Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [was/were] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , she hit the hedge which is only about an inch thick and found there was nothing this side . |
| 2 | And where would the All that the families you mentioned there were they all port families ? |
| 3 | Then she smiled , stroking Melanie 's face again , so tenderly that Melanie closed her eyes and imagined it was her own mother caressing her or any mother caressing any child . |
| 4 | In July 1988 the IRA claimed he was their intended victim when a family of three was killed by a 1,000lb roadside bomb detonated at Kileen , south of Newry . |
| 5 | But behind everything she did was a raw power that emphasised she was her own woman . |
| 6 | Raymond said to me the other day , I asked him was there any lemonade ? |
| 7 | ‘ I thought I was his best friend . |
| 8 | It also explains his failure in that no-one knew which was his real priority . |
| 9 | I had n't asked but I just knew she was his only offspring , and I 'd lay odds there was n't a Mrs McInnes any more . |
| 10 | If she hurt it was her own fault . |
| 11 | Dana could seem ruthless ; only her twin knew it was her inner insecurity that made her present such a cold , unforgiving face to the world . |
| 12 | Chesarynth thought it was her own screaming and embarrassment boiled through her but when she looked round , bodies were twitching and smoking everywhere as the computer-banks sparked into flame . |
| 13 | ‘ As a matter of fact , I thought it was my own house . |
| 14 | I thought it was his dirty washing . ’ |
| 15 | just thought it was his natural hair but |
| 16 | It reminded her forcibly of the way she had felt when she walked into her flat and saw Damian Flint standing beside Jenny , and thought he was her secret lover . |
| 17 | However , I realised it was your usual attitude towards women . ’ |
| 18 | On our return we realised it was our last evening at the campsite in Waldsee . |
| 19 | Then I looked at the chassis and registration numbers and realised it was my old car . |
| 20 | Then she realized it was her own desire to be valued , noticed even , that made her want to do something that would n't take a minute once she 'd started . |
| 21 | What intrigued me was their mutual indifference to an activity I 'd always imagined to be both intimate and passionate . |
| 22 | ‘ It was only during the afternoon that I remembered it was my 15th birthday . ’ |
| 23 | I still number some of them as personal friends all these years later , but at the time what struck me was their unbelievable competence and sheer quality compared with the wretchedly small scope they had been given in prewar Britain . |
| 24 | Organiser Kevin Horton said there was plenty more support as yet untapped . |
| 25 | The working man was so successfully emancipated that he ( and even more , polls suggest , his wife ) ceased to defer to those who said they were his public spokesmen . |
| 26 | Jean added : ‘ Someone said it was their married daughter 's birthday , so perhaps that 's it . ’ |
| 27 | They said it was their public duty to help . |
| 28 | Afterwards he said it was his first foray into the art world — but denied a particular interest in Hitler . |