Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | think it was this I thought it was the small |
| 2 | We need to shift to the procedure that we would probably have and a tell me if I 'm wrong I thought there was a sort of general agreement without it being sort of firmly agreed that we were going to go for a format of subject specific reports still coming to form tutor who would complete some sort of general report , is that |
| 3 | He came in one afternoon and started painting black and white stripes round the fuselage and wings , when asked the reason for this he said it was a new allied marking . |
| 4 | in nineteen eighty six I think it was the company divisionalized and I was promoted to sales and marketing director of the erm , I think it was the developments division , which was , was the retirement housing division |
| 5 | Er , it 's a shame because er , to be honest I thought it was an excellent conference |
| 6 | In addition , during the ‘ Hundred Years War ’ which began in 1338 it meant there was a constant coming and going across the county by a not particularly well disciplined soldiery . |
| 7 | No was white you see it was an Irish word I think , and it was known as the . |
| 8 | If you saw it over the weekend I mean there was I think it was group sex er it was it wa was gay sex and it was all going on I mean it was all I thought it was the most exciting thing I have seen for a long time to be quite honest . |
| 9 | Right first of all I said it was an overview and that 's all it was . |
| 10 | I 'm now going to put on the lights that 's better I thought it was a bit dull in here . |
| 11 | He made doubly sure I realised I was an outcast in a heavy-handed way — and he could n't get rid of me fast enough . |
| 12 | They 're all you mentioned one was a county councillor , what about Les what w he was involved with . |
| 13 | But he added : ‘ For all we know she was the individual who infected him . ’ |
| 14 | For all we know he was a complete stranger . ’ |
| 15 | First of all they said she was the villain . |
| 16 | ‘ Once he 'd recharged his batteries I 'm sure he realised it was the wrong decision . |
| 17 | If the Doctor was present it meant there was an extreme danger to this planet . |
| 18 | Because he 'd been seeing psychiatrists since 1950 he fancied he was an expert on Freud and wanted to sit in on all our discussions . |
| 19 | At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it . |
| 20 | ‘ At first I thought it was a pigeon , but as the feathers went past the window I realised it was something else . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ At first I thought it was a ploy — a ruse designed to panic me into running to her , but then something told me it was not . |
| 22 | At first I thought it was a handkerchief , but when I stooped to pick it up I saw it was a cream-coloured glove ; and of all gloves , an elbow-length woman 's glove . |
| 23 | At first I thought it was a dead rabbit . |
| 24 | When I first I thought it was a laser printer . |
| 25 | At first I thought it was the naval guns out in the Channel . |
| 26 | She was saying that the shop she was in was selling the turkeys that we got , for three ninety nine I think it was a supermarket or somewhere was selling them |
| 27 | At first she thought it was a burst of panic , which did n't surprise her , knowing what a coward she was . |
| 28 | At first she thought it was the sea , but then she saw it was the pool of tears . |
| 29 | First she said there was no room in the car , but when Mr Sylvester said he would use the minibus her excuse was jerked from under her feet . |
| 30 | At first he thought it was a bundle of old clothes left on the step . |