Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hunt involved admitted it was in the wrong . |
| 2 | Life in South Africa , once he started dancing , was one long rush , and his early days in London too , but when he stopped dancing he was in an unusual position . |
| 3 | Most of the time Harry was playing for Crystal Palace we were a Third Division club and so it is not surprising that most of the great achievements to which he helped to take us were in the FA Cup . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd assumed it was in the mortuary . |
| 5 | Why had n't she simply walked out of the theatre as soon as she 'd discovered he was in the cast ? |
| 6 | She had no idea Simon had sent off her photo for the slimming contest until a letter arrived saying she was in the final . |
| 7 | Those who did get going said it was worth the effort . |
| 8 | And I have stayed ever since because when I joined Roadwatch it was at a time when they were developing from just 15 information stations throughout the country — there are now almost 100 . |
| 9 | Even now he was n't going to admit he was in the wrong and apologise ! |
| 10 | The first time I remember seeing her was in The Roebuck . |
| 11 | She began to wish she were on a surgical ward , but there was no chance of that happening within the next couple of months . |
| 12 | But none of the boys who played with him at St Mark 's Roman Catholic Primary School in Shettleston could ever have guessed they were in the company of a very special talent . |
| 13 | That the kakar had seen the tigress was quite evident , and the only place where she could have seen her was on the track . |
| 14 | Stay with that a minute , erm , erm , I mean I would n't have thought we were in a position to give an assurance that er erm , that that no other complaints which appear to be outside the local ombu ombudsman 's restriction will be dealt with by support staff , I mean I should think we 're continuing looking continually looking for ways of dealing with complaints at the most efficient and effective way , and if that |
| 15 | To be fair to John he may have thought he was on an already completed route , but the absence of the first bolt , a well established sign of a ‘ projet ’ , should have been respected . |
| 16 | I should have thought it was at the bottom |
| 17 | prove that this technology was n't so great as one would have thought it was without the ground troops . |
| 18 | ‘ I would n't have thought it was beyond the realms of possibility . ’ |
| 19 | I had to sleep in a tee-shirt , and when all the spots started popping I was in the worst state of my life . |
| 20 | I had never done anything like that in my life , but I found that having to do it was in the end very exciting because you have to rely on the Lord and he supplies help in unforgettable ways . |
| 21 | He must have known we were in the doorway . |
| 22 | They put a lot of effort into it , but I tell you what , if I read Access , I would never have believed I was at the same conference . |
| 23 | After a brief examination , it became evident that the lady 's pain was coming from her right kidney , and as it was in waves , or ‘ colicky ’ , my aunt was led to believe it was from the renal vein — which leads into the kidney — and as this organ felt hard , a conclusion was reached that our patient probably had a kidney-stone blocking the hollow vein . |
| 24 | But I do know I was in the presence of a very dangerous man . ’ |
| 25 | Carrington 's flight was put off three times , and when he did go it was in the belly of a Mosquito , lying on a blanket and wrapped in a heavy coat . |
| 26 | You did say you were from the W I did you ? |
| 27 | The plot is complicated even by Agatha Christie standards , but putting it as simply as possible , Mr Smith said a report had never been produced , Mr Major interrupted to say it was in the Commons library , the Labour MP Tam Dalyell said what was there was not a report at all and Tristan Garel-Jones , the Euro Minister , said it sort of was . |
| 28 | Close colleagues who had decided he had to go said it was for the ‘ greater good ’ of the party . |
| 29 | The passport that the Colonel had given him was in the inside pocket of his anorak . |
| 30 | He also liked to remind him that the first time he had seen him was during the military parade in Cairo to celebrate Kuhammad Rea 's marriage to Princes Fawzia in 1939 . " |