Example sentences of "was [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hot shine must have cut to black as he was soft-footing it up the stairs , because when he turned around on the half-landing and crouched behind the angle of the banister the only light in the hall was the inward spill from the porch , and that was getting less as the door slowly closed on its hydraulic arm . |
| 2 | She got out of her car and though the men in the other car saw she was pregnant they pushed their car into a side street and drove off . |
| 3 | Once we knew she was pregnant we 'd felt great , and proud . |
| 4 | I think this is because for the last five months I was pregnant I was so withdrawn and would n't talk to anybody — would n't go out of the house , I used to sit upstairs or here hoping she would n't kick too hard and my dad would n't see anything . |
| 5 | I felt sickly occasionally but I felt really happy throughout my pregnancy.I used to be quite shy but since I found out I was pregnant I felt very confident in myself . |
| 6 | Cos when she left here she thought she was pregnant I told you did n't I ? |
| 7 | When I was pregnant I was really |
| 8 | So when I was pregnant he went out with somebody else . |
| 9 | And I quickened then , of course you dare n't go to work those days when once they knew you was pregnant it was a case of out . |
| 10 | When I told my mum I was pregnant she phoned my dad up . |
| 11 | When actress Leslie Ash was pregnant she was told she was suffering from toxoplasmosis and that her baby was in danger . |
| 12 | When she knew she was pregnant she did not tell him , she kept it secret . |
| 13 | When Nellie 's Mum was very large and the baby was due she would n't let Nellie go far in case she needed to fetch the midwife . |
| 14 | Four weeks before was due I started a new job here in Birmingham leaving and in Yorkshire . |
| 15 | On the other hand , if it was accidental she might even forgive him . |
| 16 | ‘ When she was alive we hardly ever did , do you realise ? ’ |
| 17 | When my mother was alive we knew everybody and they were all very friendly . ’ |
| 18 | We used to , we , I used to go when my husband was alive we used to go to erm Devon cos I had a brother living in Devon we used to go there , but er unfortunately I lost him when he was only fifty with a coronary , and so erm , in , cos and after that I lost my husband you see so cos we I 've never been away like that before , not , not since , years ago that was , he 's been gone twenty one years this Christmas sixteenth might be so , I 've not been able to so I , I , I go with the erm , I went with the Red Cross this year the year before last I went erm er , Char Charlie took me away we went to er a chalet we stayed at and er a friend of mine we went there for a week had a week there , that poured of rain every day , this year it poured of rain every day |
| 19 | When I had a caravan and he was alive we was living in woods . |
| 20 | It would appear , Sir Richard , that you lusted after your brother 's wife as well as his riches ; that while he was alive you committed adultery with her and , with each other , you plotted together to carry out his murder and lay the blame on Brampton . ’ |
| 21 | She was a nice lady , and when her husband was alive he was a great one for the shooting and the fishing , though there is not much fishing here on Moila . |
| 22 | As long as his father was alive he was good , but the minute he became king and started all those wars , I hated him . |
| 23 | I felt sure that if Eric was alive he would write , although friends thought he would never appear again . |
| 24 | If Dad was alive he 'd give me money for the bike like a shot . |
| 25 | ‘ If daddy was alive he would n't let him do this to me ! |
| 26 | It 's like what 's his name Sammy Davis , when he was alive he was on the telly doing all these and he said how can you do this fellows now he said ? |
| 27 | Julia found herself wanting to get to know her better , quite certain by then that whatever there had been between Suvarov and Felicity while his first wife was alive it had not been the kind of affair David had assumed . |
| 28 | ‘ If he was alive it would be just as hopeless . |
| 29 | Because it was alive it would die . |
| 30 | As long as my father was alive I felt that I was not myself but his son , as I hope my son will feel for me — if I ever have a son , that is . ’ |