Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yeah , it was , the bit I saw was that policeman when he goes although those two were up to no good |
| 2 | The last break I had was five months ago . |
| 3 | Even in their heyday they had been fluid entities which could be dormant in specific areas for years at a time , but the decline at the turn of the century was much more widespread than earlier fluctuations . |
| 4 | What had Julius seen in the nineteen-year-old girl she had been five years ago that had made him want to grab her and marry her , without even really knowing her ? |
| 5 | As we drove back to the airport Smith said that at the end of the war he had been executive officer at a naval air base in California , and that one of the officers there had been a certain Lieutenant Richard Milhous Nixon . |
| 6 | The care and attention he received was first class throughout his stay and although he missed out on a family Christmas at home , the staff more than made up for it and he was showered with extra presents which helped to speed his recovery . |
| 7 | Every little noise we thought was another assault wave of killer mice . |
| 8 | This time she announced it was n't Mrs Brown 's four calling birds three French hens two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree she had been five gold rings . |
| 9 | But a pound a head we thought was good value . |
| 10 | In the beginning they had been manly contests of strength and skill , strictly conducted to emphasize the virtues of morality , honour and courtesy . |
| 11 | The distance he walked was two miles . |
| 12 | On that occasion he had been ten years old As children between the wars , Yanto and his friends spent most of their Summers out in the estuary between tides . |
| 13 | The original dosage he administered was five milligrams a day for three weeks , followed by three weeks off the drug . |
| 14 | Previously , all the theory I learnt was head stuff . |
| 15 | Although the majority of the fly seems to be no less dead than a dodo , one side of it seems to be the intact creature it had been 30 seconds earlier . |
| 16 | I need some le er the , I wanted a carton of live yoghurt I do n't think the live yoghurt I used was any good because , for a start it was fruit flavoured , no it was n't , it was natural , but it said mild flavoured |
| 17 | I do n't think the live yoghurt I used was any good because , for a start it was fruit flavoured , no it was n't it was natural , but it said mild flavoured and I do n't think it was the proper like the Greek style really live yoghurt that would have started all the fungus growing on it . |
| 18 | The last thing I wanted was Great-uncle interfering ! |
| 19 | The only thing I wanted was long hair . |
| 20 | She must have slept , or drifted into unconsciousness again , for the next thing she knew was that Fen was shaking her , urgently , his voice rough with concern . |
| 21 | She was always clean , you could n't fault her for cleanliness , but I 'm sure she must of either washed her clothes in the toilets , you know , wash basin in the toilets because that was the only thing she had was one bag and she used to , er , her pension book was in and er erm |
| 22 | Somehow the last thing she wanted was concrete proof of Luke 's betrayal , and yet here she was , actively searching for it . |
| 23 | She was extremely wet and cold and the very last thing she needed was this man 's mockery . |
| 24 | The sample of cloth you sent is fine cotton . |
| 25 | The last thing they wanted was unexpected demands for cash from ITN . |
| 26 | The first thing he saw was this notice : |
| 27 | The last thing he wanted was any fuss . |
| 28 | From that first introduction it had been all-out war . |
| 29 | Erm , putting images into words is not always easy , a colour in a painting can give you a way in and the brown of Van Gogh 's jacket erm affected me with this one particularly and the sun flower I felt was inappropriate misplace , in a vase to , to small , erm and it gave me an image a very strong image of suffering and this poem is in its very early stages and its literally just a list of images and I wanted to be able to show you how I start off which is with a series of images and then I have to put some filler in and open them up a bit and , and make them more accessible and understandable , but this is just a list form . |
| 30 | The oldest individual we found was eight years . |