Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm no , I 'm normally I 'm , funny I was over that way last weekend cos er , you know , pop over to the beach and things . |
| 2 | I ca n't begin to say how supportive she was at that time . ’ |
| 3 | She wanted to show how grateful she was for this second chance . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm glad I was of some use to you , ’ she said , unable to keep an edge of tartness from her voice . |
| 5 | Not necessarily close friends , but it was amazing how welcome they were in that sea of faces . |
| 6 | That 's how tight it was at that time o' day ! |
| 7 | My boyfriend knew nothing of these habits and the first move was to tell him , which relieved me incredibly ( actually to admit to someone how unhappy I was with these eating habits ) . |
| 8 | How much the employer pays depends on how long you were in that scheme . |
| 9 | From time to time , and I think mainly to keep in touch , Aunt Janie would ring me to ask if I could come to the house to help with a small task , such as fixing the cellar door , hammering in a stray loose plank over the cistern and so on — although she must have known as well as I did how useless I was at such household chores . |
| 10 | There were reminders in every cupboard and corner of how much she was missing Charles and how worried she was about this expedition to a country she knew nothing about and which she hardly knew where to find on a map . |
| 11 | At least she and Dionne knew how precious they were to each other . |
| 12 | I saw how kind they were to each other . |
| 13 | It is not uncommon for people when telling stories about themselves to stress how frightened they were by some experience . |
| 14 | Respondents were also asked how satisfied they were with each decision-making process , and this was measured using the same seven point scale . |