Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 2 | No , what drew me to the Hall was personal . |
| 3 | The belief that working class men would choose idleness if at all possible and that married women 's work provided them with the opportunity was particularly strong during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries . |
| 4 | But those gloomy musings ended abruptly when the skim dropped me near the pod was berthed — and when I saw the shadowy figures around it . |
| 5 | The president was admitting to voters that ‘ everything I told you in the campaign was not true , ’ said Republican Senator Phil Gramm . |
| 6 | But what really excited her about the visit was the museum 's corresponding red leather book containing all the same names , which enabled both to double-check the information . |
| 7 | PAMELA : Whether sir , the nun who followed you at the masquerade is not the Countess of Pembroke ? |
| 8 | What interested me at the time was whether the ‘ naturally ’ weak non-metallic crystals could be made strong too . |
| 9 | The bleak rocks which interested her in the landscape were liberally salted with nesting gulls . |
| 10 | What decided her in the end was that the new job specification covered much of the work she had already been doing at Stoy 's for C&R and she was loth to let it go . |
| 11 | We placed it by the spot were she went in and out , and every day I moved her food nearer to the cage until , eventually , she had to go right in to eat . |
| 12 | As Nancy slid the first tape into her video machine I settled down to watch her at work , but , throughout , the advice offered me on the screen was interspersed with more from the sofa next to me , where she sat eagerly adding a tumult of tips to those already being relayed . |
| 13 | I made it and I made it back , but the friend who saw me onto the train was so concerned at my appearance , she phoned my daughter . |
| 14 | The look he sent her across the table was a direct challenge . |
| 15 | Everyone who made it to the summit was rewarded with a magnificent panoramic view . |
| 16 | Kids who never made it to the gig are cruising aggressively around in a heady charged way . |
| 17 | I had intended to try and ring Jo as soon as I got in , to find out what the hell was going on , but I never made it for the house was in turmoil . |
| 18 | What heartened as well as chastened me about the letter was his wish to see more of my writing . |
| 19 | Was n't this demonstrated when the scum did us in the semi 's a couple of years ago ? |
| 20 | The scene that greeted her at the top was already less frightening than it had been when Phoebe arrived . |
| 21 | At least , she thought as the taxi carried her to the astrologer 's home , she had not had the ordeal of having to explain her bizarre decision to go out to Piers . |
| 22 | The photo was in there , too , but she left it for the time being . |
| 23 | One of the things that really annoyed us in the Ministry was when the Publisher 's representative used to go straight into the Minister 's office and dictate letters which the Minister then signed . |