Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This meant he was on the line to the local education authority . |
| 2 | Her hearers found it difficult to believe that this screaming was involuntary ; some thought she was drunk , or ill , or possessed by an evil spirit , but most of them just wanted her out of the way : ‘ some wished she was on the sea in a bottomless boat ’ . |
| 3 | There is a further defence where the accused proves he was inside a dwelling and has no reason to believe his conduct would be heard or seen outside that dwelling or any other dwelling ( Section 5(3) ) . |
| 4 | Some queued through the night , but all agreed it was worth the wait . |
| 5 | We all knew we were into an end-of-season of extraordinary interest , despite the fact that Niki conquered Monza in style and Prost again failed to finish . |
| 6 | As the Fifties ended he was on the point of multiplying millions by opening the first Playboy Club , in Chicago , where the girls , not the customers , were dressed as rabbits . |
| 7 | I told him he was lucky to be where he was when it happened , as when I first fainted it was in the middle of Watford High Street ! |
| 8 | A well-preserved and slightly more elaborate example is a large limestone statuette in the Louvre ( fig. 12 ) , known as the Lady of Auxerre since when first noticed she was in the museum there . |
| 9 | And er god you should of heard him , god if it ai n't Ross all over again , mummy , mummy and she left him there , as I said when they first came he was in the far bedroom , well now I suppose with all these people she 's rearranged it indoors and he 's in the one next to our house , and she 's shouting at him and er it went on how , I ca n't tell you how long , I mean , Bev and I was talking through bedrooms you know |
| 10 | ‘ And that means he was in a house or somewhere of human usage . |
| 11 | It took her a moment or two to realise they were at the hotel . |
| 12 | The young South African concluded he was in the right place , and at the right time . |
| 13 | That suggests they were in the area . |
| 14 | Those who were libelled in the Fanzine may feel less aggrieved knowing it was for a good cause . |