Example sentences of "[pron] was [verb] [prep] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was invited by two revolutionary movements , the Black Panthers and the Palestinians … . these two groups have a very strong erotic charge . |
| 2 | I was sentenced to two years in prison . |
| 3 | Jane Hinton-Clifton , who runs the college in Duke Street , said : ‘ I was visited by two officials of the North Yorkshire TEC who told me our funding was being cut off . |
| 4 | I was elected for two years running onto the NUS Lesbian and Gay Committee and served for one year on the London Students ' Organization executive committee . |
| 5 | ‘ I was struck by two things — the refusal of battered victims to give in to despair , those who could not speak gave me a thumbs up , and the insistence of sorrowing parents and girlfriends that ‘ we 'll never let them win ’ , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I was living in two different realities . |
| 7 | And when I was when I got to New York , I was met by two first cousins from two different families er Bert who 's er er nephew of my my mother 's sister Laura Anne in in New York , and another one , William who 'd been very successful vice president of or something . |
| 8 | I was met by two organizers of the institute , and , who took me by car to Campinas which is not far away . |
| 9 | DIANE GAMOCHE ( STUDENT ) : I was hiding beneath two desks , and he stopped and shot at me twice but nothing happened . |
| 10 | I WAS disturbed by two items in the Mirror 's study of teenage sex . |
| 11 | This made me feel a quite genuine shame and remorse although — it was as if I was torn into two separate parts both rationally and emotionally — I knew that hurt bewilderment was something I should beware of : he was my enemy who would use any art to outwit me if I could . |
| 12 | ‘ At some point I was torn between two or three different possibilities of how to go ahead ’ said Christina Gillespie , the secretary of the group , ‘ when I got a phone-call from the Salvation Army , saying that they were praying for me . |
| 13 | As I waited at the King 's Stairs for my boat back to Venturous I was approached by two very splendidly attired and heavily braided Merchant Service Officers whom I had noticed staring at me curiously during the reception . |
| 14 | I was issued after the immediately after the briefing I was issued with two weapons a revolver and a shot gun . |
| 15 | I was interviewed by two men in suits . |
| 16 | When I first applied for part time training in September 1984 I was interviewed within two weeks of the birth of my first child . |
| 17 | At one point , I was overtaken by two cars travelling along the narrow twisting country lane I was paralleling , and there was hardly any wind about , either . |
| 18 | The question is , as you rightly say , in psychoanalysis , the analyst usually has a vast amount much more than people normally realize , I mean , I recall from my own analysis , and mean I was going between two and four times a week erm , for an hour each time and it was a good six months before she would make any interpretations , and I used to get very frustrated , you know , I used to say things like , well , what do you think of this , Miss , you know . |
| 19 | At one time I was going through two grams a day . |
| 20 | I was working till two o'clock this morning . ’ |
| 21 | I was sandwiched between two big men who joked over my head about how squashed they all were . |
| 22 | In the end , I was left with two voices in my ear , Normandin saying , ‘ It saved my life ’ and the Government saying that making a fuss could have severe consequences . |
| 23 | A 1986 U.S. study found an increased risk to expectant mothers , but this was said to be a small sample , which was followed by two further studies . |
| 24 | Scotland coaches Johnny Brown and Bob Easson praised their side 's defence , yet they were left to lament on some daft errors in a match which was pockmarked by two flare-ups — one straight from the kick-off — and some rank inconsistent refereeing , where the advantage law was entirely disregarded . |
| 25 | One type had a timber roof which was supported on two rows of columns which divided the hall into a larger , central area and two narrower , side aisles . |
| 26 | Throughout the course which was run into two parts , six weeks apart , role play and presentations abounded , with everybody taking part , including the tutors . |
| 27 | 1977 saw the opening of the major Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition , ‘ Change and Decay : The Future of our Churches ’ , which was organized by two of SAVE 's committee members . |
| 28 | At childrens ' hall , which was picketed for two days , picketed for two days , by this now happy band of Labour people in |
| 29 | Inside of Little Stonham was one room , which was split in two . |
| 30 | A major improvement was the use of a rechargeable battery inside the transmitter , which was recharged via two protruding wires . |