Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course I knew he was a genius . |
| 2 | Of course I wish I was a boy . |
| 3 | Yes , of course I thought he was an interfering shit . |
| 4 | For my part I feel it was a great shame that this reminder to us all of a man 's bravery should have disappeared . |
| 5 | The greatest pleasure I gave him was the fact that nobody knew about me . |
| 6 | Volunteer Eileen said : ‘ For half a second I thought it was a hoax but as he began to name the four streets I took him seriously . ’ |
| 7 | So I said to her while she was upstairs I got a pen I know it was a black one and I wrote in blue and put another N . |
| 8 | oh , they may of been updated then , the question I asked you was a different one , when was the moment when they became inaccurate ? |
| 9 | There was a shrieking in her ears , so vibratingly shrill that for an instant she thought it was the whole Glass Castle shivering to pieces — then she looked up and saw the Women sweeping down on them , screaming their war cry . |
| 10 | The job I found him was an undemanding clerical one . |
| 11 | At that point I knew it was a life choice . ’ |
| 12 | At the same moment she remembered it was an outside line . |
| 13 | ‘ The job he offered me was a sort of general factotum , a personal troubleshooter , but he wanted someone with a financial background . |
| 14 | On our first meeting he thought I was a removal man working for Frank and Salome who had gone on to higher things ( mainly higher rates , mortgage repayments , so fourth , so fifth ) . |
| 15 | Of course we knew he was a celebrated painter , everyone did , and I think the neighbourhood felt quite disappointed when by moving down here he became less celebrated . |
| 16 | One night I dreamed I was a butterfly and , upon waking , was never able to discern whether I was a man who had dreamed that he was a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming that he was a man . |
| 17 | And er in the back I think it was the back bedroom there was a , a light switch and the wiring was sort of hanging from , from the switch . |
| 18 | Yeah but it was n't done in a , in an enthusiastic manner it was like a sort of well who do you know like friend , family that sort of thing and at the beginning I thought you was a bit more positive but I thought when you were revisiting the , the planning the future that might have been nerves right at the beginning of the session , you then relaxed and your pace all slowed down , excellent at reminding er Jim picked up referrals mentioned earlier , handled the objection okay , do n't remember you asking Jim to contact them beforehand do n't think you did , Jim did he ? |
| 19 | On answering the phone I discovered it was the manager of my football team , Bob , to say that due to a waterlogged pitch the game was off . |
| 20 | ‘ From the moment I first saw freestyle I knew it was the sport for me — there was so much more to it than ordinary skiing — it was beautiful and the ultimate in skiing athleticism . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The beast was terrifying at first but after a while you realised he was a big softie underneath . |
| 22 | The name they gave me was the old principessa 's , the prince 's mother , the kind one . |
| 23 | Sometimes when I see Panna with her baby I wish I was a woman and had a husband and a child . |
| 24 | Now one commentator I believe it was the the foreman mason involved in the building of Skerrymor described the landing on the rock as being like climbing up the side of a bottle . |
| 25 | Erm you yeah you did actually you were good and it was a nice pace you know it was a relaxed , you know |
| 26 | You stopped believing in Father Christmas , tooth fairies , paternal omniscience and in the sort of over-the-top crazy heart-thudding happy-ever-after love they told you was the ideal . |
| 27 | The frustration he caused her was the keynote of every one-sided altercation . |
| 28 | Though not sure whether he wanted to be a painter or a writer he knew he was no Haydon , the fashionable golden boy of the day , the ‘ angry young man of romantic art . ’ |
| 29 | Erm Steve for some reason I thought he was a tall man , but he 's quite short is n't he ? |
| 30 | ‘ Because we had just switched from the Lothian District League to the National League I thought it was a good time to concentrate on coaching , ’ she said . |