Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] was [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course what defeated me was knows this fellow that is an ambulance driver and he 's classed as working class . |
| 2 | Out drinking with a couple of female journalists ( in what was supposedly Hemingway 's favourite bar in Havana , if you must know ) , I mentioned I was writing this article and we all launched into our favourite New Age stories , like the one about the Immortalists , a group who take to its logical end the New Age philosophy of positive thinking and creating your own reality , and have decided they are going to live forever . |
| 3 | It should n't have taken her long to pack and change out of her sundress into a skirt and blouse , but she found she was folding each garment at least twice , and several times she stood looking out of the window at the busy yard below . |
| 4 | ‘ How do you know he was murdered that night ? ’ asked Blanche . |
| 5 | Serbs found it was carrying more ammunition than was listed on the manifest , a Bosnian Serb officer said . |
| 6 | To know oneself was to know that order . |
| 7 | He jabbered away to his friends , and Ellie assumed he was explaining that item number one was a drink . |
| 8 | It 's hard enough for him to accept Angy 's shabby treatment of Rick , her lies about the ring and her deceit in letting him think she was carrying another man 's child . |
| 9 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 10 | Whenever possible I try to get a Lecture Theatre , erm but I was told it was booked all day today we were originally in presentation room then came , so be grateful we 're in the Board Room . |
| 11 | It was warm and sunny , and for a brief time , as she cycled along to the nearest shops , she almost forgot what was to come that day . |
| 12 | yeah yeah well I know she was getting that way towards Christmas . |
| 13 | We were engaged , within weeks of marriage , when I discovered she was seeing another man . |
| 14 | It , it was a two bedroom old cottage it was , very , very nice with a big garden and all I had was erm one room downstairs and like er a kitchen , well er where the sink and that was it was more like a big room where the kitchen was and the two bedrooms upstairs , but only a door on one bedroom , you went up the stairs into a big open room you know where the bannisters all round you know what I mean , no door on it and just , another door , a bedroom door , that 's all but I loved it you know it was a nice erm , not bad , but of course it was condemned it got so old and then they pulled it down and they built another house on it right next to where erm that shooting took pla you know they was having that shooting night just down that lane where I used to be |
| 15 | If the government wanted to encourage a new trade in supplying meal to the populace , the last way to do it was to remove all profit from the enterprise . |
| 16 | ‘ I heard he was making some kind of detective story with McQueen . ’ |
| 17 | But to go there was to enter another world . |
| 18 | As I say , it does n't bother me constantly all the time , Doctor you know , it 's just I feel I was carrying some shopping down the road |
| 19 | Neighbour Kathy Burn said : ‘ We heard a bang and thought someone was doing some DIY work . |
| 20 | The ultimate warning over ouija comes from a high-ranking chaos magician who knew I was writing this book . |
| 21 | ‘ If I thought I was causing any pain to the fish I would n't go fishing and I think all anglers feel that way , ’ he says . |
| 22 | Juliet felt she was seeing another side to her mother , sensitive , vulnerable , and brave . |
| 23 | This sight brought her immediately down from her high , tragic pinnacle and made it seem all somehow cosier , as she thought she was sharing this music with such a wise and friendly dog . |
| 24 | Well , s I thought it was tending that way . |
| 25 | I felt the world beginning to drift into the distance again , but I knew what was happening this time and got my head down quickly . |
| 26 | ‘ I stopped it because I did n't think it was doing any good . |
| 27 | ‘ You mean he was expecting another accident ? ’ |
| 28 | They both rejected the practice which had grown up since the decision of Slade J. in In re Castle New Homes Ltd. [ 1979 ] 1 W.L.R. 1075 , whereby if the liquidator had sued or decided to sue he was refused that order ; if he had not done so but was seeking information to enable him to sue he was granted an order . |
| 29 | Then I realized he was making some sort of joke and endeavoured to smile appropriately , though I suspect some residue of my bewilderment , not to say shock , remained detectable in my expression . |
| 30 | Did Carnelian think he was playing some childhood game ? |