Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I heard the other day what I thought was one of the best advertisements not to have an animal for Christmas very emotive , er I think it was for the R S P C A , and I I 'm told I do n't think you 've heard it but it b basically it 's it 's er the sound of a er well it 's a human pretending to be a dog really and saying you know , Well this is nice my my er family have taken me to the vet , I did n't think I was ill but never mind . |
| 2 | Although the limb is three-dimensional I will treat it as if it were two-dimensional and only consider position with respect to two axes , the antero-posterior axis which runs across the limb from digit 2 to digit 4 , and the long , or proximo-distal axis , which runs from the shoulder to the tip of the digits . |
| 3 | oh well I thought it was green but never mind |
| 4 | He had run away from his home in Chicago when he was fifteen and still bore the scars from the beating he had received at the hands of his father after his parents had discovered he was gay . |
| 5 | He was ill and below form in Australia , but has gone well in training here . |
| 6 | He was ill and below form in Australia , but has gone well in training here . |