Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [verb] was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it tiring to have somebody in the house whom I knew was not really enjoying what she was doing . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | . I I mine was pretty steady . |
| 5 | It 's just a more and more I I think was just a |
| 6 | It set West Indies a target of 225 , which everyone knew was about three hundred too low , and inevitably Greenidge and Haynes began with a century partnership . |
| 7 | which I thought was rather ironic about Adele , you know , she managed to kind of erm erm quell the the French , |
| 8 | I mean , when I think I was with my bags and things and he went , Jo , the message has gone through , everything 's fine I went , your sister , I relayed that little message which I thought was which I thought was rather comical , you see , and I said , oh did you , and he said yeah . |
| 9 | However , having said that , I was impressed with the range of Book Tokens ’ advertising , which I thought was carefully targeted and attractive . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Stuart said he 'd given Oliver some money , which I thought was quite unnecessary , not that I said so . |
| 13 | She even got round giving me the wrong answer first , which I thought was quite subtle . |
| 14 | Which I thought was quite nice . |
| 15 | Which I thought was quite funny . |
| 16 | He said about a , a free gift as the first thing and then he said about made enquiries of others which I thought was almost er er a , a way there of saying well , you know , oth other people more or less recommend Friends Provident . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She was n't worried about her wardrobe in comparison to me having landed on the on the road , which I thought was extremely good considering that she I 'd just demolished a nice piece of her f er a piece of her furniture . |
| 19 | I reached for The Mayor of Casterbridge which I knew was somewhere in the bed . |
| 20 | It seemed that there was some , because his face , which I knew was not handsome , with its thin nose and high , bony forehead and small mouth , had still some special quality for me which an unbiased analysis of the features could n't explain . |
| 21 | The fact that he had been ‘ much distressed ’ by that prospect proved his genuine regard , which I knew was not contrived . |
| 22 | ‘ Did you know she 's a Catholic ? ’ he asked me as though it really mattered , and he gestured with his cigarette at a crucifix that hung over the narrow bed , which I knew was there solely for sentimental purposes because it had belonged to Ellen 's dead father , but to McIllvanney it was a challenge . |
| 23 | She crammed it , tissue and all , into the left pocket of her fur coat , which I hoped was either fake or farmed , without looking at it . |
| 24 | Vic said he thought two camps were a good idea because there would have been two originally and it would psychologically prepare the Indians for playing their ancestors , which I said was just a rationalisation of elitism . |
| 25 | I write in response to Katy Deepwell 's essay , ‘ Time Ladies ’ , ( May/June 1992 ) which I felt was too negative for the situation as I see it : Feminism has been a catalyst for analytical practice . |
| 26 | But I think in the few months that this administration has er , has been in office , it is encouraging to see that the county council is operating inside the budget , er , which I believe was actually set by the previous administration , erm , er over which we had no influence whatsoever . |
| 27 | So having gone there I got counselling which I found was very useful to me . |
| 28 | The polytechnic handbook which I used was not much help and my tutor has told me to ask the librarian for help . |
| 29 | It looked as if she 'd been up in the loft for something , which I suppose was rather rash in her state of health . |
| 30 | By way of Nero and his brief successor Galba ( who happened to be 73 , which is Mr Healey 's present age ) , we arrived at a picture , on page 483 , of Mr Healey dressed as Father Christmas , which I suggested was deeply melancholy . |