Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea had been to keep only what was mine , but I found there were things I could n't bear to part with . |
| 2 | At least , she assumed it was Dick who spoke . |
| 3 | Many were crossed out , and she guessed they were men who 'd been killed or posted . |
| 4 | Leith and Sebastian had been in their flat a month when Sebastian declared it was time they had a flat-warming party . |
| 5 | She guessed it was Finn who watched her most , unless the brothers took turns . |
| 6 | He had a winging moustache and a goatee beard but he moved tentatively , uncertainly , and Melanie guessed it was Finn who worked him . |
| 7 | ‘ We discovered there were elms which we could use on the Floors Estate and so the Duke agreed to sell them to us . ’ |
| 8 | I figured it was time I interrupted the monologue . |
| 9 | As his chauffeur drove him back to Blue Ash Farm in the Lincoln , he decided it was love which gave her that special glow , that sparkle , that vivacity which drew the young men round her like flies . |
| 10 | her uncle and aunt decided it was time she took a husband , their choice for her being Manfro Draper , a posh-rat like herself . |
| 11 | Jessamy woke up on the morning of her twenty-fourth birthday and decided it was time she put her life in order . |
| 12 | how you can persist in being so utterly incompetent bewilders me , and so while indulging in a little light entertainment in the ZZAP ! offices ( brutally torturing the staff for being human ) I decided it was time I found a solution to the problem . |
| 13 | I just decided it was time I … knew more . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've always been very aware that I needed to give something back after this experience and when I read about the appeal for people prepared to give homes to the Bosnians , I decided it was time I stepped in . ’ |
| 15 | He decided it was time he improved his Test record in 1989 when England were mauled at home by the Australians and he lost his wicket several times to Terry Alderman . |
| 16 | As they culled Who 's Who there was a debate on the executive about the ‘ Old Lord approach ’ — finding someone who had been a financial force in the past , and would prove the paper was commercially sober . |
| 17 | I had always believed that survival lay in the mind but now I knew there were things one could n't survive . |
| 18 | She knew there were things she should be trying to sort out in her life , but she did n't want to face up to certain ideas that lurked at the back of her mind . |
| 19 | ‘ I just got used to being in her shadow and I still thought there were people who did n't reckon I was better , ’ said Smith . |
| 20 | I felt it was security yer wanted . |
| 21 | ‘ I felt it was time you had your own . ’ |
| 22 | Philip knew it was time he was getting back . |
| 23 | The Collector knew it was time he hurried downstairs … he had expected that something like this would happen , but not so quickly . |
| 24 | Remember , I assumed you knew it was Jennifer who had broken off the engagement and the reason she did so . ’ |
| 25 | thought it were road he put all four in , and he went down , up |
| 26 | For a moment she thought it was Scathach himself who came towards her ; her mind was full of the vision from the oak tree , of the young man , identically dressed , bleeding out his life … |
| 27 | Oh I thought it was pears you were short of |
| 28 | I thought it was kangaroos you were so het up about ? ’ |
| 29 | For a moment — ah , Dieu ! — I thought it was Isabelle herself , who had dared to return . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Because my aunt — Emily 's mother — thought it was time we … ’ he gestured to Emily , who was peeling off her eggshell , ‘ … time we met . ’ |