Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were bodies everywhere and everyone seemed to be screaming and crying . |
| 2 | Even their religious faith was subtly different from her own : they seemed hemmed in by a regiment of saints , feasts , rules , indulgences , penances and novenas , and everyone seemed to be permanently on guard against saying or doing anything that might be deemed heretical . |
| 3 | There were no forks , and everyone seemed to be using either his fingers or a knife . |
| 4 | And I grew to be a man . |
| 5 | Unfortunately the powerful television lights kept melting the glue , and in spite of extra large dollops of the stuff , the G from ‘ Winning ’ fell off every night and I had to be up a ladder fixing it back again at six the next morning . |
| 6 | Unfortunately the op went wrong and I had to be readmitted . |
| 7 | They let me off at four in the morning and I had to be in court by nine . |
| 8 | Nigel assured me that it would be more efficient than the wheel and produce considerably more electricity , and I had to be content with that . |
| 9 | After Charlie was carried off the aircraft , it was unable to even taxi and I had to be towed off the runway . |
| 10 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 11 | The ceiling was so low that Frank could never stand up straight and even the shorties like Brian , Terry and I had to be careful not to bang our heads when we were exercising . |
| 12 | I was on the borderline between a first- and second-class degree , and I had to be interviewed by the examiners to determine which I should get . |
| 13 | We had an afternoon and evening once a week ; and I had to be in at nine , not a minute later . |
| 14 | However , in the winter months , on a roof top it was cold and I had to be wrapped in blankets , even though the sun beat down mid afternoon . |
| 15 | I 'd coveted Lotta because she was coveted by other men and I had to be the winner . |
| 16 | By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes . |
| 17 | And I carried on doing that for quite a number of years and I managed to be voted onto the Edinburgh committee . |
| 18 | you know that awful viral thing that 's going around and I meant to be pass the infectious now , or I would n't be here with you . |
| 19 | The dread excitement of D-Day came , and I longed to be at Bletchley where I felt I had had a rôle . |
| 20 | I could see Malta spread out like a map 15,000 feet below me , and I longed to be down there — just to lie still and die peacefully . |
| 21 | But being me I could n't stand that very long , may be two or three months , and I asked to be moved . |
| 22 | The goat bells receded and I seemed to be moving through even deeper layers of peace . |
| 23 | As I left the room I seemed to be in a school and I saw many children in the hall and I seemed to be late for a class . |
| 24 | At eight o'clock I could see the faces of the audience well enough , but by and by the room became quite dark , and I seemed to be addressing an audience of silent and attentive ghosts . |
| 25 | MICHAEL WINNER and I ceased to be on speaking terms after I described him as a very average director who made very average movies . |
| 26 | And I began to be conscious of my unnatural state , and cry in the night sometimes for no real reason except that I wanted a man beside me — any man at all , I sometimes thought , and the little voice which had been so snooty before , now held its peace on the subject . |
| 27 | I could not make her understand it was herself , and I began to be afraid that her illness was real . |
| 28 | There was no sign of her at tea-time , and I began to be seriously worried . |
| 29 | Trouble-makers were visible by reason of their demeanour and I wished to be observed as little as possible . |
| 30 | Everything went on as normal and I tried to be as pleasant as I could and as loving towards Anne as I had always been , but she must have noticed that a part of me was absent : simply somewhere else . |