Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the way Prince Charles had been reared and he wanted his boys to follow suit . |
| 2 | I had the strong feeling of help having been given so I clasped my hands and said a prayer , half mentally , half vocally , of thanks to God . |
| 3 | Brownlow felt he 'd been rebuked and it irritated him . |
| 4 | PS : Things are not too good at home — your Mother is well , but the house has been repossessed after I lost my job . |
| 5 | I should have been consulted because it affected me too , she thought , and wrote a terse letter to him . |
| 6 | However , when he is transferred to a strange yard with different handlers , even if it is a good establishment , his natural nervous temperament will reappear , explaining why so many new owners think their horse may have been drugged when they bought it . |
| 7 | I 'd better bring you up to date on what 's been happening since I saw you . ’ |
| 8 | Unless I mean this hedgehog could have been done if I left it could n't it ? |
| 9 | Everything in Jean-Claude 's life had been decided before he met me , and I was being fitted into a preordained pattern . |
| 10 | Nothing explicit had been said but she knew her relationship with Urquhart had crossed a new frontier : he had become an enemy . |
| 11 | Widely regarded as a principal rival and potential successor to Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhaven , Chaovalit had given little indication of his likely response to the Cabinet invitation which had been made after he announced his intention to retire early from the Army command [ see also p. 37188 ] . |
| 12 | However , Gerry Collins , the Irish minister for foreign affairs , later made it clear that progress had been made and he reaffirmed his Government 's commitment to the Anglo-Irish agreement . |
| 13 | It has been argued that they derived their name from that of Kenchester , which is identified as the Magnis of both the Antonine Itinerary and the Ravenna list , suggesting some tradition of local continuity , but there remain serious problems with this suggested derivation . |
| 14 | ESTATE agent Suzy Lamplugh has not been seen since she left her office on July 28 , 1986 , to keep an appointment with the mysterious Mr Kipper at a house . |
| 15 | The South Koreans are rated because they made it to the last World Cup finals , but personally I will always think of the North Koreans in ‘ 66 . |
| 16 | You 're suggesting that I damaged your car deliberately . |
| 17 | that 's where they 're going cos he said they he 's not actually for the itself |
| 18 | So you not it it 's do you say , you 're not actually against , you do n't mind er you you would n't mind them doing what they 're doing if they did it away from here . |
| 19 | I said , you 're joking and I said they sell the house to you |
| 20 | I 've been wondering if I knew you . ’ |
| 21 | DeVore might have been lying when he said he had no motive in helping her , but he was right about Mach wanting her dead . |
| 22 | Where had he been going when he left her ? |
| 23 | It was not his plan , but he 'd been outmanoeuvred and he knew it . |
| 24 | I do not consider that it has been shown that she exercised her discretion inappropriately or wrongly . |
| 25 | Add the chance to accelerate and brake Britain 's most famous locomotive , Pacific ‘ A3 ’ No. 4472 Flying Scotsman , on almost a mile of running line , and you soon come to realise why the Birmingham Railway Museum 's fortunes have been transformed since they granted their unique ‘ School for Steam ’ the right of way . |
| 26 | I am praised because I held it by the tail . ’ |
| 27 | so she said while you 've been doing that she said she 's been sort of gassing to anybody you know , so she said it 's been mentioned by management and they said oh well she 'll be able to sort of hovering while she stood there you know , time , time to natter she could be erm , got time to do that . |
| 28 | The charge has not even been proved but it left him 12 per cent behind Paul Tsongas in the New Hampshire primary . |
| 29 | The cous cousins Margaret and Joan have been found and I told you we found Tony while we were still on with Malcolm who was looking for him . |
| 30 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |