Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | research that I realized I had been wrong . |
| 2 | It was by placing racism and heterosexism , along with sexism , at the centre of my training work that helped me stop being nervous about challenging heterosexism . |
| 3 | When it was our turn I found he had been right about the word antiquarian giving the immigration officers something to think about . |
| 4 | It was impossible to know whether he still believed she 'd been responsible for that . |
| 5 | And when the colonel himself seemed to have taken matters into his own hands by delegating him to a job that tired him out day after day , week after week , it seemed they had been successful . |
| 6 | Now that it was happening it seemed it had been inevitable from the start . |
| 7 | Lord C had said she 'd borne them with stoicism , but looking back she realised she 'd been disappointed not to receive the whole dozen . |
| 8 | Though , on reflection , she realised she 'd been silly to think that . |
| 9 | But she admitted she has been thrilled at the response the records bring and the millions of fan letters she has been sent over the years . |
| 10 | During the trial the court had heard from a succession of alleged victims , all now adults , who claimed they had been ill-treated by the Hanbys . |
| 11 | In court he also stated he 'd been unaware the cannister , legal on the continent , was an offensive weapon in Britain . |
| 12 | He maintained his innocence and claimed he had been willing to give his life for Castro but had never been a communist . |
| 13 | The previous year when she finished fifth she discovered she had been pregnant when taking part . |
| 14 | Durie was scheduled to fight an FA charge of misconduct after referee Dermot Gallagher alleged he feigned being head-butted in a confrontation with Andy Pearce in a game against Coventry on August 18 . |
| 15 | Forgotten , or decided it had been idle talk , a vow impossible to realise . |
| 16 | The food to which Agnes Diggory led her had been welcome , however , and she had chosen to consume it in the friendly housekeeper 's little pantry next to the kitchen , rather than risk encountering Miss Merchiston once again tonight . |
| 17 | If ever I felt I had been rude to her or disobedient , I always felt ashamed . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I 'd been on the boat a few minutes when I heard someone pounding along the gangway and going ashore , so I knew I 'd been right . ’ |
| 19 | It was so clear that I knew I 'd been blind . |
| 20 | When I left and went to teach in war-torn London , I knew I had been right to make the most of those precious two years . |
| 21 | He thought I had been economical with the truth . |
| 22 | ‘ Because you thought I 'd been cross-examining him about you ? ’ |
| 23 | Meik saw she 'd been foolish to come . |
| 24 | She thought that she had always believed Mo was better company than any person could ever be ; now she saw she had been wrong . |
| 25 | But now they were spoken she knew she had been right . |
| 26 | He did not lift his head , but she could sense the hesitation in him and knew she had been right . |
| 27 | Jessamy knew she had been cruel , and a part of her was already regretting it . |
| 28 | Constance knew she had been insensitive , and was aware of how much she had hurt her mother . |
| 29 | And he looked , I said well I knew you 'd been ill . |
| 30 | It was wider than it had looked and Fenella thought she had been right to think it led away from the road , deeper into the hillside . |