Example sentences of "[det] [pron] [verb] [was/were] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , another he said was that bloke came in later . |
| 2 | All I thought was that health monitor basically follows it but it just needs a , a little bit of clarification so that everybody knows exactly when forms are supposed to be produced . |
| 3 | All I had were some trout in the freezer by courtesy of the millpond . |
| 4 | All I understood was one word : Chagall . ’ |
| 5 | I went in first and all I saw was standard classroom with a blackboard down one wall , two lines of plain tables and some wooden chairs . |
| 6 | All I saw were this pair of legs sticking over the desk and him going aaaaagh ! |
| 7 | I was too frightened , all I heard was 3 shots , a bump and a scream . |
| 8 | All I needed was 10 pence — which was what you had to pay in those days if you said you came from the previous stop — but I did n't even have that . |
| 9 | All I need was a blooming all I need was five point nought point five baking powder about a teaspoon |
| 10 | Contrariety will only appear here if it is specified that apples ( or pears ) constituted the whole of the purchase : All I bought were some apples/pears . |
| 11 | At school , all I learned was that sex was wicked . |
| 12 | Almost all who died were Iraqi soldiers and in any war the soldier is not innocent . |
| 13 | All she had were some notes she made in the car , witnessed by Dexter . |
| 14 | And this was the one opportunity and all you got was one pervert ringing you up . |
| 15 | It seemed a funny sort of freedom to me when all you saw was poor people working like crazy and getting poorer and rich people not appearing to be doing much of anything except remaining quietly rich |
| 16 | All we heard was one scream for a bobby like you know , and they turned the lights on . |
| 17 | One parent is reported as saying : ‘ All we wanted was parental choice . ’ |
| 18 | Here , all we needed was enough food , and people to watch for enemies . |
| 19 | Every other farm in the dale was blessed with children able to share the work but all they had was elderly folk who did their level best to help but were just too old and infirm . |
| 20 | All they felt was another thump as the lorry bounced gently off the far side of the road and down the lane that ran towards the railway . |
| 21 | But the dig , which involved drilling three holes , was called off after all they found were eighteenth century foundations . |
| 22 | Yeah , the got to actually change the starter motor erm I mean on the A D fifties and the two litre they I would sort of , its only a hundred and fifty cc , but the next biggest thing they did was stopping er , a sixteen hundred so quite a lot of those , but nine times out of ten all they did was another part , so |
| 23 | Apprentice boy , my mate he er our friend dead and gone , he 's a good turner that runs er er reels , yet erm that 's all he got was five shillings a week after er no seven year 's apprenticeship . |
| 24 | That reminds me that it was Margaret Thatcher who said , Nobody would remember the Good Samaritan , if all he had was good intentions . |
| 25 | Dexter studied the TV presenter 's face for a clue as to her sincerity about regretting Nicola 's death but all he saw was brittle nervousness . |
| 26 | ‘ He says all he saw was two men in the front when it arrived . |
| 27 | This was chiefly because Mr Jones was absorbed with what he had read about ‘ problem children ’ being in desperate need of love and attention and at first all he wanted was professional guidance on how to give it more effectively . |
| 28 | An article in the Jewish Chronicle last year , in which Wesker wrote that all he wanted was enough money to give the play a chance to be seen in London led to a benefactor , who wishes to remain anonymous , phoning him up and offering to underwrite the venture to the tune of £13,500 . |
| 29 | It might be the name of a character ( there was one already he was sure sounded familiar ; it was one of his bits of Evidence ) , it might be the description of a place or a sequence of events … all he needed was that Key . |
| 30 | It was carved with very competent lettering , but all it said was 15 April 1945 and a list of names . |