Example sentences of "was [verb] [coord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Letters went home to our parents about it , our weekend leave was stopped and we was n't allowed to associate with any of the other girls . |
| 2 | Two days later , he was dismissed and as a consequence of his dismissal , his unemployment benefit was stopped and he received reduced rate income support of , I understand , £23.79 a week . |
| 3 | ‘ I know that no harm was intended and it may be that no harm was done . |
| 4 | ‘ Last season he felt the pressure from the terraces when the team was struggling and he was skipper . |
| 5 | I was struggling and I was n't going anywhere . |
| 6 | I knew he was irritated and he knew I was ashamed . |
| 7 | Flames burst from the panel on which he was resting and he leapt up . |
| 8 | ‘ We were supposed to be travelling incognito , but a ‘ Carry On ’ film was showing on the Rock at the time , so he was mobbed and we were whisked through customs very quickly . |
| 9 | In view of her deteriorating clinical condition and colonoscopic biopsy findings suggesting cytomegalovirus infection , prednisolone was withdrawn and she was treated with a course of intravenous gangcyclovir ( 500 mg daily ) for two weeks . |
| 10 | For the final tape a small production team of seven from the two schools was formed and they spent an extra day on this activity . |
| 11 | Later , IFAR [ International Foundation for Art Research ] was formed and we turned over our files to them . |
| 12 | Signora Puglia was consulted and she suggested that she should give me private lessons after school to bring me up to the standard of the others . |
| 13 | The tension was eased and they both laughed because they knew it was impossible , her getting tipsy and aggressive and him getting turned on by it . |
| 14 | From the seventeenth century onwards , much of this land to the south of the Wash was drained and it has been farmed intensively ever since . |
| 15 | It was raining and they travelled on the bus in silence . |
| 16 | It was raining and it was threatening . |
| 17 | It was raining and he decided to drop her outside the front door , sheltered as it was by the portico with two columns . |
| 18 | But she was cooking and she was going you take , she goes , she goes , some people like it a little bit on the side , you know , with their food , some people on the side . |
| 19 | The field was limited but it was not limited solely to Lady Diana Spencer . |
| 20 | It sounded an ideal way to explore some of the remoter parts of this region , but our time was limited and we wanted to move on to the higher mountains . |
| 21 | Charlie 's office was small and poky and lightless and overcrowded , but the number of possible hiding places was limited and it seemed that she-d tried them all . |
| 22 | It is , it has been pleaded at various points throughout paragraph three in reciting the history , that at the various meetings between Peter and Mr that no advice of this nature was given and it is the plaintiff 's case that failure to give advice of this nature , even if they did not ask for it , which they did not , was a breach of the professional duty owed to them by the defendant . |
| 23 | What happened was that it was the son and I could n't get he was given and he 's never had it in his life . |
| 24 | Well before dawn came it was clear that the wound was poisoned and he would not be able to make another hard day 's journey . |
| 25 | Well before dawn came it was clear that the wound was poisoned and he would not be able to make another hard day 's journey . |
| 26 | ‘ Why Tink , ’ cried Peter , ‘ it was poisoned and you drank it to save my life . |
| 27 | In October 1962 the choir felt it was difficult for them to give a strong lead to the congregational singing because of where the choir was placed and it was recommended that the Trustees should take expert advice on the rearranging of the pulpit area of the church . |
| 28 | right , then it wo n't be on blue paper if it was posted but you did put down that two |
| 29 | The green man was flashing and we were crossing it and it just li I had to jump back onto the pavement ! |
| 30 | Garland was shaken and he was still making up his mind how to react when the doorbell rang . |