Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her the flat was in too disgusting a state for her to come and visit . |
| 2 | I told her the answer was the Sun . |
| 3 | ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow . |
| 4 | I told him the captain was out walking , and the man waited , like a cat waiting for a mouse . |
| 5 | I told you the problem was a political one . ’ |
| 6 | The vehicle was originally a petrol but before I bought it the engine was replaced with a Gold Seal factory rebuilt diesel unit . |
| 7 | When she found it the scene was stark . |
| 8 | If you If you paid it The Co was up on the Tuesday , you had to have it paid Most people tried to pay it for the Thursday and that was the turn of the leaf , on the Thursday and if you paid that then you could go straight away that day and get your new quarter stuff , for the next quarter . |
| 9 | He told her the gift was Belle Maman 's idea . |
| 10 | He told me the daughter was a bad lot though . |
| 11 | I had arranged for her to see a specialist , and he told me the condition was irreversible , that she would never lose her sight completely but that she would be almost totally blind within a year . |
| 12 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |