Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [be] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all .
2 Yes that 's how that 's how it was , yes all I was on that gate , I 'd been on that gate myself dozens of times .
3 I 'd been at that school for two terms , eight months at the most .
4 I supposed I 'd been like that too , but I could n't remember .
5 How glad I 'd been in those first nights with him .
6 I 'd been in this business long enough to know he was lying and that something was going on . ’
7 They all put in their tenpenny 's worth about what they thought should be filmed , but nobody asked my opinion , and I 'd been in more films than the rest of the cast put together .
8 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 ?
9 At least , all the other eighteen-year-olds I knew were like this , so I presumed it was normal .
10 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 .
11 They get on fine , which I thought was against all the rules .
12 The figure that I gave was of those who are directly or indirectly affected by the opencast sector .
13 ‘ The first film I did was with these other guys who were a little camera shy , ’ recalls Rod , who has appeared in a number of Sara 's group sex films .
14 Often they say , ‘ I thought that I had been through all this and settled it in my mind ten years ago , yet here I am having to come to terms with the same issue all over again . ’
15 I had been up most of the night on surveillance and , dressed in ‘ raggies ’ in a seedy dockside pub outside my own police area , had posed as a ‘ driver ’ for a drug-dealer .
16 I had been along this track many times , and this was the first occasion on which I hesitated to pass the rocks .
17 Within a week , I received a duplicated form to fill in stating all my details and demanding proof that I had been on that flight .
18 I had been on all the northern capitals .
19 The morning after I had been to this party at the Spanish Embassy , I received an invitation from the Spanish Ambassador and Señora Puig de la Bellacasa to go to their Farewell Party .
20 All I had was in that crate , its death
21 The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself .
22 How would you describe , if you 'd been through that jungle what would you have said ?
23 I wonder , if you 'd been at that dinner , would you have joined them in their scepticism .
24 ‘ I brought in the Readers ' Digests , ’ she muttered , unable to apply the brakes when she 'd been on such a powerful roll .
25 R R Ricky er Richie er longer than she 'd been with any you know , boy that she got on with
26 Her head was aching a bit too , but then that was not surprising perhaps after what she 'd been through this evening .
27 It was the first time she 'd been in such a grand vehicle , and when she looked over the side she seemed so high up she was dizzy .
28 She moved away from him and went over to the couch she had taken her ease in the last time she 'd been in this room .
29 If she 'd been in any doubt as to the strength of my feelings , she had no excuse any longer .
30 Jessamy remembered how very annoyed she had been about that article .
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