Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] be [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frequent nights on the tiles , punch-ups and eager girlfriends were clearly taking their toll on him and Manuel said it was taking Sombro longer to get over his binges when he came home . |
| 2 | Defence barrister Connor O'Kane said it was costing Mrs Patterson a total of £2,500 to fly over expert witnesses during the case . |
| 3 | The move came just 24 hours after the BBC announced it was axing Russ Abbot after audience ratings fell . |
| 4 | Jessamy realised they were leaving Oxfordshire and entering the Cotswolds , with their rolling uplands and wooded valleys , tiny villages with golden-stoned houses , and swift-flowing rivers . |
| 5 | The duty sergeant at Newtownabbey RUC station said he was told Const Allen Moore had launched the Falls Road attack on February 4 last year . |
| 6 | Eventually Malcolm realised I was telling Tommy and put me wise about how fly fat slags from Catford can be . |
| 7 | But yesterday , Hanson revealed it is selling ARC 's four main American operations to Australian mining group CSR for $670million . |
| 8 | Anne knew she was treating Nina like a four-year-old , but could see no other way to cope with her . |
| 9 | ‘ Rosa said she was called Maria Luisa … like her mother … and … and my whole world fragmented . |
| 10 | Manning said he was told Mr McVeigh had been warned on four occasions not to supply goods to the security forces . |
| 11 | Galileo had already opened the door to natural philosophy , and Hobbes supposed he was following Gilbert , Kepler , Gassendi , Harvey , and Mersenne , through it . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , she knew , but she wanted things hushed up , so when Mam said she was marrying Henry she did n't protest over much , because Mam was in such a state then she would have brought the whole thing to light . |
| 13 | As for BR yesterday , its Press office said it was considered Mr McArdle had received an apology in the letter which arrived more than two months after his original complaint . |