Example sentences of "was [adj] [coord] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er the fact that she 's obviously gone on without it was awful , when she was pregnant the second time round she did n't make a big thing of being pregnant but you could tell she was pregnant but I never quite liked to say to her just in case they had the amnio amnio whatever it is and decided not to go |
| 2 | Maybe he was right but I never noticed them particularly pointed in my direction ! |
| 3 | Yet to say anything at all would only serve to convince him that he was right and she wrong . |
| 4 | See , Kraal , ’ he called out in his silky voice , ‘ bold Creggan was right and you too will be pleased at Man 's good nature … ’ |
| 5 | In Whitham 's case it was different and he certainly was what could be termed an inspired choice by the Lightweight club . |
| 6 | Ah now you think about it , I mean there was this question in our maths test and I was chatting to him in the dinner queue about it and I was going yeah it was this and he goes oh you 're probably right and he was agreeing with me and I found out later that I was wrong but he still agreed with me . |
| 7 | I wish I was wrong and I still had my pension . |
| 8 | Because he was wrong and he just made me feel really crap . |
| 9 | Within ten minutes the shark was visible but it then set off on a strong deep dive taking 100 yards of line despite a heavy drag setting . |
| 10 | His face was wrinkled and he badly needed a shave . |
| 11 | His knowledge of the Bible was minimal but he soon made up for it . |
| 12 | He had not merely failed to interest her in a story , he had found the only thing he had to sell was worthless and he urgently needed money . |
| 13 | It was indescribable and I intensely disliked that spot ever since . |
| 14 | It was a natural thing for them to do so I did n't take any action — told them in no uncertain terms that this man was ill and he eventually came to and everyone was happy then . |
| 15 | Well my my mother had five children with her previous husband and my father met my mother while this fella was ill and he eventually died with T B and my father married my mother and took on these five children i in , in South Wales . |
| 16 | His closely shaven face was tense and his usually sensuous mouth set in a grim line . |
| 17 | Here his success was questionable and he later imported only for his own firm . |
| 18 | We are yeah we had video at number three about three or four years back , and we thought that was great and we never dreamed of going any further up the charts you know so it 's great that this one 's gone to number one . |
| 19 | At first that change was gradual but it soon accelerated . |
| 20 | Intelligent independent critics like Beaton and popular magazines like Photoplay knew that Vidor 's work was good but they also knew that it was not the answer to Hollywood 's problems . |
| 21 | Not of his talent — he always knew he was good and he always knew what a great songwriter and performer he was — but for instance , he was nervous of audiences . |
| 22 | I was impressed and it also gave me a lot of momentum for the album . |
| 23 | Their ball retention was poor and they also committed too many infringements , often in attacking positions . |
| 24 | His wife was sickly and he also feared for his young son 's life . |
| 25 | The mortgagees had been advised by their own solicitors that the charge executed by the first appellant in September was ineffective and they therefore sought a further mortgage to be executed by both appellants . |
| 26 | Compared to the influence of personal partisan prejudice the influence of the media on economic perceptions was small but it also increased towards the end of the campaign , especially amongst Labour readers of right-wing papers . |
| 27 | You know , this is how it was first and I only come across that but , how it went , they felt I was genuine I suppose and they could trust me and they left it as it was and I had me own building . |
| 28 | Er and I was told that I was n't entitled to any money anyway because I was self-employed and I only paid the stamp . |
| 29 | When she 'd finished it was 17.31 and she almost pushed me out of the door . |
| 30 | The next youngest was 28 and he also had testicular cancer . |