Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it makes you feel any better , you may like to know that she 's been telling me that our separation was all my fault — because I was too proud to climb down , or admit I was in the wrong . |
| 2 | The scene that confronted her was like a tableau from a waxworks , she thought with faint hysteria as she walked in . |
| 3 | Saul of Tarsus after his Damascus road experience spent three days in fasting and prayer ; that showed he was in the receptive mood which invited the Spirit to come . |
| 4 | But the scene that awaited them was worth the walk . |
| 5 | The second thing that struck her was on a different plane , but was another restriction . |
| 6 | The applause that greeted them was like a thunder clap and went on for so long that the Girls could not hear the music and had to count under their breath to synchronize their kicks . |
| 7 | If the MD asks you What if interest rates drop to 6% , you can use the scenario manager to show how the end result would differ from the figures you have calculated — and throw in a few other interest rates as well , just to impress him/her and make that rise you were after a touch more attainable . |
| 8 | Or Hofmannsthal telling Strauss how ‘ delighted and moved he was by the music ’ ? |
| 9 | Allchin began by admitting that Microsoft has had a problem communicating its approach to object technology and claimed he was on the panel to put the record straight : there are objects in Windows NT because there is an object management system in the kernel — its simply not exposed to users . |
| 10 | But Taylor 's staff checked with Downing Street — and discovered he was in no position to offer anything . |
| 11 | I burst on to the pass from Jack Clarke , had a wee look and saw I was in the clear . |
| 12 | He looked at Catherine Crane 's feet and saw she was in a similar situation . |
| 13 | Granpa thought it could well have been a Saturday , felt it most likely the month had been January , was confident the year was 1900 , and knew it was in the reign of Queen Victoria . |
| 14 | The judge refused to grant an injunction , and said it was for the valuer to decide whether to proceed or not , and that the president of the RICS owed no duty to the parties not to make an appointment . |
| 15 | A little fat guy came in and said he was for the card game in Room 42 . |
| 16 | I asked him why the hell he wanted me to stay the night when he was going out later , and he just shrugged his shoulders and said he was in a funny mood and did n't know what he was saying . ’ |
| 17 | Werewolf answered and said he was in the middle of cooking lunch as Sorrel was out . |
| 18 | Then she must sit in the sun before hauling it back up and altogether I was enraged and wished I was in a condition to show her how it should be done . |
| 19 | The judge was impressed but reckoned it was in the wrong section . |
| 20 | But suppose I was in the bathroom , and wanted to go to the kitchen . |
| 21 | Maggie could n't help but think she was in the middle of a death trap . |
| 22 | Downey admitted shouting but said it was on the spur of the moment and he meant no disrespect to anybody . |
| 23 | JH : Moving on to another great love of yours , Franz Schubert ; I have always felt that he was in many ways cut short in his prime , almost as thought he was on the verge of finding himself creatively . |