Example sentences of "[pron] [pers pn] [verb] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | I heard about the first one pretty soon , the next night in fact , because everyone I knew was talking about the arrival of the new beauty . |
| 2 | This one was hard because this one to me I think was the hardest because it was was theoretical |
| 3 | I used to wonder why nothing I did was right . |
| 4 | I found it tiring to have somebody in the house whom I knew was not really enjoying what she was doing . |
| 5 | Returning on the bus from Medenine I noticed a solitary blonde whom I assumed was a stray package tourist from one of the hotels on the west of the island . |
| 6 | I was a member of NALGO from 1979 until the GLC was abolished , when I ceased to be a member for a number of reasons : 1 could not afford it , and because the company for whom I worked was not a Local Authority . |
| 7 | I also noticed that in those schools in which I worked where the head , as a matter of policy , distanced himself from parents , my understanding of the children with whom I worked was less complete . |
| 8 | . I I mine was pretty steady . |
| 9 | I I thought was a . |
| 10 | It 's just a more and more I I think was just a |
| 11 | ‘ Then I was shocked to discover someone I knew was running the place . |
| 12 | ‘ She admits following someone she believed was Dieter into the woods . ’ |
| 13 | But it was different when someone you knew was involved . |
| 14 | ‘ How do you like your egg ? ’ asked Lydia , determined to be pleasant since the one thing more disagreeable than staying with someone you detested was staying with someone who detested you too . |
| 15 | It so happened that Hugh was the man who had been producing Tony Newley and he said to me after listening to those tracks that this was the most exciting thing to come into his room since Tony Newley which I thought was quite amazing since , some time later , David was quite infatuated with the work of Newley . |
| 16 | In fact , it was about the time that David and I both auditioned for Hair and we were both turned down which I thought was quite funny because it seemed that just about everyone else in London got the part , but we were very much the kind of solo singers and perhaps the wrong type . |
| 17 | They played in here and slagged the place off which I thought was a bit pathetic but I do n't pretend that I like all their ideas . |
| 18 | They get on fine , which I thought was against all the rules . |
| 19 | Even people who managed to stay married seemed to do it only by making incredible compromises which I thought was contemptible . ’ |
| 20 | And actually , one day , because she knew it was my favourite , she said that I could have permission to have it copied and gave me the name of the jeweller , which I thought was so sweet . |
| 21 | They put me in touch with a Fellow of the Institute by the name of John Read — same name as the pilot of DZ642 , which I thought was a good omen . |
| 22 | ‘ It was then I decided to find a product which I thought was marketable and start marketing it , ’ he said . |
| 23 | Stuart said he 'd given Oliver some money , which I thought was quite unnecessary , not that I said so . |
| 24 | Because the trouble is , I can go back to nineteen sixty four , Industrial Relations Act , which I thought was one of the best things ever bought out , whereby er the erm terms were levied to do so much training . |
| 25 | Sara Maitland says : ‘ I could say something which I thought was warm and friendly , but which might be regarded by the voters of Milwaukee as offensive . ’ |
| 26 | I 'd never been in hospital before , and after the first day I felt well enough to notice things like the faint smell , which I thought was of death , but which was disinfectant , and to be mildly infuriated by hospital routine . |
| 27 | And you 'd actually spotted it already which I thought was brilliant except we do need to have the |
| 28 | I pushed open the door of the old house , which I thought was uninhabited , but to my surprise there was a bed , a table and a candle inside . |
| 29 | However , having said that , I was impressed with the range of Book Tokens ’ advertising , which I thought was carefully targeted and attractive . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The impact on me ’ , recalls Pearce Marchbank , ‘ was blowing away all that love and peace shit which I thought was bollocks and complete pretence . |