Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] former " in BNC.
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| 1 | I cried out in relief and happiness : I thought I recognised him as a former schoolmate , a boy with whom I used to exchange groans about the maths problems whose solutions so frequently eluded us . |
| 2 | I handed it to a former flight engineer of 213 when I visited him in Toronto some years ago . |
| 3 | Ramos , a Protestant , was criticized on Feb. 18 by the influential ( Catholic ) Archbishop of Manila , Cardinal Jaime Sin , who attacked him as a former Marcos stooge and expressed his preference for Mitra , thus denting Ramos ' dwindling support within the LDP . |
| 4 | How can they compare themselves to a former professional player who has played in front of ten or twenty thousand people ? ’ |
| 5 | Here they established themselves in a former clan stronghold , the island castle of Eilean Donan , at the point where Loch Alsh divided into Loch Long and Loch Duich , the latter giving access , via Glen Shiel , Glen Moriston and Loch Ness , to the route to Inverness . |
| 6 | AN ARMED robber ‘ executed ’ a security guard because he recognised him as a former schoolmate , a court was told yesterday . |