Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1979 , similarly , Iris Murdoch remarked she was glad Labour lost ; and she was voting Conservative , not without reservations , by the 1980s . |
| 2 | One useful result established there is that eqn ( 7.4 ) can be written as in which the anticipated dependence of curvature on the second derivatives of the metric coefficients is made explicit . |
| 3 | The triumph came as a surprise to many fans … but Ron Pickering knew it was another step to even greater glory . |
| 4 | The cutting tool had a flat front face , like a chisel , and its action meant there was less impedance to the moving diaphragm , so the undulations could be greater . |
| 5 | Observers held their breath as the former Derry City and Shelbourne star took to the pitch for his first game but the thunderous greeting that cascaded down from the Windsor stands proved it was unnecessary caution . |
| 6 | He said ‘ The one thing that keeps me going is knowing that for every step I take and every pound donated we are one step nearer to finding a cure . ’ |
| 7 | That is , where unskilled labour prevailed there was chronic want and deprivation . |
| 8 | Ronnie said it 's all beginning . |
| 9 | On the more nebulous issue of value for money of George Street Research said there was clear evidence , of which the opening quotation forms only a part , that clients do not know what goes into a piece of legal work to justify the fee , other than the fact that the job is done . |
| 10 | Key said there was untapped potential for cycle use to grow if the road environment is to be made more friendly . |
| 11 | Kathleen supposed there was some comfort to be gained from knowing that nobody had ever died of humiliation . |
| 12 | Mr Onanuga , 31 , has told friends he naively went along with the story because Mr Newton believed it was good publicity for Thresher and his own branch , and he did not see how it could harm anyone . |
| 13 | By the third day Nigel realized it was boring staying in bed . |
| 14 | The other time Artemis saw him was one day when she and Nanny were returning from a walk by the lake . |
| 15 | The pupils all began looking round at each other and Mildred knew there was little time before someone recognized her . |
| 16 | In his heart , Nigel knew there was some truth in what she was saying . |
| 17 | Celtic striker Charlie Nicholas was blotted out at Parkhead yesterday as Aberdeen proved they are genuine title contenders |
| 18 | Celtic striker Charlie Nicholas was blotted out at Parkhead yesterday as Aberdeen proved they are genuine title contenders |
| 19 | Doncaster staged it 's first meeting since the abandonment of the St Leger fixture but it was a disappointing turnout with a total of only 29 runners , which included a walk-over by Tebitto , who won £4,491 because of the defection of Tap On in the Sea Pigeon Handicap Hurdle . |
| 20 | Rescuers said there was good visibility with clear skies but the freezing level was down to 2,000 feet . |
| 21 | Sure look at the night , Saturday night he came round to our door , big black stain said you 're alright man , I was , you 're alright man I had a half bottle of cider er er |
| 22 | The judge said there was little chance she 'd ever be freed . |
| 23 | The judge said there was little chance she 'd ever be freed . |
| 24 | Last year , a judge said there were more car accidents in summer because men were watching girls in short skirts ! |
| 25 | Chancellor Kohl agreed it was good news that the world trade talks were back on , though he stopped short of openly criticising France for undermining them . |
| 26 | They were just two points in front after a surprise defeat for Daz Sumner when suddenly the team found it 's real fighting spirit . |
| 27 | So obviously when the war finished there was tremendous demand . |
| 28 | Table 4 demonstrates that in the period covered there was some income redistribution , but mainly towards middle income groups rather than those on the lowest levels . |
| 29 | At first Grainne thought it was that power was stealing over them , and then she thought that it was not power but strength , only that did not seem quite right either . |
| 30 | A notable sleeper was Sotheby 's lot 265 , undercatalogued as ‘ a Meissen figure of an actor ’ , estimated at £700–900 , sold over telephone for £4,800 ( $7,200 ) ; again lot 339 , a Berlin Cabaret set , catalogued misleadingly as circa 1880 , estimated at £1,200–1,800 , was a good buy at £3,200 ( $4,800 ) ; trade sources affirmed it was eighteenth century . |