Example sentences of "[was/were] miss [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were Miss Iceberg , ’ he husked . |
| 2 | The two Tory rebels were Miss Ann Widdecombe ( Maidstone ) and Sir Philip Goodhart ( Beckenham ) . |
| 3 | They were Miss Margaret ( Peggy ) Herbison , who is the oldest surviving Scottish woman MP , having served in the Labour Party cabinet in the 1960s ; Councillor Sheila Ritchie , who has been a Liberal Democrat councillor in Gordon for a number of years and is at present a member of the party 's National Executive Committee ; and Miss Ann Hay , who is an influential key organiser for the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association in Edinburgh . |
| 4 | But he said they were Miss Lipman 's orders . |
| 5 | The only other witnesses present were Miss Fletcher 's parents . |
| 6 | Binns ' staff members who passed the course were Miss Paula Meale , Mrs Cathy May , Mrs Pauline Young , Mrs Joanne Harker , Mrs Eileen Thomas and Mrs Anne Matthewson . |
| 7 | JUDITH Spratt was Miss Northern Ireland three years ago . |
| 8 | The dog , he says , was Miss Woodruff 's responsibility , and he 'd tried his best to help him . |
| 9 | There , in the yard below , was Miss Hardbroom wreathed in thick purple smoke . |
| 10 | For example among the action sample carers who reported increased strain was Miss Wainwright 's sister ( mentioned above ) , who in discussing the effect on her , said : |
| 11 | She was Miss Sarah Anne Walker , an only child left to cope on her own when both her mother and father died . |
| 12 | ‘ This was Miss Delphine 's room . ’ |
| 13 | He had a hard race at Newbury , following one the previous week behind Man O Magic at Ascot , but as a six-year-old he looks too young for something as gruelling as the Welsh National — the last six-year-old to win was Miss Gaynus in 1932 . |
| 14 | The head teacher , the boss , the supreme commander of this establishment was a formidable middle-aged lady whose name was Miss Trunchbull . |
| 15 | So big it was Miss Potts . |
| 16 | And your aunt did n't tell me , it was Miss Rose . |
| 17 | When Jenny learned next day about Brownies from the tall lady , whose name was Miss Clinton and who was a District Commissioner in the south of England , made her long to be one . |
| 18 | Soon she was Miss Orange County . |
| 19 | Was Miss Fergusson comparing the earthquake which had thrown down the village of Arghuri to the great Flood itself ? |
| 20 | Finally , there was Miss Marita Calagarri , who described herself as an unemployed ship 's cook . |
| 21 | Ferguson , whose daughter was Miss Scotland in 1990 , had received an advance of £38,000 from the Northern Rock building society , but had made only one repayment in the previous year . |
| 22 | It was Miss Hatherby 's turn to blush . |
| 23 | I discovered that she was Miss Temple , the headmistress of Lowood school . |
| 24 | Her second teacher was Miss Barnsdale , one of those who suspects a mean motive for everything . |
| 25 | This was Miss Bothway 's first winner between the flags for two years . |
| 26 | On the spur of the moment , Matilda decided that the one person she would like to confide in was Miss Honey . |
| 27 | It was Miss Honey this and Miss Honey that and Miss Honey I do honestly feel I could move almost anything in the world , not just tipping over glasses and little things like that … |
| 28 | One went as Miss Rochdale in these old and the other was Miss Trendsetter . |
| 29 | I was sure she was Miss Stapleton . |
| 30 | It was Miss Stapleton . |