Example sentences of "[was/were] david [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The favourites to succeed Gray were David E. Benoir the Chief Deputy Whip , or Steny H. Hoyer , chairman of the Democratic Caucus . |
| 2 | Other leading medal winners were David Tupman of Ormesby ( three golds , one silver ) , Andrew McCreath of Hummersknott School , Darlington ( one gold , two silver , two bronze ) and John Purvis ( Hartlepool ) , who won three silvers and three bronze . |
| 3 | Third , after a terrific three-cornered fight , were David Hoskins and David James . |
| 4 | Third , after a terrific three-cornered fight , were David Hoskins and David James . |
| 5 | Speakers were David Snow of BP Bitor ( the company which imports and markets the fuel from Venezuela ) , Peter Taylor from the Oil Pollution Research Unit at Fort Popton , Dr Clive Morgan , also from Fort Popton but who was drafted in at the last minute to play the part of National Power Plc , and finally Gordon James of Narberth Friends of the Earth . |
| 6 | The Jaguar team from Oxfordshire won the GT crown … the winning drivers were David Brabham … |
| 7 | Their names were David Boyle , Henry Eckford , William Gilkison and John Galt . |
| 8 | Others in the short-list were David Frith 's By His Own Hand , Eric Midwinter 's Brylcreem Summer , Peter Roebuck 's Somerset history from Sammy to Jimmy , and The Narrow Line by Geoff Cook and Neville Scott . |
| 9 | Appearing at Belfast Magistrate 's Court were David Casey ( 32 ) and Jacqueline Casey ( 30 ) of Fallswater Street . |
| 10 | With him were David Shelby and Jack Rutherford , former vice-chairman and vice-president respectively of International Harvester . |
| 11 | The winner , drawn from those who correctly identified the two players , was David Weaver of Egremont , Cumbria : he wins a Gray-Nicolls giant cricket bag , filled with a 5-star bat and a pair of leg-guards and gloves from the ‘ Test Opener ’ range . |
| 12 | The address , an impassioned appraisal of music 's spiritual and mystical powers , was given by the Rev. Brian Cook , and the organist was David Groves , the festival 's hard-working and under-appreciated accompanist . |
| 13 | Top of the list with £30.34m was David Sainsbury of supermarket giant J Sainsbury . |
| 14 | Under the mop of curls his face , without the emphasizing make-up he wore perpetually on the train , looked younger and more ordinary : it was David Flynn who was at the races , not Zak . |
| 15 | Here she was , talking to Nigel , who , admittedly , was very attractive in a blatant sort of way , and all she could think of was David Kent 's long eyelashes and his beautiful brown eyes ! |
| 16 | The winner of the Christmas Worst Day Competition , who received a free pair of Ray-Bans from Bob Davy , was David Turner , from Solihull . |
| 17 | The Best Scratch score was David McLeod . |
| 18 | The pilot of the Buccaneer is question was David Lockspieser . |
| 19 | Main celebrant at the Mass of Dedication ( above ) was David Konstant , Bishop of Leeds . |
| 20 | McGrath accepted the offer , and his assistant was David Mairowitz from New York . |
| 21 | Feargal said it was David Anthony Kent . |
| 22 | The winner of the boat section was Billy Gay of the Surfmasters Club ; runner-up was George Creighton and third was David Bailey of the East Belfast Club . |
| 23 | Our Borders MP was David Steel ( who had beaten Robin McEwen at the by-election which won him the seat ) and as a member of his local Liberal party , I was invited to join the Scottish Liberal Party 's Council . |
| 24 | One of the sufferers from the Marathon mix-up was David Coleman . |
| 25 | Winner of the 1989 award was David Forshaw of Lymm G.C. in Cheshire , with David Lithgow of Great Barr G.C. as runner-up . |
| 26 | The man Bleasdale picked to head up its new Charter Train Unit was David Ward , who since 1976 had been responsible for co-ordinating main-line steam operations in conjunction with the Steam Locomotive Owners Association ( SLOA ) . |
| 27 | The silhouette , instantly recognisable by its wide hips and shaggy curls , was David Murray , an older boy in the House who had so far taken little notice of the latest royal presence in the school . |
| 28 | One deaf person who did come through to play a leading role in deaf affairs was David Fyfe . |
| 29 | Further down the field was David Taylor , Head Cashier at Macclesfield Chestergate Branch , who finished in 3 hours 43 minutes 29 seconds . |
| 30 | Next up was David Stewart of Charles Wilson Booksellers , a veteran of the school market , who warned that Roy Davey 's suggestion that ‘ it was down to every publisher to be in schools selling their own books ’ would in his view lead to chaos . |