Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pretended to be another friend , and asked for your phone number . " |
| 2 | The more she tried to be that person the more I lost my sense of who I 'd fallen for in the first place . |
| 3 | The War Office Section MO 9 came into being that afternoon and began steps to raise the special force of commandos named after those Boer farmers of the South African war . |
| 4 | The Spadeadam Rocket Establishment came into being some time after 1950 when the Cold War was at its height . |
| 5 | Putting data into a spreadsheet is simplicity itself , but remembering where that data came from is another matter . |
| 6 | He took the envelope from Sandison who also handed over what he believed to be enough money to cover the postage . |
| 7 | Soon , he lost track of time and it was after what he judged to be many days , he was heartened to hear , occasionally , the far-off sound of metal on rock as his friends tried to clear a way through to him . |
| 8 | Michael Banks actually seemed to be that man . |
| 9 | The fact that local people had not been informed of the exploratory work as it proceeded , or asked what they thought , had been discussed at some length during the evening , and there seemed to be little doubt that people who are to be " invaded " by a major installation for which they will bear much incidental , site-specific cost , would like to be party to discussions about the project . |
| 10 | There seemed to be little hope for the future , just a mundane job and low pay and fewer prospects for meeting the opposite sex once university days were over . |
| 11 | Following this there was considerable despondency amongst the committee as there seemed to be little hope for the future . |
| 12 | Finally , as summarized in table 4 , there seemed to be little interest in some of the current general matters of concern in education . |
| 13 | He was small for his age , dark , large-eyed — in fact he seemed to be all Diane and almost nothing of his father . |
| 14 | It seemed to be all suckers and tentacles . |
| 15 | They seemed to be all sizes . |
| 16 | ‘ There never seemed to be any time , ’ she said defensively . |
| 17 | Coming on the heels of the Ashby Report , which had lacked conviction in Tutorials and had recommended that the reference to them in grant regulations be dropped , the Board 's decision seemed to be another blow to what had traditionally been regarded as the apex of WEA work . |
| 18 | The group then recalled their own experiences with children who refused to work and how often there seemed to be another child in the family who ‘ can not do anything wrong ’ . |
| 19 | There seemed to be another impasse . |
| 20 | It seemed to be another fit like the last one , only worse . |
| 21 | ‘ There seemed to be some doubt in your mind about my exact gender , ’ Maggie put in drily , and he cast her an irritated look , his dark eyes running over her again as she sat facing him , her hands in the pockets of the loose shirt . |
| 22 | I can not remember if he asked if they were British or not , but there seemed to be some doubt as to whose side these bombers were on . |
| 23 | In all four cases where there seemed to be some knowledge of the victim before the alleged offences were committed , the cases were contested by alleging the woman 's consent . |
| 24 | Basically , the latest , and I must n't take any credit , and there seemed to be some credit , Chair . |
| 25 | There seemed to be some kind of a row going on upstairs . |
| 26 | It seemed to be some kind of ferry , because they were being poled across from one side of the canal to the other — while they remained standing , like people on a packed London bus . |
| 27 | of for a long time ) and this was a puzzle still to be solved , but at least there seemed to be some evidence that fusion was happening , proving their original hypothesis . |
| 28 | Finally , there also seemed to be some evidence than an internal bias towards helplessness ( similar to Seligman 's concept ) was implicated at some stage , in making PMP more likely or leading to poor coping responses . |
| 29 | The robes were stained and torn , but there still seemed to be some blood on the bones . |
| 30 | Next year , though , she would be twenty-five , and that seemed to be some sort of milestone . |