Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pers pn] be [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | December 1991 : The Academy of Culinary Arts announced it was facing liquidation . |
| 2 | His parents thought he was selling raffle tickets , but first he went for swim with friends in the River Wye at Broomy Hill . |
| 3 | On January 21st , however , the Iraqis said they were placing prisoners of war near ‘ scientific and economic targets ’ , liable to air attack . |
| 4 | Neither of us were attacked because of the Durances but because the local drug dealers knew I was making enquiries about trafficking and they thought you were working with me . |
| 5 | When McCaw Cellular Communications announced it was to swap $600m of its junk bonds for stock , the price of the bonds shot up . |
| 6 | She had assumed they were going to his friend 's colourful flat but they had been on the motorway for several miles and the road signs said they were travelling north . |
| 7 | He escaped a prison sentence after magistrates heard he was seeking help for his drink problem . |