Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] was [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took me four to five months to get back to the weight I was before I was pregnant . |
| 2 | six months was down to the two three pounds under the weight I was when I started . |
| 3 | The BDDA , therefore , at the Glasgow Congress acquired a President who was and remained prominent in the deaf world until his gradual retirement , following the award of the MBE for " meritorious services to the deaf " , in 1945 . |
| 4 | The car he was after stopped at a junction , so Chris jumped out and reached into their window and grabbed the keys . |
| 5 | When Melissa got back to the college it was after half-past five and the car park was almost empty . |
| 6 | Jodami proved he is a top-class performer when winning the Newton Chase at Haydock last month , but this race is no walkover and although Martin Pipe 's Chatam may not be the force he was when winning Britain 's Hennessey Gold Cup equivalent at Newbury in 1991 , he should never be totally written off . |
| 7 | and wild beyond er , that one boy who was and had n't been used to that sort of thing , for his father had kept a small cook stock his companion that unless he has another basin of gruel he was afraid he might , he might some night happen to eat , eat the boy he slept next to , who happened to be a weakly youth of tender eight and they , and they impeccably believed him . |
| 8 | Right handsome little boy you was and now you 're a right handsome gentleman . ’ |
| 9 | And said what a nice girl she was and what a good student and Suzannah said oh that 's cos I won that make up competition . |
| 10 | Er and his son helped him but I think in later on there were a little bit of disagreement with , with regards to who , how much work there was and , but anyway they 'd finished the bungalow and er it 's grand yes |
| 11 | Aunt Harriet would have been cross , normally , for the seat of the swing made green press-marks on her skirt , but the visitor had spoken up for her , taken whatever blame there was and Aunt Harriet had led Eleanor away to wash her hands before tea , telling her how very , very lucky she was , and how she must always be grateful to the Minister and remember this occasion in future years . |
| 12 | For a second it was as though she were frozen , unable to move . |
| 13 | And erm so we set off and I ca n't remember which village it was but it was towards the Humber Estuary somewhere and it was what I call a cul-de-sac village . |
| 14 | So , decided Pascoe , if it was the window he was after , he was trying to get in . |
| 15 | I mean t to for the cooking that they did for a pub it was and we had duckling and salmon , poached |
| 16 | What a pity it was that he should have to live in that depressing room . |
| 17 | Dr Neil put his head on one side and said gravely , ‘ You must learn not to be impudent to the Master , McAllister — it really will not do , ’ but she knew by his manner that he was not serious , and she thought again what a pity it was that the ugly scar so spoiled and distorted his face . |
| 18 | A squere he was and born in Wales |
| 19 | Only a desperate battle with the intruder prevented her becoming the seventh victim of the molester who was that at the top of the Melbourne police ‘ most wanted ’ list . |
| 20 | On closer inspection there was quite a muddle between ‘ Chinese imperialism ’ and ‘ Vietminh military operations ’ , but it seems to have been an elementary mistake to base the assessment entirely on capability rather than intention , which the paper admitted , and was an extraordinary foundation for Rusk 's conclusion which was that : ‘ Above all , we can not afford to jeopardise the considerable measure of success our policy has already had in Indo-China by neglecting to provide the proper maintenance for our investment . ’ |
| 21 | Within this group there was and remains great variation in financial status by age , class , and gender . |
| 22 | The more Jack was in demand , as a lecturer , teacher , and man of letters , the more danger there was that Warnie would be thrown back on his own society or , worse , on that of Mrs Moore . |
| 23 | So all , as I say erm , never used to be able to die with asthma there was but very few , but now it seems to be more common because people are not going for help when they need it . |
| 24 | For a moment it was as though they had stepped through the doorway and into a Mediterranean resort . |
| 25 | But at this moment it was as though he were watching a play … |
| 26 | I did n't see what kind of weapon it was that caused the injury . ’ |
| 27 | Despite her alleged impatience to hear about his experiences during the pay-off , she made no attempt to refer to it again , launching instead into a blow-by-blow account of a film she had seen the previous evening , going on to explain that she loved films , really loved them , that the only place to see them properly was the cinema , that her favourite was a wonderful old place in the centre of town called the Minerva , and what a shame it was that no one went to the cinema any more . |
| 28 | I was cast opposite him but I was nothing like the draw he was and we had had a dodgy time on tour . |
| 29 | Whatever implement it was that hit him went a long way round his skull but did n't penetrate very far , for which he should thank his stars . ’ |
| 30 | Because if I do n't escape , if something dreadful happened , I shall still know that the person I was and would have stayed if this had n't happened was not the person I now want to be . |