Example sentences of "[det] [pron] [vb past] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went in first and all I saw was standard classroom with a blackboard down one wall , two lines of plain tables and some wooden chairs . |
| 2 | Almost all who died were Iraqi soldiers and in any war the soldier is not innocent . |
| 3 | It seemed a funny sort of freedom to me when all you saw was poor people working like crazy and getting poorer and rich people not appearing to be doing much of anything except remaining quietly rich |
| 4 | One parent is reported as saying : ‘ All we wanted was parental choice . ’ |
| 5 | Every other farm in the dale was blessed with children able to share the work but all they had was elderly folk who did their level best to help but were just too old and infirm . |
| 6 | That reminds me that it was Margaret Thatcher who said , Nobody would remember the Good Samaritan , if all he had was good intentions . |
| 7 | Dexter studied the TV presenter 's face for a clue as to her sincerity about regretting Nicola 's death but all he saw was brittle nervousness . |
| 8 | This was chiefly because Mr Jones was absorbed with what he had read about ‘ problem children ’ being in desperate need of love and attention and at first all he wanted was professional guidance on how to give it more effectively . |
| 9 | One of those who signed was three-year-old Robert Lynch , of Darndale , who is two months younger than Johnathan Ball . |
| 10 | We do not know exactly how many of those who re-applied were supporting children , who are mentioned only occasionally in the sources . |