Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] be [art] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What got me was the way she made this rather bizarre suggestion seem so utterly reasonable . |
| 2 | Nutty remembered supposing that Nails would hit a bullseye every time if he pretended it was a policeman he was shooting at , and wondered how she was going to reconcile that . |
| 3 | And the mono thing worked ; we found it was a format we could really use well , so for the time being we 're carrying on down the path . |
| 4 | ‘ Her qualifications were adequate but what hooked us was the photo she included . |
| 5 | As Shaffer added : ‘ What distinguished him was the energy he always demonstrated . |
| 6 | Perhaps what told him was the attention they paid to the drunk man who weaved his way , shouting and stumbling , down the car . |
| 7 | Harry decided that the embarrassment this caused him was a sign he was getting better . |
| 8 | His about-face once in office pleased economists , but robbed him of his mandate : the voters no longer believed he was the man they had elected . |
| 9 | ‘ Most people assumed it was the Iranians who blew the whistle on North , McFarlane and Poindexter , ’ Coleman says . |
| 10 | But an English ex-social worker has come forward after seeing her picture in TODAY and claimed she is a youngster he once counselled . |
| 11 | When he moved to Rangers as a player and the red cards flourished it was a quote he was destined to regret . |
| 12 | Detective Eddy showed he was a man who appreciated horses as he ran his hands over Vulcan 's body . |
| 13 | The organisation claimed he was a Catholic who had been involved with the Army , the Royal Ulster Constabulary and loyalist terrorists . |
| 14 | Although he could see no more than the man 's black outline , he sensed it was a rival he was moving towards , one who saw himself as having rights in the moor , even rights of possession over it . |
| 15 | I remarked it was an experience I would not care to repeat . |
| 16 | Fred said , ‘ The only other time he ever ordered it was the night you rang us up in Leeds to say you 'd got the house and we could move in by the week we were spliced . ’ |
| 17 | He did so well he has since won three England caps as a midfielder and Liverpool decided he was the man they wanted , although they have tried him back in his striking role in recent games . |
| 18 | In the end , he decided it was a classic he could n't improve on . |
| 19 | What haunted her was the way he had kissed her — and how she had been unable to do anything but respond ! |
| 20 | He has denied he is on the verge of quitting — ‘ Im suprised if people thought I am the sort who takes my bat and ball home if I do nt get my way ’ . |
| 21 | I thought you were a hallucination you know , a fantasy , standing there all cream and amber in your fur wrappings . |
| 22 | Nicolo Sabatini still thought she was a woman who supplemented her income through occasional dalliances with men willing to pay for the pleasure of her company . |
| 23 | The only people who really knew him were the labourers who helped out at the farm during the periods of sheep-shearing , haytime and harvest . |
| 24 | He did not recognize me but I knew he was the gentleman I had met on the stairs when visiting Miss Havisham . |
| 25 | But in between meals , for tea and whenever they went out Jill relied on Farley 's Rusks because she knew it was a name she could trust . |
| 26 | He knew it was a moment he would never forget , for in that brief space of time his world changed . |
| 27 | She knew it was the thing she must n't do , must n't let herself be persuaded into , that it was death , the end , that there was no going back , you could never get back to the same position . |
| 28 | Cos we thought it was a bit what they had pre-wrapped ? |
| 29 | ‘ I thought it was a weakness I had but it was n't — it proved to be my strength . |
| 30 | As she blacked out , she thought it was a pity she had n't gotten round to finishing the Christmas decorations . |