Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [pron] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody mentioned that they were puppets themselves . |
| 2 | He realised that there were things he had done ; but now he did nothing . |
| 3 | Both Gimbert and Lascubé argued that it was Griffiths who was responsible for the collapsed scrums , but obviously Gimbert 's inexperience played a part in his inability to work out a solution . |
| 4 | But Carol Wilson believed that it was Branson who was ‘ stalling ’ over giving her any control in the company . |
| 5 | For a while afterwards , it seemed that it was Sean who had been cursed . |
| 6 | In his defence , the defendant claimed that it was T who had approached him and that he had not initiated the agreement . |
| 7 | Yesterday we discovered that it is Portugal which dictates the pace now . |
| 8 | Then she discovered that it was Travis she had to thank that the news of her engagement to his cousin was all over Vasey 's , as , still smiling , he stated , ‘ Hope you do n't mind , Naylor , but I came in earlier to have a quick word with Leith , and could n't resist telling her assistant that a possible reason for Leith being late this morning could be her getting engaged to you at the weekend . ’ |
| 9 | That 's how I used to act , until I realized it was just a sham and I decided that it was time I was honest with myself . |
| 10 | With the greatest of reluctance , I decided that it was time I bought myself another detector . |
| 11 | After more than ten years he decided that it was time he retrieved some of the money , so from 1921 to 1923 he put the wages of his chauffeur on Arsenal 's expense account and in 1926 charged the club £125 for hiring , over two years , a motor car . |
| 12 | What I said to you yesterday , I hinted that there were difficulties we do n't know how they are to be resolved . |
| 13 | Other departmental proposals were considered : They were all valid in their own right , but … too narrow , and we felt that they were ones which we would have to attempt to deal with out of capitation . |
| 14 | Dalgliesh felt that it was time he contributed something to the speculation . |
| 15 | Do you think Elvis understood that you were people who needed to make a living on a day-to-day , month-to-month , year-to-year basis ? |
| 16 | Already the warmth was draining from the air and he knew that it was time they were moving . |
| 17 | One child , wide-eyed , wrote down this reaction — ‘ I never knew that there was music which made you think ’ . |
| 18 | For reasons which baffle me , the referee thought that it was Gimbert who was pulling down the scrum . |
| 19 | She thought that it was Matey who had encouraged Dr Neil to become a doctor and take up an East End practice . |
| 20 | Then he remembered that it was Volkov who was being unfaithful . |
| 21 | However , for one in five of the people in residential homes for a year or more , our respondents said that there were relatives who they felt might have visited more often . |
| 22 | The same month , a United Nations commission , set up as part of the peace agreement , said that it was d'Aubuisson who had arranged the murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero in 1980 . |
| 23 | I just do n't know what was wrong with it , I 've work , Jason said Ja we a subject turned to what he wore in bed Ja and Jason said nothing , right but he said when it 's winter I wear my t-shirt and the pants and I cuddle up to my glow worm and we was all taking the mickey out of his glow worm , right so I 've come home and I read the paper and I 'll see glow worm in it , so I cut it out and give it to him and he stuck it up in the factory ! |
| 24 | Dalgliesh wondered if there were things his companion wished to confide which could more easily be said out of the office . |