Example sentences of "[conj] he [was/were] [adj] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | N. B. The third party action between the solicitors and the barrister did not decide that he was negligent merely that if he was negligent he would be liable to the solicitors . |
| 2 | I had n't expected to be able to speak to Alan before the end of the week , but at a quarter to five Sylvia de Groot telephoned to say that he was free now if I still wanted to see him . |
| 3 | Not that he was interested particularly but er it 's an interesting story . |
| 4 | And he was embarrassed further when he realised he was the last to finish . |
| 5 | From the look of the pile of branches , Travis had been back a few times , but he was absent still as she added her load to the mound . |
| 6 | But he was older now and in another city , and besides , the wench was dead . |
| 7 | That night , Gaily had told his mother , told her , not asked her , since he was thirty-two now and master of the house . |
| 8 | And when he was alone sometimes and Mr Henry was a blacksmith , when he wanted to kill a bullock he used to come and help him to slaughter this bullock . |
| 9 | Anyway , it seemed nobody could touch him when he was ten ahead but he was playing with Kel Nagle , and ever since 1960 Kel had been a bit like Arnold 's bogy man . |