Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] was [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons which are too complicated to bother with , I had left Scotland , where I was for Christmas , on December 30th to go to the Isle of Wight and spend that most braw , bricht , moonlicht and Caledonian of celebrations , Hogmanay in the Deep South . |
| 2 | And if I carry on with this relationship I shall just end up where I was in New York , miserable , unhappy , alone . |
| 3 | The Mirror discovered she was involved in allegations against Stephen and told police and his lawyers in Wolverhampton , West Midlands , where he was in custody . |
| 4 | If you asked him where a particular coin was he would be able to tell you exactly where it was on display , even to where it was pinned in a case . |
| 5 | Although I was at art school for four years , I was hardly ever there , I always worked at home . |
| 6 | Although I was in pain I was conscious and can remember seeing Callanish itself . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm lighter now than I was at Tottenham . |
| 8 | So what if I am an even worse footballer now than I was at school . |
| 9 | I never expect to be more moved by a man and a horse than I was by Winter and Mandarin this afternoon . |
| 10 | My batman , who is a positive Jeeves , is with me and , truly , I am far less aware of being at war than I was in England . |
| 11 | I was satisfied that the Luciferi had killed her and I was determined , in my own cowardly way , to exact revenge once I was in France . |
| 12 | It is suggested that she did not appreciate the legal position , although she was in receipt of legal advice at the time . |
| 13 | Although she was in favour of keeping the lily garden all white , the awesome echo of Miss Jekyll 's ‘ Chaste ! ’ faded and , in place of unrelieved arum lilies , a plethora of white alternatives was installed . |
| 14 | Sheila lives in a council maisonette and has not been involved with social services recently , although she was in care for two years from the age of 14 . |
| 15 | Although she was in pain , there was no evidence that the arm was broken and so two days later she went skiing to Switzerland . |
| 16 | She was no more a disciple of Churchill than she was of Heath . |
| 17 | Well , anyway , thought Julia , she could n't be worse at waiting than she was at typing , so she 'd asked what the rate of pay was . |
| 18 | Would Mrs Crump be less happy with him in a year or two than she was with Crump now ? |
| 19 | The famous high temper which no one , not even her formidable papa , knew how to cope with , once she was on fire , was being controlled by a man whose outward-seeming was mild and pleasant , although beneath Dr Neil 's bland exterior she was beginning to sense a will as strong and resolute as her own . |
| 20 | Once she was in bed with Edward Bear , the light out , the night shut safe outside behind the drawn curtains , Melanie cried a little because she was not tucked into her bed with the satin headboard and the striped coverlet . |
| 21 | Well we the the main place was Cleethorpes , although we was at Blackpool when , in fourteen , when the War started . |
| 22 | Dean Bexton sold the car for £500 although it was worth £2,000 . |
| 23 | As a result BSL never committed large amounts of money , although it was under pressure to do so . |
| 24 | Or it would be approximately ten shillings for a day because we had to work Saturday morning , although it was at Newark and got to travel twenty |
| 25 | Representation of shires and boroughs had also been determined : the King no longer had discretion to decide which communities might send up M.P.s , although it was of course open to him to make new enfranchisements by royal charter . |
| 26 | Although it was of course the truth … |
| 27 | The early history of the album is unknown , although it was in America at one time , as it bears a tantalising price of $35 inscribed in the upper right corner of the first page . |
| 28 | This picture frame moulding came complete with all the scratches , dents and marks that make it look old , although it was in fact new . |
| 29 | So , in theory , someone of my age had half an hour of free time , although it was in fact impossible to find any place where one could be alone . |
| 30 | Inside , the room was bathed in a chic and sickly light , so sickly and so chic that it gave the impression of being a chartreuse light ( chartreuse is this year 's chic colour ; its sickliness needs no introduction from me ) although it was in fact pink . |