Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] was [art] [det] " in BNC.

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1 " I knew it was the same for you ; that made it worse .
2 I knew it was the same family , ’ he admitted .
3 The one I saw it was the same plain .
4 I would be lying to you if I said it was the same now .
5 I had been there nine times previously , but I supposed it was the same as your time as a baby — you could not remember a thing about it .
6 And she believed it was the same with him .
7 Although they were looking at the clump of bushes from a different angle now , she knew it was the same clump they had seen from the gate .
8 She had never known anything like the need that rent her , and she knew it was the same need that was racking Luke 's rigid body ; and still it escalated as they succumbed to a welter of tumultuous embraces , caresses and kisses , their staccato breathing punctuated by the sharp sounds of desire , their skin damp with perspiration .
9 Wherever she went it was the same story .
10 If she remembered he was the same man whom her son had once employed , there was no way of telling from the awed reception she gave him .
11 She said he was the same at home , only wanted to play with toys and watch TV , he would n't do any ‘ work ’ .
12 He knew he was no such man !
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