Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been expecting a great hall with a giant round table , towering turrets , a moat and a drawbridge , but , of course , it turned out to be a ruin . |
| 2 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 3 | I 'd been writing a monthly column for Options as long as I 'd been writing at all . |
| 4 | If I 'd been doing a pukka delivery , I could just have carried straight on virtually due north and come to City Road . |
| 5 | I 'd been applying a special cream to his ankles which was supposed to harden the skin , but it did n't seem to do much good . |
| 6 | I have no compass to tell me what I am destined for ; and yet , when I look back , everything seems to fit as well together as if I 'd been following a benevolent daimon all along … |
| 7 | What I did was prepare a supplementary form to the one that we had at the management team meeting |
| 8 | He turned out to be an inspector of taxes with whom I had been conducting a mini back-duty enquiry and which was in the concluding stages . |
| 9 | My mate and I had been given a long list of names , of Bulawayo people we should meet . |
| 10 | Prior to the patrol I had been given a verbal briefing on the night 's events . |
| 11 | I had been swimming a long time that first Sunday , far out in the bay , and he could easily have slipped the things on to the Bourani end of the beach while I was in the water . |
| 12 | Before I knew where I was , I had been wagered a great deal of money that I could not do it , and shortly before midnight I was leaving the hallowed portals of Ronnie Scott 's Club . |
| 13 | In those days I had been doing a good deal of drawing ; and , having come under Wyndham Lewis 's influence , I took my Vorticist efforts round to the Master , and , to my surprise , I found that he thought quite well of them . |
| 14 | I had been promised a gripping afternoon 's shoot in the Locarno Gents ( where the original play was entirely set ) . |
| 15 | I had been allocated an efficient back-up team from the Civil Service : Jane Benham ( promoted near the end and replaced by Martin Howarth ) , Michael Phipps and Jenny Bacon , all of whom impressed me with their loyalty to me and their diplomatic skills . |
| 16 | When my marriage ended three years earlier I had been left an emotional pulp . |
| 17 | I know , sir , all I wanted was to wish an old hero a happy birthday . |
| 18 | Here the buildings were disfigured almost beyond recognition ; some had fallen into the street while others leaned outwards , a hopeless thoroughfare of broken concrete , stones , weeds and pillaged furniture across which had been built a low barricade made of chairs , doors and broken tables . |
| 19 | Giovanna 's husband acquired a long garden cane , which had been supporting a tottering mallow , and with it established the depth . |
| 20 | So if you 'd been given a free choice , you would n't have given your sweets to your brother , would you ? |
| 21 | But , on getting her act together later the next day , Laura had been appalled to discover that not only had Ross already left for Australia — but she 'd been given a small attic room next to the children 's nursery . |
| 22 | But er I mean er she , she was in a perfect position to do it , I mean she 'd been retired a long time , she was in good health and obviously an annuity would be perfect for her er where it would n't be for a younger person , so I mean life annuities not got . |
| 23 | As soon as she 'd entered the hotel she 'd been handed a white envelope containing a fax message . |
| 24 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 25 | All the better that the operation rehabilitated the credibility of the police who 'd been having a bad press in the early years of the decade . |
| 26 | She dreaded being called a learned lady : her mother said that ‘ she was a living library ; but locked up , except to a chosen few . ’ |
| 27 | A male friend had tried to dissuade Hale from seeking a much needed job and had given her a thousand dollars to buy ‘ the most beautiful dress in New York ’ , telling her that what she needed was to find a rich husband . |
| 28 | A tangle of twisted metal is all that remains of the giant oil tank that fuelled the power station at the edge of the Bulmers factory site.It 's believed the man who died was welding a measuring gauge on top of the tank when it exploded , scattering debris over a wide area.The man died before he reached hospital.After the first explosion , there were further blasts creating a pall of smoke over Hereford.Bulmers Director Terry Watts was in an office nearby : |
| 29 | She had been wearing a light cotton shirt with a dark blue skirt . |
| 30 | They were beautiful , these Andalucían horses , and she had been given a long lecture on the subject by Ana , who seemed to be an expert . |