Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saturday 's evening 's soloists at the musical festival were Keir Rowe ( clarinet ) and Roger Bluff ( piano ) . |
| 2 | Among the invited guests were Beatrice Hastings and the lover who replaced Modigliani , Alfredo Pina . |
| 3 | Taylor 's group denied involvement , claiming that the attackers were Sierra Leonean dissidents . |
| 4 | ‘ Whilst one can needless to say appreciate your anxiety for one born to high estate and deprived over-soon of the protection of his sire , pray be assured that were King Edward of happy memory here with us now , he would urge you to relinquish your over-protectiveness of the prince . ’ |
| 5 | Formally dismissed were Vandi Ka-on , member of the Council of State and Chairman of the Assembly 's legislative commission ; Ung Phan , Minister of Communications , Transport and Posts ; and Chheng Phon , Minister of Information and Culture and member of the Assembly 's legislative commission . |
| 6 | The other English teams were Sussex Goldies , Derbyshire Friars , Brobdingnagarians and Downsmen Tofts . |
| 7 | Grace 's daughter Peggy had ballet lessons from Seraphina Astafieva , whose most famous pupils were Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin . |
| 8 | Among those released were Romulo Kintanar , the alleged head of the CPP 's military wing , the New People 's Army ( NPA ) , which had been engaged in a guerrilla war with the government since 1968 . |
| 9 | Showered and changed , she went back into the gym and found Fräulein Silber standing modestly in the background while , very much in the foreground were Herr Wolf , from the National Stadium , and Fräulein Carow . |
| 10 | Chief of the musicians in that genre were Burl Ives and The Weavers . |
| 11 | All them years since , and she was a widow and , and she was er ever so nice , lovely home and clean , but the bed was , it , it was n't just flock it were part Taylor |
| 12 | Included in the pardon were General Leopoldo Galtieri , the former army commander and president , and 38 other officers who faced trial over the disappearance and presumed execution of almost 9,000 people during the 1976-83 military regime . |
| 13 | Wherever they were General Erskine 's thoughts were certainly not in accord with the French in Vietnam . |
| 14 | Among yesterday 's appointments were General Atanasie Stanculescu , a former deputy defence minister , as Minister of Economics , and General Mihai Ghitac as Interior Minister . |
| 15 | The others who died were Dean Sayer , 17 , of Silver Birch Close , Woolwell , and Claire Langley , 16 , of Clittisford Road , Southway , all Plymouth . |
| 16 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton : Is not the Hon. Gentleman aware that I said in Committee that the advisers were Kenneth Ryden and Partners ? |
| 17 | The chiefs of this tribe were Kenneth Grahame and James Barrie . |
| 18 | ‘ Is this were Edwin Garland and your husband spent their time ? ’ |
| 19 | Two of the few consultants lost were Michel Carre and Georges Orban , who went on successfully to form their own firm , Carre Orban . |
| 20 | The other architects to be awarded prizes for Second Empire designs on the War Department list were Botrel d'Hazeville , whose grand scheme resembling the Louvre was given second place ; John Thomas Rochead , whose design united the two offices in an ornate single building with high-roofed corner pavilions , was awarded third place ; the brothers , Edward and William Habershon , whose scheme for one large building with prominent central and corner pavilions and mansard roofs , around a central quadrangle , was given one of the fifth equal places ; along with John Dwyer , whose treatment was very similar to Rochead 's , but less ornate . |
| 21 | The other two were Patrick Devlin and Geoffrey Lloyd . |
| 22 | They were Patrick Loughran ( 61 ) of Clonard Street , Joe McBride ( 40 ) , of Riverdale Park Drive and Michael O'Dwyer ( 21 ) , Linview Court . |
| 23 | His victims were Patrick Loughran , Joe McBride and Michael O'Dwyer . |
| 24 | The six were Patrick Hill ( 45 ) , Richard McIlkenny ( 57 ) , Johnny Walker ( 55 ) , William Power ( 44 ) , Gerard Hunter ( 42 ) and Hugh Callaghan ( 60 ) . |
| 25 | On 14 August 1932 , the NAC agreed to the expulsion from the ILP of members of the Scottish ILP Affiliation Committee , among whom were Patrick Dollan , David Kirkwood MP and Tom Johnston . |
| 26 | The men were Theodor Wolff ( later Chief Editor of the Berliner Tageblatt ) , Maximilian Harder ( actor and journalist ) , publisher Samuel Fischer , and director Otto Brahm . |
| 27 | The other new ministers appointed were Fernando Martínez Mottola ( Transport and Communications ) , Rafael Orihuela ( Health and Social Welfare ) , Diógenes Mújica ( Urban Development ) and Mabelys de Léon Aponte ( Family ) . |
| 28 | The snag is it could be almost anyone , and if I were Neneh Cherry or Stock , Aitken or Waterman , I do n't think I 'd be losing sleep over it . |
| 29 | The judges were Colin Boyd , Industrial Manager , and Ian Poad , Employee Relations Manager . |
| 30 | Feeling very much at home among the farm animals were Colin Skipp and Patricia Gallimore , better known as organic farmers and yoghurt makers , Pat and Tony Archer from the long-running radio series , The Archers . |