Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Runciman was not interested and Hughes told them he was busy turning round his company , which had temporarily bombed — an ideal qualification in retrospect . |
| 2 | ‘ When , in answer to his assumption that there was to be an early wedding , I asked what was going round the grapevine now , he told me it was pure speculation on his part , stemming from the fact that you 'd just handed in your resignation . ’ |
| 3 | She had been spitting blood after a bad bout of coughing , but one look at the sputum told me it was clean blood . |
| 4 | He told me there was one thing which had deeply troubled him throughout his life , and that was refusing to acknowledge you when you were in trouble . |
| 5 | ‘ She told me there was this letter from Stan , questioning my loyalty to Barnet and my commitment to the club . |
| 6 | One night , the wife pointed casually to a cupboard and told me there were some back issues of Cosmopolitan there if I wanted to look . |
| 7 | I told you there were mini roast potatoes . |
| 8 | Her highly alerted state of mind told her there was some purpose behind that question . |
| 9 | They gave us six piasters and told us it was advance pay for work on a rubber plantation not far away . |
| 10 | Then we heard somebody who was nearby murmur in a low voice , ‘ They were Fascists . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Dorothy , do you remember a story in the news some time ago about a chap who had somebody who was homeless living in the shed at the bottom of his garden ? ’ |