Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I was selected as company runner , which meant that I was also a kind of servant , I forget the word … ’ |
| 2 | More recently the revelation that I was also a Punch columnist has provoked an equally predictable and ill-informed reaction . |
| 3 | That I was just a father , a husband — I 'd somehow ceased to exist as a person in my own right . ’ |
| 4 | What last thin pretence had remained that I was merely a guest lay discarded . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was rumoured that she was also a poisoner and a witch . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | I think , actually , that she was always a snake during the daylight hours , which is why I never saw her except at night . |
| 16 | Mounting the pulpit , I explained that she was merely a listener . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ But the coronation of whom , my lady ? ’ enquired the prince , as if he too had accepted that she was indeed the lady Anne . |
| 21 | The third edition of 1740 contained a statement by nine residents of Petersfield that she was indeed the author . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | She suddenly recollected that she was now the wife of the director of a large company , and drew herself up with what she hoped was some dignity ; but she only succeeded in looking more than ever like a pouter pigeon . |
| 24 | She then sought a fair rent , which she could only do if she were a tenant , but Mr Street of course argued that she was only a licensee . |
| 25 | That and the fact that she was only an assistant would make her discontented and , quite possibly , cause her to resign . |
| 26 | She loved him so much , and to realise that she was only an episode in his busy life was bitter indeed . |
| 27 | Shanti has told me that when she was about seven , she used to tell the children at school that she was really the daughter of an Indian princess , and used to pretend to talk in an Indian language ! |
| 28 | Yanto grudgingly admitted to himself that she was also different by the fact that she was still a virgin . |
| 29 | The Cheshire 12-year-old who tried to commit suicide told psychologists after said after the incident that she was still a chatline addict . |
| 30 | The fact that she was basically a kind soul did not mean that she was soft on Sally-Anne or herself . |