Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only occasion that the present writer met him was as a member of a deputation to appeal for troop protection for Protestant homes that were being stoned and shot into by the Provisional IRA . |
| 2 | But police have told Adrian that even though the driver admitted she was in the wrong , she 's unlikely to be prosecuted . |
| 3 | But , under the system now envisaged by Mr MacGregor 's officials , higher education students would get a certificate proving they were on a recognised course and apply by post to the Glasgow-based Student Loans Company for a loan . |
| 4 | The official report from the hospital stated that when the President arrived he was in a state of complete coma , with no recordable blood pressure or pulse , ‘ the eyes wide open , with no response to light ’ , and no reflexes anywhere . |
| 5 | Theoretically , every person was subject to the whim of the sultan , which in practice meant they were at the mercy of his capricious subordinates . |
| 6 | She opened her mouth to say they were with the police , but abruptly changed her mind . |
| 7 | Mum noticed I was in a rather strange mood . |
| 8 | According to popular myth , Law discovered he was on the list to leave Old Trafford from a TV report when he was visiting his sick mother in Aberdeen . |
| 9 | ‘ The man who drilled for the test said it was among the hardest block he 'd ever seen . |
| 10 | Williams team management said they were on the protestors ' side . |
| 11 | In his summing-up , the judge said it was for the jury to decide if Christopher How had been dishonest . |
| 12 | By then , and with a couple of non-championship wins under his belt , Emerson and the whole Lotus team knew they were onto a winner in I972 . |
| 13 | The linesman said it was for a push and handball . |
| 14 | Byrne was not a particularly big man , standing only 5 feet 9 inches and weighing 13 stone , but Deaf Burke was even smaller at 5 feet 8½ inches , and 12 stone 7 lbs , so the Irishman felt he was onto a good thing . |
| 15 | The prison Governor says he was in a disturbed state . |
| 16 | AB alleges he discovered , through records obtained before he launched a £200,000 legal action against the transfusion service , that the donor knew he was in a high-risk group for HIV infection . |
| 17 | ‘ The Colonel said you were over the moon when he broke the news to you . ’ |
| 18 | Maman said it was at the back , the other way from the bathroom end of the corridor . |
| 19 | The Prince felt he was in the company of someone very special , took great delight in time spent talking to him , and was inspired by all that he heard . |
| 20 | So the first man in the smithy in the morning had to pick up a hammer and strike the anvil three times — just to let the old man know we were on the job . |
| 21 | Where the church impinged it was as the representative of property and coercion rather than as a meaningful organisation . |
| 22 | British Gas said it was from a fractured pipe . |
| 23 | Bloody hell thought we were in the lead Derek , you sure you 're not going backwards ? |
| 24 | I 'd have said if he 'd been dead but Kevin 's mum said he was on the danger list . " |
| 25 | The only way to do it was as a comic . |
| 26 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 27 | The guy says he was in a hurry to get home because he has to get up at six tomorrow morning because he 's donating some of his bone marrow so that his sister can have a bone marrow transplant … |
| 28 | ‘ When we were all kids the man who used to teach Joe the violin said we were like a nest of singing birds . |