Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , erm I think the first novel of George Eliot that I read was Adam Bede , and I think that that 's actually quite a good starting point . |
| 2 | And then there was another sound which I did n't like to think about at all , but which I presumed was Jack Scamp hailing his last London cab . |
| 3 | Others I met were Mr Richard Martin , the Hon. |
| 4 | The other interesting runner I rode was Auntie Dot , particularly as she has the advantage of being schooled over a National-type fence on her trainer John Webber 's gallops . |
| 5 | All I got was sympathy and a piece of House of Commons headed notepaper . |
| 6 | I tried being John Carradine earlier this evening , but it did n't get me anywhere . |
| 7 | We 've looked at pi squared and we 've talked about the , the term I used was association . |
| 8 | You see I 'd been Oxford . |
| 9 | I kept trying to remember what a good time Sugar and Spite had been — and Goodstyle , a history of art revue I 'd written and pinched and compiled for Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art , Dundee , when I 'd been writer in residence . |
| 10 | I 'd been number one golden boy until then . ’ |
| 11 | I mean , schools the only thing I was , I 'd been governor of a a school for thirty years that was used to depress me with the fact that we could n't get for our schools the things that we needed because to me and to all the people in Harlow who have children are concerned that we are being stopped so much money on education which is the most vital thing in our children 's lives ! |
| 12 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 13 | that 's what I thought , I was n't quite sure , I just wanted I 'd been sort of going through various things , and I want I 'd wanted to make absolutely sure |
| 14 | Well when we went there was Phyllis , Julie , and me and I was in the middle of because I 'd never been on ice skates before , I 'd been roller skating holding each side of them right , and they let me go and I just went and I was going down and I went bang right on the bloody side . |
| 15 | Well Of course came the War and and er like for about twelve years like before the War I 'd been president of the Hosiery Finishers Association . |
| 16 | Mr Tholen is a governor and trustee of Yarm School and says : ‘ The one thing the area was lacking when I came was day education for boys . |
| 17 | We have no idea what people are meant are meant to be doing when they 're voting , this was a problem I raised are people meant to be expressing their interest , are people meant to be voting like members of a jury ? |
| 18 | The air dissolved around cordon bleu , and all I heard were parrot screeches , barking and the blowing of a horse 's soft mouth — that was him — and all I could say was : Quack quack quack . |
| 19 | Andrew 's mother Janice , 23 , who was walking with them in nearby Haxby , said : ‘ The first thing I heard was Carol scream , then a bang . |
| 20 | Andrew 's mother Janice , 23 , who was walking with them in nearby Haxby , said : ‘ The first thing I heard was Carol scream , then a bang . |
| 21 | The noise must have attracted the attention of the people in the pub because the next thing I heard was Dad 's voice booming above the bedlam . |
| 22 | The only thing I heard was dogs and rats . |
| 23 | The biggest loss I recorded was 11oz in a 9lb 5oz bream which had been in a keepnet for nine hours . |
| 24 | The doctors there said all I needed was love and attention . ’ |
| 25 | All I needed was fuel , and I would have a fire . |
| 26 | What I needed was medicine , real bad . |
| 27 | What I needed were points on the line which exist rather than those which are only theoretical . |
| 28 | All I felt was relief that I could look over my shoulder now . |
| 29 | Unfortunately not , the only two that I knew were Al ( Byrne ) and Kev Daly ( Who also played in the youth FA cup final ) Because I went to school with them — they were both 2 years below me but Al 's brother was in my year and Kev went out with a girl who sat in front of me . |
| 30 | The ones I knew were Bridget Margaret and Mary . |