Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I was fortunate because then Stoddard took over as a professionally run and profitable company and I 've spent 11 happy years with them . ’ |
| 2 | I was surprised cos yesterday Claire came in and she said , ooh , it 's really foggy tonight mum ! |
| 3 | Geography , see Michelle should have I was conscious that perhaps Michelle was gon na be a bit out of that bit , some of those |
| 4 | With the afternoon programme being much a repeat of the morning 's activities we were amazed that both children and adults could retain their enthusiasm . |
| 5 | To Rabbi Moishe , however , they were more than just delicacies , more even than symbols of the hoped-for good week to come — they were remembrances from the past , taking him back forty and more years to his distant home in Lithuania . |
| 6 | It was nationalist and virulently anticommunist . |
| 7 | Most of it was helpful and extremely kind . ’ |
| 8 | But from April onwards it was obvious that either Huddersfield or Cardiff would win the Championship . |
| 9 | It was unlikely that either men would ever walk properly again . |
| 10 | By the morning of Friday 10 November it was clear that neither Chamberlain nor Long would secure a majority and that some supporters of each of them would not contentedly follow the other . |