Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [was/were] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she realized I was a good thief and knew how to use a knife , she got to like me . |
| 2 | But it was of no avail , and as the time passed I was the unwilling witness of the gradual transition from heartiness to silence , then to something like panic . |
| 3 | ‘ I went into analysis because I realised I was a dangerous character — I mean this suicidal , self-destructive instinct I had . |
| 4 | You 'd only let me make love to you that night because you realised I was a better bet than Peter . |
| 5 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
| 6 | I found I was the only woman in the upstairs room of the Albert in Kings Cross , listening to a man in a leather jacket giving an introductory talk which seemed to assume that we were all men . |
| 7 | Does he recall that last time this occurred there was an immediate leap forward in terms of killing ? |
| 8 | I preferred to cross the ferry to the hotel on the other side , and found there was a spare bed though not a spare room . |
| 9 | He found there was no real difference between Santiago marginals and those in higher strata in a cultural way , that is , they shared the same values and aspirations , but the squatters were unable to realise these because of structural features . |
| 10 | I was very impressed by the volume and depth of sound from such a small cab , and although there 's not the power to cover a very large stage , I found there was no great loss in tone when standing to the side of the amp — a problem with some larger rigs . |
| 11 | When Edward abdicated there was an immediate crisis . |
| 12 | And also you 'll like it because the cardinal who designed it was a practical joker and built in all sorts of extremely infantile jokes so that he could spray water onto his innocent friends while they were eating their dinner or trying to watch little masques . |
| 13 | Clearly visible as an up-lighter caught it was the strong profile of Martin Ward , with the Dyson family a few steps behind . |
| 14 | Hence , around 1980 , William Assheton , an architectural student whose forebears included the Rev. Richard Assheton , found he was the new owner of the building . |
| 15 | He put up his hands and found it was a long strand of seaweed . |
| 16 | But she found it was a different school with different faces . |
| 17 | When it came to her turn to scramble ashore , she found it was no easy task to move the balance beam which swung the gates open . |
| 18 | She paced the garden ; she found it was an exact square . |
| 19 | I suppose what you told me was the whole truth ? ’ |
| 20 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 21 | He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 22 | He said that he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through … |
| 23 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 24 | I assumed I was the senior man but one of my mates , a very good pal of mine to me , a senior shunter , he says , Oh you 'll get the job , they 'll be wanting to get rid of you Jimmy . |
| 25 | He did n't treat you with disrespect — he just assumed you were a mere mortal like the rest of us . |
| 26 | He assumed she was the younger daughter of the couple who lived on the second floor , until she spoke . |
| 27 | Jacobs alleged that the Canadian and Australian delegates were trying to sabotage the election because they were interested in a north Korean decision to convene a conference in Pyongyang for all Korean politicians concerned with unification Jacobs and Hodge believed there was a communist group in UNTCOK , encouraged by Jackson and Patterson , working to promote the failure of the UN efforts and to ensure that south Korea fell into the Soviet sphere . |
| 28 | Clearly they each believed there was a real issue , and that the other was intelligent enough to pursue it . |
| 29 | The court held that , providing the police honestly and reasonably believed there was a real risk of a breach of the peace , they were entitled to take reasonable preventative action . |
| 30 | Millions of Americans believed there was a left-wing plot to create chaos . |