Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adj] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I was born on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh right , no if I was born on the eleventh about nineteen hundred , then on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh , announce , that 's when I was born zero , six , six , eleventh , eleventh , sixty-six , I was eleven on the eleventh of the eleventh of seventy-seven , I was , I was twenty-two on the eleventh of the eleventh , eighty-eight , I was thirty-three on the eleventh of the eleventh noticed how they 're all double all the way through |
| 2 | ‘ The whole experience has been a lot of fun and the crew have been fantastic , especially in the very beginning because I was nervous for the first few days . |
| 3 | I was nervous for the first few missions — but once you 'd done it you could cope . |
| 4 | His voice breaking with emotion , the 54-year-old Australian businessman said outside prison near Perth : ‘ I was innocent in the first place . |
| 5 | Born on the eleventh of the eleventh sixty-six , that 's a zero , so I was eleventh of the eleventh seventy-seven |
| 6 | Well the thing is , I got caught once before in the other place when I went to Manor of the Groves where I tried to book out erm and found I was late for the first erm |
| 7 | If I was born on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh right , no if I was born on the eleventh about nineteen hundred , then on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh , announce , that 's when I was born zero , six , six , eleventh , eleventh , sixty-six , I was eleven on the eleventh of the eleventh of seventy-seven , I was , I was twenty-two on the eleventh of the eleventh , eighty-eight , I was thirty-three on the eleventh of the eleventh noticed how they 're all double all the way through |
| 8 | Last year I was fifteen for the third time round . |
| 9 | I did n't want to tell her I 'd done nothing at all so I told a sort of white lie — said I was halfway through the first draft . |
| 10 | ‘ I was one of the first chefs to put gastronomic vegetarian meals on the menu seven years ago . |
| 11 | I was one of the first ones to be flown out and then there was a postal hold-up so I had real trouble finding out what was going on , and also trying to organise to have him brought home . |
| 12 | And , ‘ I was one of the first Medicare patients . |
| 13 | In February 1990 I was one of the first two secondees from the accountancy profession to join the Investigations Division at the DTI . |
| 14 | It was after 1 am when I got up from the table , and I was one of the first to retire ! |
| 15 | Perhaps I was one of the first women in the entire province of Parma to be ‘ liberated ’ in that sense . |
| 16 | But I was er here I was one of the first People have forgotten that there was such a thing as a fitting shop in you know , in . |
| 17 | Since I was one of the first to awaken , my noise was far from popular , and I received a few kicks and blows from my neighbours , in their kindly efforts to speed my recovery . |
| 18 | I was one of the first to leave , making my way back to Number 11 unobserved . |
| 19 | I always thought I got cast in The Graduate because I was one of the last ones to be seen . |
| 20 | ‘ I was lucky on the seventeenth . |
| 21 | I was fine for the first few pages . |
| 22 | And I could n't have been , I could n't get out to help him I was stuck between the first and second floor ! |
| 23 | If I was born on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh right , no if I was born on the eleventh about nineteen hundred , then on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh , announce , that 's when I was born zero , six , six , eleventh , eleventh , sixty-six , I was eleven on the eleventh of the eleventh of seventy-seven , I was , I was twenty-two on the eleventh of the eleventh , eighty-eight , I was thirty-three on the eleventh of the eleventh noticed how they 're all double all the way through |
| 24 | All I can think is , I was wrong in the first place . |
| 25 | I was wrong in the first place . |
| 26 | I was wrong in the first place . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I have let this good man die because I was busy with the last details of my case . |
| 28 | I was fourth at the last Olympics , so third would give me satisfaction . |
| 29 | In Slatkin 's RCA recording , I was conscious in the first movement of Elgar 's poignant sense of an ideal world ( or relationship ) beyond his reach . |
| 30 | I liked it all , because I was lonely for the first time in my life , and an itinerant . |