Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] [conj] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women made up only a minor proportion of the prison population in Geurrero and I was assured that this situation was reflected throughout Mexico . |
| 2 | And that was how I was trained and that way I was trained seven and a half years ago , it has now all changed again . |
| 3 | Nearly ten years ago , in CD 's infancy , I was writing that most CD players sound like poor quality amplifiers , not least because they contain poor quality amplifier circuits , and little seems to have changed in the interim . |
| 4 | When I wrote a popular book recently , I was advised that each equation I included would halve the sales . |
| 5 | I was told that each train which passed us happened to be the one that was taking Tam Mahaddie away to kill the Kaiser and win the war . |
| 6 | That was er a flat in Plumtree , we were offered a flat on the first floor and when we examined the kitchen it was extremely obvious to me that our gas cooker would n't fit in the , the place where it was designed to fit , when I asked where do we put the washing machine I was informed that most tenants kept the washing machine on the balcony , when I said well where do we put the refrigerator , well most people keep the refrigerator either in the hall or , or rather not a hall it was a passageway , in the passageway or in the living room , now it does seem to me with hindsight that if that 's planning I , to use an old fashion London phrase , I 'm a Dutchman . |
| 7 | I wonder I was wondering whether some people were having abortion because they perhaps already had too many children ? |
| 8 | I was this this contradicts now , I was wondering whether more areas became accessible between seventeen hundred and eighteen fifty for some reason or other , therefore they could you know er enrol more people , and count more people . |
| 9 | I am hoping to compile a short book of poems on dogs — I was wondering if any readers might like to send me any ? |
| 10 | Cos I was talking to Lilian , she was thinking that each year she 'd be given an update it should be a five year plan . |
| 11 | Although she felt like a little girl who had gone into the wrong party room , she was determined that this woman would not keep her away from her husband . |
| 12 | And sh they she was given erm some sort of oh something to put her to sleep or whatever gas and I know sh she seemed to know what she was doing but this lady that was there with her she passed out with the smell of gas in the room so she was n't much help . |
| 13 | This would cause many of the possible infinities to cancel out , but it was suspected that some infinities might still remain . |
| 14 | It was explained that these accounts would be used in a later practical class . |
| 15 | When it was seen that all clan chiefs had taken the oath , Dalrymple was frustrated , but not for long . |
| 16 | It was assumed that all learning could be reduced to a series of conditioned reflexes . |
| 17 | In the British Army , discipline was centred around self-discipline , and it was assumed that each man had enough self-discipline to carry out an order without being told twice . |
| 18 | In 1990 , it was assumed that each assistant would average twenty items a minute ( Cutter and Rowe 1990 ) . |
| 19 | It was assumed that any erosion terraces would show as modes in the frequency distribution . |
| 20 | It was achieved because many Protestants voted tactically for the SDLP instead of the Ulster Unionists . |
| 21 | It was concluded that some platinum enrichment is related to primary magmatic differentiation but that many of the high values , particularly of palladium and gold , are the product of later alteration associated with deformation . |
| 22 | The early work on viscoelasticity was performed on silk , rubber , and glass , and it was concluded that these materials exhibited a ‘ delayed elasticity ’ manifest in the observation , that the imposition of a stress resulted in an instantaneous strain which continued to increase more slowly , with time . |
| 23 | It was argued that many disputes which were previously resolved by headmen would be taken to the new courts . |
| 24 | It was argued that such covenants are often contained in conveyances , leases and mortgages , and that they had never been subject to the doctrine of restraint of trade and consequently the test of reasonableness . |
| 25 | It was argued that these findings reflected general activation of both hemispheres combined with specific activation of the left hemisphere . |
| 26 | Nevertheless it was argued that these procedures violated Article 8 of the Convention on two grounds , one because people were not always notified after the surveillance , the other because there was no judicial supervision of the procedures . |
| 27 | It was argued that these assignments were by way of charge . |
| 28 | While it was argued that these centres create jobs , can help create a better image for the area and provide shopping facilities locally , many expressed concern that the jobs provided are part-time and low paid and go no way towards creating a sound economic base in the community . |
| 29 | Not only were their needs felt to threaten the living standards of other groups , but it was argued that these needs should be given less priority : ‘ It is dangerous to be in any way lavish to old age , until adequate provision . |
| 30 | While this is a notoriously difficult problem , it was argued that some progress can be made . |