delighted and over the moon to hear that I was the father of a blue-eyed , black-haired baby girl . |
| 18 | Aunt Louise greeted me with a kiss , and there was a feeling that I was the guest of some great lady in exile . |
| 19 | There are various former members of the BBC who believe that I was the instigator of the action against them , but unlike politicians I bear this sort of thing with a great deal of tolerance , taking what I think is a sensible view that one can not make omelettes without breaking eggs . |
| 20 | Night after night while I was asleep , I shouted that I was the murderer of William , Justine , and Henry . |
| 21 | Nothing was too much to ask if it prolonged her stay , she thought wistfully , so she smiled as she said , ‘ Considering that I was the culprit who booked them in on Ling 's day off , it 's the least I can do . ’ |
| 22 | That I was the absentee hostess and nobody like the chocolate cake we serve at the garden parties . |
| 23 | Ken Mentle , who often made up club rules as he went along , declared that his was the casting vote and promptly blocked the appointment , incredibly naming himself as manager . |
| 24 | He seems to have been shy and introspective , but liked it to be known that his was the power behind the scenes . |
| 25 | My father died when I was one week old , so I was the Queen of Scots when I was a baby . |
| 26 | But it certainly could not be said of the master-manufacturers that theirs was the whisper of a faction , nor of the unions in their post-1832 revolutionary phase that theirs was the voice of the nation . |
| 27 | But it certainly could not be said of the master-manufacturers that theirs was the whisper of a faction , nor of the unions in their post-1832 revolutionary phase that theirs was the voice of the nation . |
| 28 | Correctly surmising that theirs was the room with the broken bolt hanging from the door , he entered it just as I was catching up with him . |
| 29 | She had a breach to heal , and although she was the sufferer , in more ways than one , she was determined that she would do the healing . |
| 30 | Aldermaston scientists will try to do the same with hair from Anna Anderson who claimed , until her death in America eight years ago , that she was the Tsar 's daughter Anastasia — the sole survivor of the massacre . |