Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] was [verb] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had an alarming reading for an Agatha Christie film where I was given several sheets of script to sight read without any logical link up in the scenes being read and no-one to read with , except an office assistant who could n't read dialogue . |
| 2 | E actually yours made me think of a story that I was told many years ago on a coach trip over Dartmoor |
| 3 | Miss Bhutto is spitting fury , not just over the matter of the provincial assemblies , but also because she says that she was given fewer ministries in the caretaker government ( just under a quarter ) than she deserves . |
| 4 | Indeed , his position as Town 's theatre critic meant that she was getting some evenings out free as well . |
| 5 | She had often heard people say how Martha Gristy had been the beauty of Polruan , and she had taken pride in the fact that she was inheriting those looks . |
| 6 | Rabbuh , who was the DFLP representative on the PLO executive committee , said that he was dropping all links with Nayef Hawatmeh 's Damascus-based DFLP . |
| 7 | This was an action that he was to repeat many times before any true subjugation of the Saxons was achieved . |
| 8 | Then his glance flicked down to her mouth , lingered there for a moment — and she just knew that he was remembering those kisses they had shared . |
| 9 | When pressed , Marsden concedes that previously ICI had not always supplied the farmer with what he wanted , rather that he was sold those items the Company technologists had produced . |
| 10 | And I was reaching some conclusions about the choice that Gharr had given me . |
| 11 | We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave . |
| 12 | Jimmy was silent for a moment , then he said , ‘ What sort of thing did you mean when you asked if I was suffering any after-effects ? ’ |
| 13 | Anyway , so I , I was getting a bit worried about it , and , I can , cos I was having these headaches , and I started talking to Phil and I , I had n't really said much to him about it . |
| 14 | ‘ It may not be as comfortable as an ordinary saloon , ’ Ward said on a note of apology , ‘ but buggered if Ah was takin' any chances in a country like this . ’ |
| 15 | Freeman ( 1984 ) has suggested that some of her research was not as thorough as it should have been if she was to make such claims , and even that her desire to reach the conclusions that she did made her see things as she wished to see them , rather than as they actually were ( see Shipman 1988 ) . |
| 16 | He had never before had any control over his own finances and he was finding many demands on his purse upsetting and worrying . |
| 17 | It remained as one of the Abbey 's treasures until it was stolen some years ago . |
| 18 | She said the Church could not afford to refuse to ordain women if it was to win more supporters . |
| 19 | Anthony Hope 's detachment meant that his story could be free from contemporary political overtones : if he was expressing any apprehensions about the state of Europe , they were not visible in his books as they are in Erskine Childers 's thriller , The Riddle of the Sands , or in Buchan 's ‘ Ruritanian ’ novels . |
| 20 | Gertrude Jekyll had not been available to design the garden at The Tamarisks when Lutyens had been drawing up plans for the house , but she was shown these plans and her advice was sought . |
| 21 | Graham Townsend was alone in his shop at three fifteen this afternoon … details of what happened are sketchy … but he was stabbed several times in the chest by one of three youths who were trying to steal jewellery … they ran off … and Mr Townsend called an ambulance … a neighbour came to his aid . |
| 22 | He had shouted that he was a reporter but he was struck several blows on the head and shoved into the police tender . |
| 23 | While she was identifying these predators in the encyclopedia , Ruby became noticeably paler and agitated . |
| 24 | The day that made the appointment to see and Co , Nick after coming out of that meeting with Nick , we called in at the office , myself and my wife , and whilst I was tidying some things up because I 'd got the remainder of the afternoon off , Charles ' wife said to my wife , my wife actually broke down in tears , and she says , What 's up ? |
| 25 | I 'd be concerned as to whether I was wearing more layers of clothing than the other women , and whether anyone had noticed . |
| 26 | Her mouth opened and closed , but Clive could not tell whether she was making any noises . |
| 27 | A man is being treated for a partially-collapsed lung after he was stabbed several times in the arms and body . |
| 28 | As I was typing these words , a young friend phoned to tell me about the wonderful summer holiday he had just had with his father . |
| 29 | Dr Bob Woodward and his brother John became interested in the pavement when it was uncovered some years ago . |
| 30 | The case of the plaintiff is that he should still have been told and advised about the er availability of this provision , particularly when he was clearly er fearful of the financial consequences to him of completing this and when he was expressing those fears forcefully er to Mr . |