Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early studies suggested that relative mortality risks among female smokers were less than those of male smokers but it is now clear that these studies were comparing the death rates of a generation of male smokers with a generation of women amongst whom smoking was a much more recent phenomenon . |
| 2 | But then she would expl exude an atmosphere , the house could breath evil through her walls if she concentrated hard enough and the smiles would be wiped off the faces of those to whom money was no object . |
| 3 | And when the person who owed them money was the heir to the throne they still deserved to be treated justly , perhaps even more so . |
| 4 | In the first instance it stemmed from an understandable utilization of familiar forms to furnish a reassuring and acceptable face for the new means of locomotion and thus allay the fears of travellers for whom speed was a new and potentially alarming phenomenon . |
| 5 | His thick white hair and silver-streaked goatee beard gave him a look of experience and authority , while soft blue eyes and a hint of wryness in his smile suggested a mortal to whom disappointment was a familiar companion . |
| 6 | When I took it off afterwards , my hair was a mess , so I put on a turban or tied in back with a band , which is what I do every day . |
| 7 | ‘ My hair was a mass of dried up matted tangles , ’ she says . |
| 8 | Mind you , my hair was a lot better when I was having it done . |
| 9 | you have , it probably you ca n't , ye yeah but my hair was the right length before . |
| 10 | My driver was a cheerful young man named Adrian Scanlon , who boasted a curly moustache . |
| 11 | My classwork was very untidy , and my handwriting was the despair of my teachers . |
| 12 | What went wrong in my case was the timing . |
| 13 | My chest was a flaming cavern of agony . |
| 14 | So my drug was an accidental discovery that can not be repeated . |
| 15 | My mule was a 17-year-old snow-white gelding called Vaquero — Spanish for cowboy . |
| 16 | The souvenirs on sale , though , were of intriguing awfulness ; my favourite was a plastic female head enclosing a dried and shrivelled bouquet — a dead-metaphor version of the French custom of naming women after flowers , perhaps . |
| 17 | My favourite was a Wendy house which he 'd furnished with a tiny drop-leaf mahogany table , two matching chairs and a T.V. with clicking knobs and a picture of the Queen behind the perspex screen . |
| 18 | Of the three flea-pits the town boasted my favourite was the pavilion , at the Coatham end of the prom . |
| 19 | There were some interesting compromises … my favourite was the lady with the Rottweiler . |
| 20 | For me , my attachment was a love/hate affair . |
| 21 | My mum was the only one who . |
| 22 | My mum my mum was the best mum ever . |
| 23 | My Mum was the only white person who lived in the whole house , a point not unnoticed by me since I often asked her how come she lived there with us when everyone else was black … |
| 24 | The cave at the back of my tent was a good place to keep my food , and so I called it my ‘ kitchen ’ . |
| 25 | My sister was no ordinary woman — no woman ever is , but to me , my sister less than any . |
| 26 | When my sister was a baby he used to get up in the night to see her . |
| 27 | But I think my sister was a bit scared of him , she felt he was a stranger being in u in er soldier 's uniform you know . |
| 28 | My sister was a Wren years ago . |
| 29 | My sister was the person who 'd been the trouble , she had boyfriends in infant school , I was the girl who always beat up the boys in infant school ! |
| 30 | All I know is that my presence was no surprise to them , but they decided to go ahead with the drop anyway . |