Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ate pork chops in tomato sauce with us that evening , and claimed it was the first good meal he had had in six months . |
| 2 | The Board 's General Manager Tom Frawley said today that the decision to close the Shantallow home had been a difficult one , but claimed it was the only possible course of action ‘ in light of the increase over the last few years in the level of nursing home accommodation and the reduced demand for residential accommodation which has come about as a result of improvements in housing in general and the development of sheltered accommodation and other community alternatives . ’ |
| 3 | He also claimed it was the largest open system to be employed at a statistic office in Europe , and announced that the company planned to use it as a reference site for national accounting offices in both East and Western Europe . |
| 4 | He also claimed it was the largest open system to be employed at a statistic office in Europe , and announced that the company planned to use it as a reference site for national accounting offices in both East and Western Europe . |
| 5 | When the 28-bedroom Sundial opened it was the first new hotel in the town for 240 years . |
| 6 | They felt they were the first two up in the whole world , like Adam and Eve . |
| 7 | They still thought he was the top British sprinter . |
| 8 | They specifically denied they were the Arab Revolutionary Cells Group , originally believed to be holding Mr Reed . |
| 9 | As the cab drove out of Frankfurt to the address on the way to the airport , Horowitz , sitting erect , case in his lap , reflected he was the only real professional in this game . |
| 10 | And Dinda said she needed a filling , a re-filling actually and she said it 's the first that she 's been to a dentist that she could remember that she did n't notice the needle coming in , part she hates is the needle in the gum . |
| 11 | She said it 's the twenty eighth and the month is December . |
| 12 | William said it was the best political occasion he could remember since he had heard Aneurin Bevan speak in South Wales during the war . |
| 13 | He said it was the crucial first step in the process of removing the scars from the Lanarkshire landscape . |
| 14 | You said it was the only reasonable thing to do , yet now , when at last I agree , you say it 's too late . ’ |
| 15 | I said it was the sudden fresh air that had done it . |