Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [vb pp] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was invited to observe healing sessions taking place in the College of Psychic Studies in South Kensington . |
| 2 | I was invited to write this article before the election , around the proposition that the policy differences between the parties were so narrow that it did not really matter who won — a political worldweariness with which I sharply disagreed . |
| 3 | I was invited to chair one session last week . |
| 4 | When I had finished , I was made to wait two hours before being called back into the office for questioning . |
| 5 | I think I was born to do that kind of thing , it 's terrible . |
| 6 | In my early days , I had merely assumed , since I knew so little of industry , that I was employed to achieve certain ends . |
| 7 | Since she 's gone there 's been a gap … it made my life better , because — she had a garden I could use … and it was like a job — I felt I was led to do that job … and she used to be so pleased to see me , she used to almost embrace me with tears in her eyes . |
| 8 | Watching the editing of the Brahms Second Symphony I must say I forgot I was watching a film , simply because I was fascinated to hear new colours which the eye was suggesting by the way you were using shots of the violas and the trombones at some of the quietest moments in the work . |
| 9 | After I had written my letter of acceptance to Bedford I began to look for digs nearer the university : I was determined to show some independence . |
| 10 | In spite of stubborn efforts on my part , repeated on many occasions as I was determined to master this skill , I have never , never succeeded in doing it ! |
| 11 | I saw what they did to Alec Davidson and I was determined to avoid such treatment . |
| 12 | ‘ I was asked to take two horses from Ireland and this was one of them . |
| 13 | I named a duck I had this letter come no no no no , I had this letter come , right , and it said now they 've got this duck and they did n't know what to call it and so Gemma said well I think erm Eileen , Auntie Eileen ought to name it so I , I was asked to name this duck . |
| 14 | At that particular moment of time , as the leader of the Labour group here , I had a discussion with the leader of the Labour group on Thamesdown Borough Council , with the political officer down there , and I was asked to resist any attempt to sell off the garden of Swindon , because once Thamesdown became a unitary authority , it would want that to sell for itself to get it 's capital . |
| 15 | As for the television programme , I was asked to appear 36 hours in advance , having been sent the large number of documents . |
| 16 | I was most interested in your article on water divining ( November 1990 ) because I was asked to practise this art in Africa many years ago . |
| 17 | I was asked to refit some buttons which has come apart on a settee cushion . |
| 18 | As a Scot , I was expected to take New Year 's Day as leave rather than Christmas . |
| 19 | ‘ When I was told to rest all week and just turn up and play on the Saturday , I felt sluggish and lethargic , so I make sure I do the required hours every week . |
| 20 | I was told to sign three cards and then they just dumped this bag on the counter , and I could see the rope inside . |
| 21 | Serum pepsinogen I was measured using commercial radioimmunassay kits obtained from Incstar Ltd ( Berkshire ) . |
| 22 | But , because I felt even further away from being masculine , I was forced to amend this self-assessment and tell myself that I was not yet feminine . |
| 23 | I was forced to pay more attention to lessons in science and history at Varndean , purely so that I might better understand my other , shadowier tutelage . |
| 24 | I had to race to keep up the momentum but I was forced to rest five minutes in every twenty . |
| 25 | So , with some limitations , I was allowed to choose new Directors whose short training films I 'd seen , or who 'd maybe done a couple of other jobs in serials , and get them to prove their mettle . |
| 26 | I was allowed to do one concert after being kept waiting most of the day by the Russians . |
| 27 | I was allowed to wear high heels for beauty contests , however , and when I started work , he always bought me expensive Italian leather . |
| 28 | I was allowed to record each group and I found the transcribing of the tapes less arduous as I had also been able to make notes . |
| 29 | She was built to carry dry cargo such as fruit and groceries in crates , aluminium or copper . |
| 30 | A vision of the other woman 's mocking green eyes very nearly sent her running back to the safety of her own room , but having come this far she was determined to see this thing through , come what may . |