Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] was [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course what defeated me was knows this fellow that is an ambulance driver and he 's classed as working class . |
| 2 | Out drinking with a couple of female journalists ( in what was supposedly Hemingway 's favourite bar in Havana , if you must know ) , I mentioned I was writing this article and we all launched into our favourite New Age stories , like the one about the Immortalists , a group who take to its logical end the New Age philosophy of positive thinking and creating your own reality , and have decided they are going to live forever . |
| 3 | It should n't have taken her long to pack and change out of her sundress into a skirt and blouse , but she found she was folding each garment at least twice , and several times she stood looking out of the window at the busy yard below . |
| 4 | Serbs found it was carrying more ammunition than was listed on the manifest , a Bosnian Serb officer said . |
| 5 | He jabbered away to his friends , and Ellie assumed he was explaining that item number one was a drink . |
| 6 | In a development that highlighted Rosyth 's struggle to survive , the MoD last night confirmed it was giving serious consideration to an attempt by Devonport to poach a £28 million ship refitting contract already awarded to the Fife yard . |
| 7 | It was warm and sunny , and for a brief time , as she cycled along to the nearest shops , she almost forgot what was to come that day . |
| 8 | We were engaged , within weeks of marriage , when I discovered she was seeing another man . |
| 9 | The Marquis still faces charges of dodging taxi fares , but the case was adjourned after a court heard he was receiving psychiatric treatment . |
| 10 | ‘ I heard he was making some kind of detective story with McQueen . ’ |
| 11 | Neighbour Kathy Burn said : ‘ We heard a bang and thought someone was doing some DIY work . |
| 12 | The ultimate warning over ouija comes from a high-ranking chaos magician who knew I was writing this book . |
| 13 | I was so high on adrenalin that for all I knew I was talking utter rubbish . |
| 14 | ‘ If I thought I was causing any pain to the fish I would n't go fishing and I think all anglers feel that way , ’ he says . |
| 15 | Juliet felt she was seeing another side to her mother , sensitive , vulnerable , and brave . |
| 16 | Sweeping waves of desire were pitching Sarella headlong to the point where she knew she was leaving common sense behind . |
| 17 | This sight brought her immediately down from her high , tragic pinnacle and made it seem all somehow cosier , as she thought she was sharing this music with such a wise and friendly dog . |
| 18 | Apart from the political overtones and undertones , Nicholson knew he was breaking new ground with one specific sex scene in which he showed full-frontal nudity and a fairly complete filming of the sex act itself , still unheard of in the movies , in spite of the musical Hair . |
| 19 | But it 's no way , I mean it was a really wet morning at quarter to seven , it had been raining , and he was right behind a lorry , and he , he , the lorry went to go one way and the he did n't go back because he knew he was going one way and the guy was going the other , he just started to go round to go to the left and bike was just there , he had no way of seeing him or he . |
| 20 | Jasper knew he was allowed extreme latitude in almost everything he did . |
| 21 | Well , s I thought it was tending that way . |
| 22 | I felt the world beginning to drift into the distance again , but I knew what was happening this time and got my head down quickly . |
| 23 | LAST WEEK 'S Parliamentary debate on the funding of science took place on the day the Science and Engineering Research Council announced it was cutting next year 's budget by £28 million . |
| 24 | Then I realized he was making some sort of joke and endeavoured to smile appropriately , though I suspect some residue of my bewilderment , not to say shock , remained detectable in my expression . |
| 25 | In the whole , as the degree of discrimination increased it was found that reaction time increased at a fairly constant rate . |
| 26 | Said I was to take extra care to keep your ears warm , specially with this wind . |
| 27 | Said I was selling double glazing or something . |
| 28 | Than what we had we was doing last year . |
| 29 | The company said it was advised last week by the US Federal Trade Commission that no objection would be raised to the acquisition of up to 15 per cent of Jaguar shares . |
| 30 | Melvyn Kelly , prosecuting , said it was expected that committal proceedings would be able to take place in two weeks . |