Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | At the time of this incident I was patrol inspector at . |
2 | I was Mouncy Street . |
3 | I was night work , till I retired . |
4 | I was night relief nurse in Hope , a women 's acute medical ward , and tonight was one of the rare nights when all three Hope night nurses were on together . |
5 | Right , so then you 'd guess that I was Saint Paul 's Cathedral . |
6 | Anyway that 's what that was the time when I was sea sick , when we come across the channel . |
7 | There 's a number in the er when I was Church Street so that 's a few years now so it needs to be checked . |
8 | I realised who I was O K — I just could n't live inside the envelope . |
9 | I telephoned Capital Radio 's Helpline , saying that I was Linford Christie and needed help . |
10 | The man came back to the telephone and said that if I was Linford Christie I was to go in and see them . |
11 | I was n't Marti Caine at that stage , I was Zoe Bond , but only after being Sunny Smith for three weeks . |
12 | This morning I was Dr Vaughan . ’ |
13 | When I was Defence Secretary and , to my shame , trying to sell tanks to King Idris in Libya , I was pretty sure that he 'd be overthrown in an army coup , and I tried to identify the colonel who was likely to be the leader of the coup . |
14 | He said I was Ruth Scaraby and I said No , I was Ruth Day . ’ |
15 | He said I was Ruth Scaraby and I said No , I was Ruth Day . ’ |
16 | My daughter told me that I was chrome yellow , and a glance in the mirror proved her right . |
17 | During the later part of my career , I was University Estates Officer to the new University of York from the university 's inception in ninety sixty three until my retirement . |
18 | ‘ I was art director of Rolling Stone for about two minutes ’ , says Marchbank . |
19 | ‘ I was spending money creatively ; I made a contribution to the family restaurant market , which is still in place , and which enabled people to have a very good value meal in enjoyable surroundings , for less money . |
20 | I found that I was spending money every day . |
21 | I was Joyce Kell then . |
22 | ( I was Deputy Chief Inspector at the time and privy to the discussions and proposals relating to the investigation . ) |
23 | I 'm not sure how long wills take to prove , but I was Aunt Emily 's only living relative , and it 's always been understood that the place would come to me . |
24 | I was part way across a basin between two outcrops of rock . |
25 | By this time I was 5ft 7in , weighed six stone , was covered in boils , had a mouthful of ulcers and had n't had a period for four months . |
26 | I was 5ft 8in , 36-22-36 and with a new perm and a borrowed swimsuit and high heels , I won . |
27 | Maybe they really thought I was Franz Kafka . |
28 | I thought I was Terence Rattigan . |
29 | If I was Peter Reid , I would be screaming blue murder to get this player . ’ |
30 | So I was shop steward for there , for one year and a half and er eventually because of the row between the workers , myself and er the management , er although we , we obtained a lot of facilities for the workers , a lot of facilities . |