Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] a [noun] of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following these up , I went into a chemist 's shop , introduced myself to the tall lady assistant and said that I was a friend of her future husband 's brother . |
| 2 | I told the man that I was a friend of hers before she married Nigel Hughes . |
| 3 | In 1958 then , I was a member of what we knew was the premier force in the area with the external boundaries of the adjacent forces as our immediate threshold to what Douglas ( 1966 : 137 ) had called ‘ new status ’ . |
| 4 | I was a member of his party , one of his retinue , and when the great Henry lashed out it was dangerous even to be in the same room as the king 's enemy . |
| 5 | The lord abbot here has been good enough to admit me to his confidence so far as is appropriate , since I was a witness of what happened this morning , but now you have cause to enquire further , as I understand . |
| 6 | ‘ You were a friend of my parents ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She was a companion of mine four regenerations ago . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ So she was a friend of yours , then ? ’ |
| 9 | I heard she was a friend of yours . ’ |
| 10 | She was a neighbour of yours and Ryan 's in London . |
| 11 | ‘ She was a member of your Justice Police and involved in a security operation at the time of her death . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't call me daft ! ’ she said , but she was a travesty of her usual bossy self . |
| 13 | ‘ She was a figment of your imagination . |
| 14 | She had undertaken to contact him by the end of next week to report what progress she had made and he did not doubt she would do so , for she was a woman of her word . |
| 15 | They were a part of his past , and like so many other memories , slippery . |
| 16 | The Japanese preference is to treat suppliers as if they were a department of their own firm — sharing design work and swapping ideas on quality control and manufacturing methods — but one that , because it is separate , is subject to market disciplines . |
| 17 | Somehow all his rolls of fat were invested with dignity as they shook to his sobs and his weight pulling at her was a part of it that would be a part of her life forever . |
| 18 | They are fighting for their enslavement as if it were a question of their salvation . |
| 19 | Just as some moonstruck Juliet would if it were a picture of her other-side-of-the-world Romeo . |
| 20 | It was a translation of our novel Ararat : his specialism is Armenian history , you see . ’ |
| 21 | The man was a raving sadist , she thought , and then realised it was a requirement of his job . |
| 22 | It was a mark of her artistic intelligence and independence that she did not choose to dish up a pot-pourri of well tried favourites for the occasion , drawing attention to herself rather than the music . |
| 23 | ALTHOUGH this match was largely devoid of running rugby , it was a classic of its type , the spectators held captivated by the tense battle . |
| 24 | It was a warning of what was in store . |
| 25 | It was a continuation of her misguided perception that she was a world power and had to protect her Commonwealth and maintain an independent presence in the world . |
| 26 | It was a ghostly hand holding a lighted candle , and the luckless man who beheld it knew that it was a portent of his death . |
| 27 | IT WAS a case of what might have been for Scottish trio Cathy Panton-Lewis , Julie Forbes and Gillian Stewart in the opening round of the Republic of China Open at Chang Gung in Taipei yesterday . |
| 28 | Melanie Simmonite says she started 20 years ago … her husband did it so it was a case of you ca n't beat them join them … |
| 29 | it was a case of you stop , let . |
| 30 | Nothing much could happen to her on a sunny September afternoon between here and the launderette , and Mrs Barakhda who ran it was a friend of hers , or the nearest Lili had to a friend . |