Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chairman of the Governors asked me was there a precedent in a flowing her to come into the interviews , and I said ‘ No , the precedent has already been set and that she was n't in on the other appointments . ’ |
| 2 | It was n't until I underwent hypnosis that I realised I was still a Catholic . |
| 3 | Putting a hand out for the clock , she found it was only a quarter to eight . |
| 4 | But her motives for writing seemed phoney — he believed it was just a form of competing with him and also imitation of Eleanor . |
| 5 | She believed it was still a struggle to address the needs and rights of black children in the care system , she said . |
| 6 | The Attlee administration , and Ernest Bevin in particular , believed it was only a matter of time before the British economy would recover . |
| 7 | Many stated it was also the point at which they ‘ realised ’ they were addicted . |
| 8 | Going to grammar school really made me isolated It was only a couple of miles away from where I lived but that 's a long way when you 're only 11 — years-old and all your mates from junior school had gone to the local comprehensive round the corner . |
| 9 | Lucier was accustomed to it : the wry grins as they acknowledged he was only a man in costume ; the superstitious snatching away of their hands for fear he was a little bit more . |
| 10 | Peter Alliss reckoned it was probably the end for Ballesteros if he had n't come roaring back by 1992 . |
| 11 | if we 're serious about that we need I think to review that very regularly , because I moved offices and discovered I was still a fire officer for a part of the office I was n't even part of , |
| 12 | Stunned by a Thameside painting by Whistler , it was only later that Strayhorn discovered it was actually a view of Battersea Bridge that he 'd admired ! |
| 13 | So we sat there and we decided he was obviously a musician . |
| 14 | At times I felt I was just a kind of palimpsest , or a blackboard that could always be wiped clean to make room for his own work . |
| 15 | Thought I was just a wannabe nobody . ’ |
| 16 | I thought I was just a bit hyper , like everyone else . |
| 17 | If I was a Christian at all — and I was n't sure that I was — I thought I was probably a custard Christian . |
| 18 | ‘ When I was fifteen my mother thought I was still a child … but that year I discovered life , rock and roll and love with a boy named Brownie Hansen … ’ |
| 19 | Jo figured that her mother was probably a nympho — after all , it took one to know one and Jo thought she was probably a nympho herself . |
| 20 | So far as she knew they were only the result of an innocent friendship , so why Feargal 's anger ? |
| 21 | We 'd guessed that whatever local dispute had provoked the initial spat it was now a battle between much larger factions , probably Amal and Hezbollah . |
| 22 | ‘ I felt it was quite an honour to be picked to represent Scotland ’ , he said . |
| 23 | Mala blinked , and grew paler , but quickly assured him that as far as she knew it was just a coincidence . |
| 24 | I knew it was just a matter of getting the knack ! ’ |
| 25 | He tried to harden his heart in advance , but knew it was just a front . |
| 26 | There were many other primitives to come but by the time they arrived I knew it was just an attempt to revive attention . |
| 27 | That was July , yes I knew it was quite a bit cheaper . |
| 28 | The Midlands ' shop stewards knew it was only a question of time before the strike affected supplies to their own plants and those in the South , jeopardising the recovery plan which had been producing such vast improvements in performance . |
| 29 | Kathleen knew it was only a case of stalling for time , but every day that passed brought new understanding of this enigmatic man who had captured her heart . |
| 30 | I knew it was only a matter of time before I would die ’ . |