Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are parts of France , used to be anyway , where he was almost a legend . |
| 2 | The National Westminster Bank has bought the freehold of its premises in Whitby Road , Ellesmere Port , where it was previously a tenant on the ground floor . |
| 3 | It was also recognised that there were patients whose language disorder affected only the processing of written language ( reading and writing ) and others where it was only the processing of spoken language that was impaired . |
| 4 | ‘ Or it was just the wiring . |
| 5 | He went on : ‘ Although I was already a member of the Church of England before joining the Friends ’ School in 1937 , I lean very much towards the Quaker faith . |
| 6 | ‘ It seemed to work OK , although I was always a bit worried Thom might take Eva from me — he still had her US passport . ’ |
| 7 | So I was selected as company runner , which meant that I was also a kind of servant , I forget the word … ’ |
| 8 | More recently the revelation that I was also a Punch columnist has provoked an equally predictable and ill-informed reaction . |
| 9 | That I was just a father , a husband — I 'd somehow ceased to exist as a person in my own right . ’ |
| 10 | What last thin pretence had remained that I was merely a guest lay discarded . |
| 11 | On leaving GLF in 1972 I did n't realize that I was now a separatist ; those of us who were did n't use the word . |
| 12 | From being a child to being an adult this apparent choice changed to the overriding , deep-rooted belief that I was actually a boy , that nature had somehow made a mistake biologically but that I was really a boy . |
| 13 | Recently , I was very surprised to find that I was willing to go to bed with a guy and have intercourse , but then discovered that I was really a bit repelled by the idea of having him kiss me . |
| 14 | From the day I first got an inkling of ‘ where babies come from ’ and taxed my mother with the proposition that I was therefore no relation to my father , I believed that it was me and me alone who had been responsible for all that pain and trouble called my birth . |
| 15 | From being a child to being an adult this apparent choice changed to the overriding , deep-rooted belief that I was actually a boy , that nature had somehow made a mistake biologically but that I was really a boy . |
| 16 | She is usually shown wearing a religious habit ( although she was never a nun ) and either surrounded by or wearing garlands of roses . |
| 17 | But on the run to the post Bassetja was passed by Velma and the useful Top Generation , although she was only a length behind the runner-up at the finish . |
| 18 | Her prolonged treatment as an in-patient meant that she was nearly a year in Addenbrookes hospital , over a year in Hinchinbrook hospital and a further year at Hunstead Park rehabilitation and medical centre . |
| 19 | Posh Porky knew exactly when and where she was born and never stopped reminding us all that she was nearly a year younger than anyone else in the class . |
| 20 | It was rumoured that she was also a poisoner and a witch . |
| 21 | He comforted himself by assuming that she was just a mother-figure to the young man and there could n't possibly be any sex in it . |
| 22 | ‘ Exactly , and it did n't improve matters from Alfred 's point of view when he discovered that she was already a couple of months pregnant by Matthew when she married him . ’ |
| 23 | I think , actually , that she was always a snake during the daylight hours , which is why I never saw her except at night . |
| 24 | Mounting the pulpit , I explained that she was merely a listener . |
| 25 | Doreen 's eyes continued to dart from one to the other ; then she made an attempt to put Lucy in her place by reminding her that she was merely a member of the staff . |
| 26 | I doubt if my mother really wanted to have a child in the heat of India and was surely delighted that she was merely the victim of indigestion . |
| 27 | Luckily the ambassador had with him his master 's ring ; by the light of the diamond in it , he was able to see Roksanda , and he returned to tell Doushan that she was indeed a girl on whom the heavens might smile . |
| 28 | ‘ But the coronation of whom , my lady ? ’ enquired the prince , as if he too had accepted that she was indeed the lady Anne . |
| 29 | The third edition of 1740 contained a statement by nine residents of Petersfield that she was indeed the author . |
| 30 | It was gratifying to have people shake her hand who once would n't have given her the time of day , and when she walked through the dreary rooms where evidence of the late Adelaide Morey still abounded she had trouble convincing herself that she was now the mistress here . |