Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun prp] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notable losses were Bailey and Read who had become professors at Glasgow and Liverpool respectively . |
| 2 | He 's become better known as a zoologist , but has n't forgotten it was Swindon that offered him his first exhibition . |
| 3 | They are very pretty , but somewhat ludicrously sentimental ; that is , when one reflects that it was Rousseau that wrote them . |
| 4 | Remembering his own thoughts as he walked towards the door last night , not knowing it was Laura , thinking it was Alexandra and feeling his freewheeling lifestyle threatened , his macho image slightly dented , he realized he must be mad . |
| 5 | Seeing a youth of about 17 about to cycle away , Harry whispered that he was RAF and did he know anyone who could help . |
| 6 | As I remember , it was Pete that started it , |
| 7 | Well she I think it was Karen that did something for Children in Need last year and she sang on the air . |
| 8 | I think it was Kerry that tell us . |
| 9 | I think it was Lynne that told me . |
| 10 | ‘ If it was Paula that means I have two of my staff as fugitives from justice … ’ |
| 11 | Because I think it was Tommy that said it was really after the one finished and there was nothing else round about that there was a gap of a few years and then you got started again here . |