Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] the [noun sg] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been little birdsong in the devastated places I had come from and I think it was the striking on my ear of the calling of a blackbird , so meaningful somehow as it sounded out clearly from the delicious chatter in those trees that made me feel the war was over . |
| 2 | Watching Jamila sometimes made me think the world was divided into three sorts of people : those who knew what they wanted to do ; those ( the unhappiest ) who never knew what their purpose in life was ; and those who found out later on . |
| 3 | ‘ I decided it was time to say goodbye , but before I could give notice Sam Hall , the Benskin 's area manager , phoned me to say the company was going to turn the Harrow into a managed house . |
| 4 | When you come out of role to reflect on what 's been going on your questions might include : " What led you to believe the carpenter was nervous/hiding something from us ? " |
| 5 | I thought you meant the shelf was up wrong ! |
| 6 | The questions selected were ‘ How fast did you feel the driver was going in the film ? ’ , which gave judgments with an average correlation with risk ratings of 0.09 ( d.f . |
| 7 | So what did you think the poem was about ? |
| 8 | ( In practice , questions like this may be replaced by the mayor was what ? or what did you say the mayor was ? , but these will cover the point which we are about to make just as well . ) |
| 9 | " Did you know the marquis was getting married again ? " |
| 10 | Why did they think the Earth was flat for ? |
| 11 | ‘ What did they say the cargo was ? ’ |
| 12 | Did he think the devil was on the other side of the net ? |
| 13 | The foster mother said she thought the teenager was lucky to be alive — and people could n't believe the change in him . |
| 14 | Middlesbrough residents who use the centre rang The Northern yesterday and said they feared the centre was about to close . |
| 15 | This leaves us to assume that the beneficiary ought to pay in the event that ( iii ) it could not be shown that the testator , had he known the land was pledged , would have left something else or ( iv ) the testator did not know the land was pledged . |
| 16 | They said it appeared the death was not suspicious but they would like to hear from anyone in the area between 7am and 8am yesterday . |
| 17 | Millionaire financier , Sir Jack Lyons has been spared going to prison after a court heard that a jail sentence could kill him ; the judge , Mr Justice Henry said he accepted the businessman was seriously ill . |
| 18 | On the same programme , Lord Mackay said he believed the bill was a full response to the protests he had received since he announced the proposed changes . |
| 19 | Andrew MacKinlay , Labour MP for Thurrock , said he believed the Government was now heading for a ‘ crazy course of action ’ to privatise services even with a high security content . |
| 20 | He said he believed the Emperor was with the troops on the Brussels road , but he had not personally seen him . |
| 21 | He said he believed the rupture was spontaneous . |
| 22 | Mr Whitehouse said he feared the building was becoming unsafe . |
| 23 | Derek Aldrich , who represents Walton on the district council , said he thought the project was an extremely good idea . |