Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Animals always came first — every book I read was about them . ’ |
| 2 | And all thanks I got was to be sacked at end of summer — though only for a few months , that is , 'cos of the revolution . |
| 3 | We were both professors at Imperial College in 1956–59 but the impression I got was of a professor somewhat on the Kissinger model — a status symbol for the college , but not an approachable colleague . |
| 4 | the only thing I got was of Stella |
| 5 | The last thing I expected was to be woken from unconsciousness by an air hostess with the face of an angel , gently patting on my shoulder and telling me that the plane had just landed in Miami . |
| 6 | The salesman I approached was in his early forties and begrudgingly admitted that he had a fair knowledge of the wordprocessor we use . |
| 7 | The only other official site I used was in Isafjördur but in the first week of June , at minus five degrees , I had been alone . |
| 8 | The next time I noticed was at the terminus |
| 9 | The only payment I received was for travelling expenses from COHSE . |
| 10 | The over-whelming impression I received was of a well-planned , organised operation where the human resources - always the most important part of any undertaking - are properly used . |
| 11 | I have looked up my own record over the past six months , and I find that the only courthouse whose closure I approved was in Leicestershire and was precisely 500 yd from a new courthouse costing £8 million which we had erected to take its place . |
| 12 | " The class to which I belonged was by no means the lowest . |
| 13 | One of the best suggestions I heard was to er change it to Channel Four . |
| 14 | The saddest story I heard was of a sheriff officer going to a door to collect items that were to be sold at auction . |
| 15 | The special food I fancied was of — all things — curry . |
| 16 | The only poor shot I hit was at the 14th , when a little wedge went right over the green . ’ |
| 17 | I had been trained in Mespot in the art of aerial survey by the Royal Engineers , which I felt was of no practical use to my squadron , thus I became the squadron photographic officer ( small p and small o ) . |
| 18 | I know I was lucky , my head and body having sustained a beating I felt was within an inch of my life . |
| 19 | ‘ All the same , ’ she said , ‘ all I meant was for her to break a leg . ’ |
| 20 | did n't mean that , what I meant was on this er exercise were , was it written down for instance that erm P C has Smith er Smith and Weston number thirty two ? |
| 21 | He seemed to answer every question I had ever asked and to have lived a life far above everything I knew was to be aimed at . |
| 22 | I went and sat in a field and experienced that great bubbling up of love for the Father and for Jesus which I expressed alternately in English and in this new language which I did not understand but which I knew was to be addressed to God and which built me up as I used it . |
| 23 | A little Gibraltarian girl with pneumonia in both lungs , was not responding to the May and Baker Lung resection I knew was in progress . |
| 24 | the first piece of Bhimji 's work I saw was at her degree show at Goldsmiths ' College in 1987 . |
| 25 | My delight at everything I saw was beyond bounds — gardens were allotted my sister and self — there was the canal to fish in — a pony to ride — besides animals of different kinds … |
| 26 | erm , the one thing that I thought was under person who is who is talking he 's got ta be I think he 's got ta be firm so that the person understands that erm that what is required but he 's also got ta be fair at the same time has n't he ? |
| 27 | I 'd never been in hospital before , and after the first day I felt well enough to notice things like the faint smell , which I thought was of death , but which was disinfectant , and to be mildly infuriated by hospital routine . |
| 28 | Well , what I thought was with this one world week thing at least people that , who go might be more receptive to what we have to say to show and sell . |
| 29 | Afterwards he simply said : ‘ It was my biggest achievement yet and I was not at all disappointed as I did something that I thought was beyond me . |
| 30 | They get on fine , which I thought was against all the rules . |