Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not because I was made to be late , but I , I , I , I 'd , me mother had made me cos she said you got ta come home to your dinner and there was no buses there were trams in them days , but I 'd got to get into the town . |
| 2 | I saw that I was intended to be subject to people like these two , was doomed to marry Syl as surely as I had been born of my mother . |
| 3 | ‘ I was hoping to be able to use my office , ’ Miles said slowly . |
| 4 | It did n't bother me , I knew I was engaged to be married , and in those days as soon as you were going to be married you left your job … that is the only thing we girls had to look forward to , getting married and going on our own , getting our bottom drawer together and things like that … |
| 5 | I was engaged to be married once , an engagement that was a mistake and I was lucky to get out of without too much trouble and then I met you and that is the sum total of my ‘ sexual demands ’ as you put it . |
| 6 | ‘ I was trying to be polite . |
| 7 | I put it on the arm on the chair , I was trying to be clever and I sat down and it had like material there and I caught the material and I just sort , all fell down here , it 's a lovely smell . |
| 8 | I was trying to be cool , but the statues were not funny to me . |
| 9 | The date to remember is Friday , July 17 , when I was honoured to be present at its rebirth , so to speak . |
| 10 | ‘ You are not of that opinion ? ’ enquired Lili , her head tilted in a way that I was beginning to be familiar with . |
| 11 | I was beginning to be afraid … ’ |
| 12 | I was asked to be discreet as the lady in question , a possible grand-daughter living on the island , was of affluent mien and might not like to be reminded of her origins . |
| 13 | I was asked to be discreet . |
| 14 | Just as Sgt Wilson 's thesis was channelled to me because I was known to be interested in research , so many police research departments now get allocated the task of reading the essays submitted by sergeants and inspectors for NEBS or DMS qualifications . |
| 15 | ‘ I was gratified to be able to answer promptly , and I did . |
| 16 | ‘ When I was at home , I was expected to be submissive , obedient and totally dependent on my parents . |
| 17 | Have you ever said , ‘ I think I was meant to be big ’ or ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2 lbs ( 0.9kg ) ’ or ‘ I ca n't diet ’ ? |
| 18 | The Scottish Mountaineering Club 's Munros book had warned of a false summit cairn , and if I had longed to see the view from Beinn Dorain , and look down on that road from which the young Gray had gazed upwards 25 years ago , I was going to be disappointed unless the mist lifted . |
| 19 | I had erm I was going to be representative of this committee at a erm safety seminar for three days at the beginning of this week that I was n't able to go to , and Councillor Kurtz has very kindly gone in my place , which is why she is not able to come to this meeting . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's just that Uncle was a cautious old devil and — ’ he looked away ‘ — he got the impression I was a bit of a spendthrift because — well , because I used to get through my allowance pretty rapidly when I was away at school , and … oh , hell , he wanted to make sure I was going to be dull and sensible about all that money when he finally kicked the bucket . |
| 21 | ‘ I had planned where I was going to live and what projects I was going to be involved in . ’ |
| 22 | I was going to be late for Jack Mason and made for the door . |
| 23 | I was going to be seductive , with satin pyjamas and satin-smooth hair — and a discretely protected reproductive system . |
| 24 | They said I had to lie down for two hours because I was going to be groggy , but I thought Fred would be worried . |
| 25 | If I had thought I was going to be Prime Minister , I would have taken more trouble to understand the various theories ’ . |
| 26 | She adds : ‘ I lay awake at nights wondering whether I was going to be honest . |
| 27 | This meant that there was now effectively a time limit on how long I was going to be able to stay in my broom cupboard . |
| 28 | That summer I thought I was going to be able to work in the shop full-time up until I started at St. Martin 's School of Art in the autumn . |
| 29 | So there was no way I was going to be able to step out as well . |
| 30 | However , if I was going to be able to maintain anything like good water quality , an essential requirement in any marine aquarium , my basic marine tank had to be a minimum size of 900 × 380 × 300mm ( 36″ × 15″ × 12″ ) with a capacity of 104 litres ( 23 gallons ) . |