Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but you , you did n't know I was in amazing pain though , I do n't think . |
| 2 | Suddenly Sophie found she was in deep water . |
| 3 | He had time to have a word with everyone and on the occasions when I met him in England he was more than helpful — unlike some of his colleagues in the Press room who pestered you for information when at Leopardstown , then pretended you were from another planet when you went to a big meeting in England . |
| 4 | How did you know we were on that train ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't know we were on first-name terms . ’ |
| 6 | At the end of the Saturday debate we were in more disarray than at any stage since either coming to power or Margaret Thatcher taking over the leadership . |
| 7 | The problem SAVE faced was that it had been so disfigured by later alterations that many people doubted it was of sufficient interest to merit saving . |
| 8 | We found he was in good shape , but had no food in his intestines . |
| 9 | A real heavy duty place it was in those days |
| 10 | ‘ Looking at it now , I realise it was from this point that Diana began putting herself behind Relate and Aids charities . |
| 11 | Three-quarters of providers were confident that " this unit can take on the competition " and two-thirds believed they were in good shape to do so . |
| 12 | I believed he was in safe hands . |
| 13 | For a moment he imagined he was in another world , a simple uncomplicated world : a world where there was no place down below in the valley where men were being prepared for war ; that there was no place in Northumberland where a woman sat in a room all day with only her thoughts for company ; that there was no one called Carrie Smith ; that the world had dwindled and there was only this secluded garden and a secluded house , as had been said , with the hills to the back of it and the river at its feet and two women so unalike , yet alike : so understanding , so thoughtful of each other , and not only of each other , but of him . |
| 14 | And however well endowed he was with these qualities , he might still have difficulty on some points . |
| 15 | The pathologist had said it was at this stage impossible to give an opinion but the report also said the police were treating the case as murder . |
| 16 | The sheriff has said he was in great agitation . |
| 17 | On July 5 the Sudanese news agency , Suna , reported that President of the secessionist republic , Abdel-Rahman Ahmed Ali , had said he was in daily contact with the USC and that " we believe that the Somali nation is one " . |
| 18 | When the orchestra reassembled it was at full strength and they played Richard Strauss 's Tone Poem ‘ Heldenleben ’ more or less from start to finish . |
| 19 | ‘ Maybe she 'll meet someone else , ’ she floundered helplessly , realising she was on dangerous ground . |
| 20 | In any case occupying them was of little interest to the Spanish authorities , for the islands the English settled had a much smaller area than Jamaica , the smallest and least developed of the Spanish islands ; later on , after it had been taken from the Spanish , Jamaica was the most important of the English Caribbean islands , but this only serves to show how small the English settlements were . |
| 21 | They 'd have put her in the freak show , confessing how misled she was by capitalist gold . |
| 22 | God , she had thought she was above that sort of thing , once . |
| 23 | Mummy is there and I 'd thought she was in good hands but of course I could n't visit her as often as I 'd like while earning my megamillions . |
| 24 | ‘ Famous research on American longshoremen , who worked 14 hours a day loading ships , and who smoked and drank as well as sweating their guts out , showed they were at low risk from cardiac problems and that severe exercise can protect against heart disease . |
| 25 | I went to a local DIY store and picked out a can of own-brand paint which stated it was for exterior decoration . |
| 26 | McGregor , who had been approached by a worried neighbour , admitted making use of the computer but claimed it was on legitimate police business . |
| 27 | The 72,000 crowd were told it was off five minutes before he was due on stage . |
| 28 | When the vet did ring it was with bad news . |
| 29 | I know we were at one point . |
| 30 | Eric , who was going through a religious phase at the time which I suppose I was to some extent copying , thought this was a terrible thing to say ; God was n't like that . |