Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now if I were to suggest to you that in some gay bars the ‘ lads ’ pop off to the toilets that number of times to indulge themselves , then you might think I was repeating lurid propaganda put about by the puritan league . |
| 2 | And of course what defeated me was knows this fellow that is an ambulance driver and he 's classed as working class . |
| 3 | Out drinking with a couple of female journalists ( in what was supposedly Hemingway 's favourite bar in Havana , if you must know ) , I mentioned I was writing this article and we all launched into our favourite New Age stories , like the one about the Immortalists , a group who take to its logical end the New Age philosophy of positive thinking and creating your own reality , and have decided they are going to live forever . |
| 4 | It should n't have taken her long to pack and change out of her sundress into a skirt and blouse , but she found she was folding each garment at least twice , and several times she stood looking out of the window at the busy yard below . |
| 5 | The number of actual evictions was tiny — less than twenty per year — though when they occurred they were given widespread publicity and the fears that they raised went far beyond what their numerical significance might indicate . |
| 6 | US officials admit that they knew about the coup plans as early as last Saturday , but say they were given little time to judge its chances of success or to plan any US involvement . |
| 7 | ‘ How do you know he was murdered that night ? ’ asked Blanche . |
| 8 | Well I expect he was hurt poor lad . |
| 9 | Serbs found it was carrying more ammunition than was listed on the manifest , a Bosnian Serb officer said . |
| 10 | To know oneself was to know that order . |
| 11 | When the Conwy tunnel was built we were told that money would then be available , ’ he said . |
| 12 | A lot of those promoting the policies really believed in them , believed they were doing positive work . |
| 13 | He jabbered away to his friends , and Ellie assumed he was explaining that item number one was a drink . |
| 14 | It 's hard enough for him to accept Angy 's shabby treatment of Rick , her lies about the ring and her deceit in letting him think she was carrying another man 's child . |
| 15 | Like , what the hell did you think you were doing last night ? |
| 16 | made a Lady , or made I mean she was given that title , or actually I 'm dead against the fact it was her husband who was given the title , erm but to abstract away from that at the moment , somebody who 's been in public service all their lives and who 's devoted much of their life to the cause of the people , I mean I realize that an awful lot of people would think that Margaret Thatcher has n't done that , but let's say that , for the sake of the argument , that at least that 's what she intended for the time being |
| 17 | Given some of the appalling crud that gets sent to rss ( cf Denise ) , I could n't believe you were getting serious grief for it . |
| 18 | I reckoned we were doing more damage to Naamen 's image than the demonstrators . |
| 19 | Now I noticed this with in the sitting room this year I got John , friend of Nev 's to repaint the walls because do you remember they were called soft peach ? |
| 20 | In a development that highlighted Rosyth 's struggle to survive , the MoD last night confirmed it was giving serious consideration to an attempt by Devonport to poach a £28 million ship refitting contract already awarded to the Fife yard . |
| 21 | Whenever possible I try to get a Lecture Theatre , erm but I was told it was booked all day today we were originally in presentation room then came , so be grateful we 're in the Board Room . |
| 22 | It was warm and sunny , and for a brief time , as she cycled along to the nearest shops , she almost forgot what was to come that day . |
| 23 | But I do n't think we were understanding each other . ’ |
| 24 | yeah yeah well I know she was getting that way towards Christmas . |
| 25 | But we know this is marble chippings you know you were getting this carbon dioxide off . |
| 26 | We were engaged , within weeks of marriage , when I discovered she was seeing another man . |
| 27 | It , it was a two bedroom old cottage it was , very , very nice with a big garden and all I had was erm one room downstairs and like er a kitchen , well er where the sink and that was it was more like a big room where the kitchen was and the two bedrooms upstairs , but only a door on one bedroom , you went up the stairs into a big open room you know where the bannisters all round you know what I mean , no door on it and just , another door , a bedroom door , that 's all but I loved it you know it was a nice erm , not bad , but of course it was condemned it got so old and then they pulled it down and they built another house on it right next to where erm that shooting took pla you know they was having that shooting night just down that lane where I used to be |
| 28 | I heard they were getting great preview reaction . ’ |
| 29 | If the government wanted to encourage a new trade in supplying meal to the populace , the last way to do it was to remove all profit from the enterprise . |
| 30 | The Marquis still faces charges of dodging taxi fares , but the case was adjourned after a court heard he was receiving psychiatric treatment . |