Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack tried but it was quite impossible ; the button , like the steering wheel , was red hot . |
| 2 | It was in 1984 , when Kylie was still only 16 , that her next big break came and it was again Alan Hardy , the man who had cast her in The Sullivans three years before , who was involved . |
| 3 | One time the giro came and it was only £2 , so when he went out to phone the social security I just shoved the baby in the pram and walked out to phone social services . |
| 4 | I said , ‘ Sure , ’ called the guys up , they flew down from Sydney and we played and it was just like we had n't stopped doing the pubs ; it felt real good . |
| 5 | He did not say much when they met and it was always muffled by the lapels of his coat . |
| 6 | It was the house where the poor woodcutter lived with Hansel and Gretel and where Red Riding Hood 's grandmother lived and it was also the house of The Seven Dwarfs and The Three Bears and all the rest of them . |
| 7 | People paid their debts and when they needed help , they asked and it was never refused ; it was the way that the small and widespread community had always lived , and as a system it was dignified and efficient . |
| 8 | It was out of the 1909 Budget proposals that the crisis originally arose and it was already , at that time , well established that financial affairs were the peculiar province of the House of Commons . |
| 9 | Baxter 's career at Raith Rovers flourished and it was only a matter of time before he became won of Scotland 's most sought after young stars . |
| 10 | His game then deteriorated and he was rarely in the top fifty in a tournament , let alone the top ten . |
| 11 | She was just getting her breath back when the kitchen door opened and he was there , glaring at her . |
| 12 | Isabel was sitting on a stool by the fire , dressed in a filmy shift borrowed from Joanna , a mantle over her shoulders for extra warmth , when the door opened and he was there , tall and strong , the sconce lights gleaming on his fair hair . |
| 13 | I hurried on , slipping on the black ice , cursing and praying , hammering at the doors I passed but I was so cold I could hardly cry out . |
| 14 | He got £3 pocket money when he was working , but when he finished and we were both on invalidity benefit , that was the worst part . |
| 15 | They finished and we were backstage and our guys were setting up our stuff and all these bikers in the audience started to chant , ‘ Poofter , poofter , ’ which was aimed at me , and we were thinking , ‘ Oh know , this is ugly . ’ |
| 16 | Jason came over to my apartment , we jammed and I was completely floored by the kid — he was unbelievable ! |
| 17 | But chief executive Rita Burtenshaw told TODAY : ‘ We have checked our records since the clinic began and he was never employed by us . ’ |
| 18 | There was nearly a mile of dense woodland at this point before the swampy ground began and it was over an hour before Crane returned saying that no-one had passed on that side . |
| 19 | These examples clearly demonstrate that the scenes existed but they were hardly likely to have been seen by stone masons or potters to copy . |
| 20 | And that 's how it started and it was really just you know we said we 'd do a bit of fund raising and I think the men were pretty sceptical of you know they thi they thought we might fight over the first tin of beans or whatever . |
| 21 | For a few seconds I was left shell shocked but I was quickly brought to my senses after seeing the broken rig . |
| 22 | Wilson went and it was more the going that helped her than the services themselves . |
| 23 | ‘ I have n't heard how they got on but I saw Mick just before he went and he was very positive , ’ said Ronnie . |
| 24 | ‘ He described the person he saw and it was obviously my father . |
| 25 | Passers-by were clearly baffled by what they saw and it was only when curiosity proved too much that anyone came near enough to be buttonholed . |
| 26 | That 's what Oxford thought and they were very nearly punished , as the Geordies hit back with 2 goals in 4 minutes . |
| 27 | Then darkness fell and we were just three faces round a table reflected in a window pane . |
| 28 | ‘ My aunt in America sent us a photo of herself in a black dress after Grandad died and it was very plain . |
| 29 | The slight tension in the room disappeared and she was just going to make some conversational remark when he leaned forward in his chair and said , ‘ Well , to show that you mean it , will you accept a small invitation ? |
| 30 | Somebody knew and I was soon outside the front door . |