Example sentences of "and [pron] was [art] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been through hell , Rachel , believing you had the same problem as me , and I was the man you wanted to go to bed with but could n't stand personally . ’ |
| 2 | Now tell me what is your name and where are you from , and who was the eagle you wanted to help ? ’ |
| 3 | And who was the visitor she took in there the day he died ? |
| 4 | ‘ And she was the friend you meant ? |
| 5 | Cissie was the first to recover , and there was no doubt she would have chased him to the ends of Kingdom Come if Beth had n't thrust out an arm to stop her . |
| 6 | Demand for steel had slumped throughout Europe and there was no way we could sustain the industry at its existing size . |
| 7 | The two women watched her , but numbly as though she were behind glass and there was no way they could reach in to her . |
| 8 | Claudia trembled … she wanted him as much , but this was n't right ; Roman despised her , he thought she was taking Garry from his wife , and there was no way they could take this any further . |
| 9 | It all sounded so polite and formal , when what she really wanted was to put her arms around him and have him hold her , kiss her , tell her that he had forgiven her , but that would be like trying to turn the clock back , and there was no way they could do that . |
| 10 | They 're going for promotion and there was no way they were going to lose a 2-goal lead . |
| 11 | They were turning out raw youngsters last season in the Ulster league and there was no way they could survive . |
| 12 | He was right behind her and there was no way she could keep him out . |
| 13 | Tonight she was over-wrought , ragged from the tribulations of the day , and there was no way she could cope with any more of his side-swipes . |
| 14 | She was sure Dane would try to prevent her leaving , and there was no way she could ever hope to beat such a formidable opponent . |
| 15 | She was quite determined to get Rick there and there was no way she was going to give the ring to me . |
| 16 | But then she reminded herself that Miguel had entrusted her with his secret , and there was no way she could even explain her unhappiness to anyone . |
| 17 | And there was no way you could have done that three years ago . |
| 18 | I did n't have a recording of it with me , Mrs Thatcher was already on her feet and there was no way I could interrupt to reverse the decision . |
| 19 | Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training |
| 20 | It was my responsibility I brought that child into the world , and there was no way I was going to thrust her off onto other people . |
| 21 | Today I got away and there was no way I was going to let my lead slip . |
| 22 | I do n't like being proved wrong , and there was no way I was ever going to admit I 'd made a mistake . |
| 23 | Of course , he was n't making a living at all and there was no way he possibly could . |
| 24 | And there was no way he could be prevailed upon to release it without an embarrassing fracas in front of the judge ! |
| 25 | But he had already performed in the horse box on the way to the fete — and there was no way he was going to do it again . |
| 26 | Mike , 55 and a veteran reporter of Vietnam , the Falklands , the Gulf and many other bloody wars , was encouraged by orphanage officials to smuggle a child back to England — and there was no way he could resist Natasha 's pleading brown eyes . |
| 27 | He felt he had done it absolutely as best he could and there was no way he could repeat the emotion . |
| 28 | Although he was a first offender and there was no suggestion he might try to escape , because of the nature of his offence the governor , Thomas Hayes , decided that Blake should be placed on the escape list . ’ |
| 29 | And there was no waking you . |
| 30 | And there was a song I ca n't quite Ca n't quite remember it now . |