Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [was/were] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last I remember thinking was that Syl should marry my mother , his contemporary , and that then perhaps I would have to call him Daddy . |
| 2 | All I did know was that Scamp took a few steps forward into the street while stuffing home fresh cartridges . |
| 3 | All I had to eat was some chocolate Tony had left in the car , washed down by a can of beer in the freeze compartment . |
| 4 | But the only one he had found himself wanting to see was this girl . |
| 5 | She was no raving beauty , did n't have a model-like figure — all she 'd had was some money . |
| 6 | Creeping up on one , all they managed to steal was some food . |
| 7 | What he did say was that Rabbit has no intention of setting up wholly-owned subsidiaries in any country , because of its commitment now to its previously neglected distribution partners . |
| 8 | He told us that as a young man he had joined the Fire Service in which his father was a Lieutenant , and the first fire he had attended was this crash . |
| 9 | But one thing he was sure he had learnt was that Marriage was no part of any conspiracy , had indeed no useful friends left . |
| 10 | What had happened was that Syl had , one evening , flushed with wine , remarked that he thought it would be a good idea if we got married . |