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Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Does he recall that last time this occurred there was an immediate leap forward in terms of killing ?
2	When Edward abdicated there was an immediate crisis .
3	She paced the garden ; she found it was an exact square .
4	In fact THREE TIMES as many women as men believed there is an anti-Di plot .
5	I learnt he was an old seaman who kept an inn , and he knew all the seamen in Bristol .
6	As the proceedings opened there was an immediate head to head confrontation between Fearnley Whittingstall and Mr Martin , the coroner .
7	Much to everyone 's surprise , when the exhibition and the Funfair at Battersea opened they were an immense success .
8	They guessed it was an emotional response to another womb death ; though , heaven knew , they would hardly have wanted a child , in their mid-forties , even if Charsky 's infertility could be miraculously cured .
9	In cotton weaving rates in 1808 had fallen so low that weavers were reported to be working upwards of fifteen hours , even to twenty , but as an employer remarked it was an impossible situation to sustain and a man would not choose to work eighteen hours if he could live from the labour of twelve .
10	A judge said it would be a ‘ bit bleak ’ if the authorities could not stop pornography coming into the country but agreed there was an arguable case for judicial review .
11	Shift manager : When we started there were an awful lot of sceptics who said ‘ How can we train and run the factory at the same time ? ’
12	She felt I was an undesirable influence , you coming from Methodist stock . ’
13	I could n't see myself doing it so as I said I was n't going to make a fool of myself by putting my name as being nominated forward er as a candidate etcetera lose interest that 's the first thing that happened because they knew I was an outspoken bloke .
14	And three : that you thought I was an ambitious sharpie trying to steal your father 's company . ’
15	Dot felt she was an unwanted item of luggage being sent away .
16	My Mrs Hewitt from the Lake District was so nice and I felt she was an old friend , but we wanted to talk about our Christmas shopping , not books .
17	They wanted to get rid of her because they thought she was an interfering busybody .
18	‘ I thought we were an old family ! ’ she said to herself , ‘ but this is all new ! ’
19	Anyway , when it fell there was an almighty roar .
20	If the Doctor was present it meant there was an extreme danger to this planet .
21	Coun. John Williams , Labour group leader , stressed it was an experimental scheme which would be closely monitored .
22	I felt he was an undesirable character . ’
23	I knew he was an honourable guy .
24	We saw Eliot off that evening , not too late , because we knew he was an early riser who went to morning Mass .
25	In reality , it is to introduce as a solution a concept which itself poses a theoretical problem , for as it is adopted and understood it is an uncriticized concept , a concept which , like all ‘ obvious ’ concepts , threatens to have for theoretical content no more than the function that the existing or dominant ideology defines for it .
26	So many times she had told herself that , and each time she knew it was an impossible thing to do .
27	Even as she said it , she knew it was an outrageous suggestion .
28	But he said he thought it was an Irish fellow you know and I said well where does he live ?
29	Born black in the Aliso Project , in the days before it became Mexican , he became a cop 20 years ago because he thought it was an honourable job .
30	With regard to the foundation on which his advocacy of the primacy was based , it can be summed up by saying that he thought it was an integral part of the rights of the church committed to his care , testified to by the living members of the community and the tradition which they inherited .