Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The triumph came as a surprise to many fans … but Ron Pickering knew it was another step to even greater glory . |
| 2 | Dot knew it was all dreams . |
| 3 | Dot said they were all Al and tip-top . |
| 4 | Hopper thought he was another Dean , and then became outcast from Hollywood within three years because he acquired a reputation for being a mean-like perfectionist . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Tabitha thought it was some kind of antenna ; then she realized it was an empty perch . |
| 7 | There were scales I would hear in music and I used to think to myself , ‘ I need to learn that scale , ’ or , ‘ I need to learn how he got that effect using that scale with those chords , ’ and basically what Joe gave me was that sort of thinking . |
| 8 | He ha scored ten in thirty minutes before he was hit on the temple of his helmet by a ball from Marshall that lifted sharply ; with his vision blurred it was several days before he left hospital , and he did not play again all season . |
| 9 | Marcus said it was some idiot wanting the Water Company . ’ |
| 10 | The students felt it was another infringement of their already limited freedom and disliked the highhanded manner in which it was carried out . |
| 11 | A senior officer said it was another example of the reckless attitude of car thieves , which highlighted the enormous dangers faced by police . |
| 12 | Her mother said it was all nerves , but what had she to be nervy about ? |