Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I did get to the bike I saw it was virtually in pieces and realised that Darren had been attempting the job himself . |
| 2 | Meeting Jack in his butch horn-rims gave me a feeling of intense familiarity , and the first time we banged glasses together in mid-kiss I knew it was sight at first love . |
| 3 | She said : ‘ Because I was a midwife I knew what was happening in my body so I was able to rationalise it , but it was still a shock . ’ |
| 4 | She said : ‘ Because I was a midwife I knew what was happening in my body so I was able to rationalise it , but it was still a shock . |
| 5 | To soften the blow I said it was only because I was held in such high esteem in the football world that I had to get rid of any player or , as in his case , friend , who showed any sign of being a no-hoper . |
| 6 | Once I reached the ski-road I thought I was ‘ home and dry ’ , until turning a bend I was confronted by a bull . |
| 7 | In my heart I knew he was dead , but I wanted to hear what she would say … |
| 8 | ‘ It was done by experts and in my heart I knew it was wrong . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But from where I was out in the audience I could n't properly see what he was doing to get that amazing sound — so of course I assumed he was playing bottleneck . |
| 10 | Of course I knew he was a genius . |
| 11 | Yes , of course I thought he was an interfering shit . |
| 12 | Of course I did he was my cousin . |
| 13 | Then in the afternoon I realized we were driving through countryside . |
| 14 | ‘ When I saw it here this afternoon I felt there was a tiny change . ’ |
| 15 | Before leaving the kitchen I noticed there were dirty coffee cups and plates piled in the sink . |
| 16 | ‘ All that money I thought he was spending on you , he was spending on drugs . |
| 17 | I thought that it was made of stone , but to my horror I discovered it was made of cement blocks ! |
| 18 | The first time i spotted a puffin I thought I was seeing things . |
| 19 | At first glance I thought I was looking at a cross between a gibbon and a goat . |
| 20 | When the blood hit the roof of the car I realised it was serious , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ As soon as you stepped out of the car I knew something was wrong , ’ her friend confided later over a cup of tea . |
| 22 | it has to give you that effect I thought it was marvellous |
| 23 | Looking at him in the dim light I saw he was clad only in vest and pants . |
| 24 | The greatest pleasure I gave him was the fact that nobody knew about me . |
| 25 | As a P.C. I felt I was not a success . |
| 26 | From the stack of suitcases strapped on the overhead rack and the fact that they were driving away from the coast I guessed they were returning from a holiday . |
| 27 | When the mother came up to her bedroom she asked what was going on . |
| 28 | Then when we had eaten tea she said she was going to play the harmonium . |
| 29 | A qualified doctor working as a senior houseman in a hospital pathology department she discovered she was pregnant in November 1988 . |
| 30 | but the other one , they did this vi video diary that they each spoke on and he was getting more upset , the more weight she lost he was more discontent in saying that |