Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily I had been doing The Clothes Show on TV and her father had seen me and knew I was reputable . |
| 2 | My husband blamed me and said I was infertile . |
| 3 | I cried after the girl had gone and he seeing my distress and I explaining I feared your anger he put his arms around my neck and comforted me and said he was sure his real mother could not but love her sister and believe she had acted for the best . |
| 4 | GENEVIEVE CAUDEN : The professor came to me and said it was alright because the guy had shot himself , but I could n't move . |
| 5 | So she went with them and thought it was great fun . |
| 6 | welcomed everyone and said it was gratifying that so many had made the effort to be present and she extended a special welcome to the representatives from Norfolk , North West and the West country . |
| 7 | I began to wonder if he was doing it deliberately , if he knew I was insanely in love with you and thought it was funny to goad me . ’ |
| 8 | I went to him and said I was sorry and held out my hand , but he would n't take it . |
| 9 | ‘ I telephoned her and said I was sure he — Philip — was Liam Shakespeare , and she came racing here from London . ’ |
| 10 | Mary got stroppy about it and said it was wrong what they were doing , it was a desecration . |
| 11 | Last night I had no idea how to pronounce it and assumed it was pure Quechua . |