Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly Sophie found she was in deep water . |
| 2 | I think even Nigel thought he was on dodgy ground here , but it was worth a try . |
| 3 | Sam knew she was worth six of him . |
| 4 | But three minutes later Captain Fuchs knew he was in real trouble when the unbelievable happened — the jumbo 's second starboard engine caught fire . |
| 5 | The problem SAVE faced was that it had been so disfigured by later alterations that many people doubted it was of sufficient interest to merit saving . |
| 6 | It seemed that people thought it was about kinky sex ; at best it was taken as the onset of senility . |
| 7 | When the orchestra reassembled it was at full strength and they played Richard Strauss 's Tone Poem ‘ Heldenleben ’ more or less from start to finish . |
| 8 | Juliet felt she was in another world , she felt as though she were intoxicated . |
| 9 | When Marc spoke it was on another topic altogether . |
| 10 | ‘ I have , ’ the young man told him , and , although he smiled , Ashley knew he was in deadly earnest . |
| 11 | That it was a Saturday morning had made his presence possible — he would not have accepted the invitation had it been on some date in the week — and carriages had already piled behind one another in the main street ; evidently it was to be a large party . |
| 12 | Askari Security Services of Norwich said it was for poor work rate . |
| 13 | The gelding show-ed he was in good heart this week by winning at Edinburgh on Thursday . |
| 14 | For the rest of that day , Charlotte felt she was at one remove from reality , viewing events through an invisible screen equipped to filter out the extremes of sensation . |
| 15 | Hoomey thought it was like one of those old war films with a bomber coming in to land along a bleak runway and all the ground-crew waiting to know the worst . |
| 16 | Erm the referee said it was for offside I mean I 'm not I 'm not arguing about we 'll we 'll think about that after the game . |
| 17 | Our hopes were high this morning after the Red Cross said he was in good spirits . |