Example sentences of "be [adj] and [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her pregnancy had been uncomfortable and she feared she might not carry , but here it was - a girl for Bruce . |
| 2 | He had clipped up his shirtsleeves with steel bracelets above the elbow and was swathed in a coarse apron which had once been white and which covered him from the knot of his tie to his ankles . |
| 3 | Cantona , who flew to Paris for the top-rated chat show Sacree Soiree after his United debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , added : ‘ I am fit and I enjoyed myself in the opener against Benfica . |
| 4 | I specifically asked if this upgrade would be possible and they assured me that it would . |
| 5 | I could see he was going to be humble and it depressed me . |
| 6 | I went to the doctor at seventeen , just about to be married and he put me on Librium to calm me down . |
| 7 | Dan was doing his utmost to be helpful and she appreciated it . |
| 8 | When I had occasion to talk to the Home Secretary about this , I asked him about this and he said oh , we want it to be local and I said you mean local not region and he said yes , local and I hope my noble friend who was there will remember that when he comes to decide whether this region things ever going to get a running . |
| 9 | I went over to Sheridan to ask him to be quiet and he grabbed my wrist and tried to pull me on to his lap , and I overbalanced and fell and hit the table hard where he was sitting , and I caught the cloth somehow and pulled it with me and everything on it landed on the floor . |
| 10 | He was all right financially — he had always been shrewd and he made his money in days when the Inland Revenue had allowed people to keep some of it — but his prospects of regaining his former place in the public 's esteem seemed negligible . |
| 11 | M J B three six seven X , you were right and I convinced you you were wrong . |
| 12 | However , a few newspapers were interested and I found myself giving about a dozen interviews . |
| 13 | Prior to 1979 , most local authorities were Conservative-controlled and they considered themselves to be local authorities , not Governments . |
| 14 | But at least my goals were clear and I knew what I wanted . |
| 15 | Their glasses were empty and he took them to the bar for a refill . |
| 16 | And they were tiny and we tied them in wee bunches and it was Miss who was the teacher then and she made a cross and put |
| 17 | These were lozenge-shaped and I remembered them particularly because they were decorated with golden love knots . |
| 18 | because , you come back here and all the Scottish women were vast and they lost their figure 's and it was just sort of almost taken for granted that you have a baby and you loose your figure , but you do n't mind because you 've got the children . |
| 19 | Markby asked twice if she were cold and she knew he 'd noticed and was politely trying to find out what was wrong . |
| 20 | His mother put her lips on his cheek ; her lips were soft and they wetted his cheek ; and they made a tiny little noise : kiss . |
| 21 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 22 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 23 | Well no , now you see , now is , what 's happened is this tt we argued er the case after we saw the notice , but we only saw the notice about a week before it went into com into committee , so we 'd only a very short time to get everything organized , well we got letters and this petition , we sent it in to the council , Stanley came round and talked to one of the young men round our place , not like that , but he was saying oh we 'll do this , that and the other , but when he came round and now we know they 'd lobbied all the committee that were good and they knew it was gon na be passed , they knew before they went in it was gon na be passed |
| 24 | The maids laughed as they did when they were alone and they brought her bread and half a roasted pigeon . |
| 25 | He rubs it absently , accosting strangers in the street , seeking out a friend and within minutes exclaiming that he wants to be by himself , watching children wistfully , accusing wellwishers of persecuting him with their kindness ; until at last he explodes on the brink of confession in a terrible universal cry : ‘ Oh , if only I were alone and nobody loved me , and if only I had never loved anyone ! ’ |
| 26 | The sums of money were enormous and I told them that there would be no more money once it had been spent . ’ |
| 27 | I as a person did n't find that these changes were essential and I stated my opinion in erm in |
| 28 | You , erm , I use buses and cars and I use a bike as well , er , er I think that , we used to have a car and I stopped using it , I used it , we had it when the kids were small and I found it really good for getting them around and it really was necessary to young mothers but their big now and I do n't have to chauffeur . |
| 29 | ‘ What would you do if you were drunk and I ordered you to suck my cock ? ’ |
| 30 | The doors to the three lavatories were open and she gave them a quick inspection . |