Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same school I also recognised the importance of freedom of choice , when I approached what was then the equivalent of O-levels . |
| 2 | She would have respected Simon Copley more if he had been less prone to venial selfishness , less preoccupied with his physical comfort , but this she told herself was probably the result of fifty years of spoiling by a devoted wife . |
| 3 | But then the civil war of the first years of the new century caused what was virtually the collapse of the French army , a collapse confirmed by the defeat at Agincourt at the hands of English men-at-arms and archers . |
| 4 | Twenty thousand years ago , at the end of the Pleistocene , the melting of North America 's last great ice sheet engorged what is now the Susquehanna River , which then enlarged the Chesapeake Valley . |
| 5 | Many stated it was also the point at which they ‘ realised ’ they were addicted . |
| 6 | Peter Alliss reckoned it was probably the end for Ballesteros if he had n't come roaring back by 1992 . |
| 7 | John joined what was then the Ministry of Labour and National Service in 1956 . |
| 8 | Rehabilitated and well furbished it is now the pride of the waterfront . |
| 9 | King George III ( 1760–1820 ) collected what is now the King 's Library in the British Library , and Queen Mary herself had a library of nearly five thousand volumes by the end of her life . |
| 10 | I thought she 's just the type of person which everybody would avoid to speak to , this girl ! |
| 11 | So far as she knew they were only the result of an innocent friendship , so why Feargal 's anger ? |
| 12 | I wonder whether he thought it was just the way the English talked , or whether he thought I was peculiar … |
| 13 | At first , I thought it was just the Luciferi but , on one occasion , I am sure it was due to intervention from the English court . ’ |
| 14 | Her routine never varied by a second and Honor thought it was probably the spell of freedom after luncheon which enabled her to remain sane . |
| 15 | I thought it was still the term time . ’ |
| 16 | At first he thought it was merely the effect of looking too hard , and he blinked his eyes twice . |
| 17 | Grierson , in fact , lived a singularly carefree and untroubled existence but Talbot thought it was hardly the time to point this out to him . |
| 18 | It was often said that her new-found reputation was a bubble that would burst once people realized it was just the raunchiness of her work that got her a wide readership . |
| 19 | The Premier also said there was still the option of an American peace envoy being appointed to oversee developments in Ulster — if the talks failed to get under way again . |
| 20 | He said they were there the whisky was flowing you know hypocrites ! |
| 21 | Had it been otherwise the battle might well have had a different outcome . |
| 22 | I was aware that the risks were considerable : had it been otherwise the Danakil country would already have been thoroughly explored . |
| 23 | Had it been only the interests of traders that were being considered , there would have been no need for Britain to have responded to the competitive challenge of other European states by formalizing and expanding her own empire , with all that this entailed in provoking international tensions , arms expenditures , and general insecurity . |
| 24 | he said it 's just the fact of you 're not coming in . |
| 25 | But I said it 's always the way when you think it 's a good examiner she or she , she gives you bad results and when it 's a bad , think oh an awful examiner I mean look at that one where you got that really tough examiner and you and Jenny was the only two that got honours . |
| 26 | B&I 's UK passenger manager , Victor Williams , said it was just the start of the company getting into the ‘ super-phase mould . ’ |
| 27 | B&I 's UK passenger manager Victor Williams said it was just the start of the company getting into the ‘ super phase mould . ’ |
| 28 | Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 29 | In an added postscript , Mr Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 30 | My father was one of them , and when ‘ Buddy Can You Spare a Dime ? ’ topped what was then the hit parade , its lyrics summed up the poverty , dependence and despair of the millions of poor throughout the world . |