Example sentences of "and [verb] [conj] [pron] was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time they were on their way to the airport , Fabia had a note of Vendelin Gajdusek 's address and was racking her brains to try and think if there was anything else she needed to know . |
| 2 | Then he remembered the copy of Ruggiero 's letter , and realized that there was something he could do after all . |
| 3 | And seeing as it was my brainchild , would you not say it was possibly the best commercial of all time ? |
| 4 | To us , the black laver bread looked dreadful , poisonous , but we understood and respected that it was something Welsh , something special . |
| 5 | Afterwards , she ventured to go up to him and say that she was my sister : to which he replied kindly — ; ‘ I can see that you are ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 7 | The ostrich dug his head in and believed that there was nobody out there who could notice — and if they did , what did it matter ? |
| 8 | Br. , 1991 , 27 , 821 ) , and believed that there was something important for us there . |
| 9 | She wanted to please him , to see him smile , and tease her by calling himself the Master , and pretending that she was his slave . |
| 10 | ‘ Normally , I would shoot through anything — but that day it rained and rained and there was nothing to be done about it , ’ Gerald says . |
| 11 | Farmers needed to identify likely emergency situations on their farms and ensure that there was somebody able to cover for them in their absence . |
| 12 | Last time we went the , the came on and declared that it was your birthday and wished you a very happy birthday and you were standing up there , bouncing up and down . |
| 13 | Then he dozed in an armchair for a few hours , until he was too cold and stiff to bear it any longer , when he got up and made tea for everyone , and discovered that there was nothing to eat for breakfast . |
| 14 | a few years ago when my sons were teenagers I had some nice dripping and I said , you 've never had bread and dripping and I gave them some , I put a bit of salt on , I said , try this , I loved a bit of med bread and dripping when I was your age . |
| 15 | I thought of the contents of the suitcase and decided that there was something in what he said . |
| 16 | ‘ They both have trades that are drastically needed and felt that it was something they could offer to help these children , ’ explained Mark 's girlfriend , Sarah Howe . |
| 17 | Well that was , that was the crew 's job you see cos you used to have , they used to be erm , they used to be the master of the ship , my father , and they would still have a mate , he 's dead and gone and there was myself one side on the starboard side on a winch and we had two men right aft on the after winch and they used to have to look after three chains . |
| 18 | ‘ Signor Diomede said to bring you these , and ask if there was anything else you wanted before dinner . ’ |
| 19 | When other people arrived at the scene , and saw that there was no-one in the burnt-out cockpit , they assumed that the pilot had bailed out . |
| 20 | But anyway when y when you were first exploring erm the needs and Maggie came back to you and offered erm this , this policy that she wanted for her daughter , but you never actually went back and saw if there was anything else , you never came back |
| 21 | My conviction on this count was based on the fact that I had researched this area very well and knew that there was nothing on record . |
| 22 | We saw a lady wading towards it and inquired if it was hers . |
| 23 | However , you need to be able to establish and prove that it was you who created the copyright . |
| 24 | Once , when they had gone on a nature walk , Eve had pointed to a small cottage and said that it was her house . |
| 25 | He came round at once , and said that it was nothing to worry about ; Susan was worn out , that was all , and must stay in bed for a few days . |
| 26 | Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning . |
| 27 | Then started the discussion about where to store it until the inevitable happened , during the course of which the doorbell rang and an elderly neighbour was revealed who had kindly called to introduce himself and to ask if there was anything he could do to help me , as he had heard my husband was ill in hospital . |
| 28 | While Billy was at the bar ordering another round , Yanto told the girls about the motorbike and explained that it was their first outing on the machine . |
| 29 | You had to get up in the morning and see that there was plenty of a great pot of of hot water , boiling water . |
| 30 | Jack had to fill the coal scuttles , Kevin to bring in the logs , Aengus had to roll yesterday 's papers into sausage-like shapes which would be used for lighting the fires later , Gerry , who was meant to be the animal lover , had to take Oswald for a run in the park , and see that there was something on the bird table in the garden , and Ronan had to open the big heavy curtains in the front rooms , take the milk in from the steps and place it in the big fridge and brush whatever had to be brushed from the big granite steps leading up to the house . |