Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] be [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The photographs which encircled me were happy with many smiling , young faces on them . |
| 2 | I found I was hungry after all , ’ she admitted . |
| 3 | With all these people formally involved it is easy for one group to lose touch or fall behind with information from other groups , and in some cases numbers become unwieldy and the investigators start tripping over each other and duplicating effort . |
| 4 | I noticed I was grateful for this . |
| 5 | To the Germans , however , it seemed she was incapable of further immediate offensives ; so , late in 1915 , General Erich von Falkenhayn felt secure enough to transfer troops and artillery to the Western Front . |
| 6 | Perhaps it would be wise to pander a little to his whims since it seemed he was prone to these Viking tendencies . |
| 7 | ‘ I heard you were busy at other things . |
| 8 | She stared at him with her beautiful Indian eyes , puzzled I am sure by this tall man looking down at her . |
| 9 | Somewhat late in the day BBC Programme Planning decided it was unhappy with new seasons of Doctor Who opening around early November . |
| 10 | In his libel action seeking aggravated damages , Donovan claimed he suffered serious injury to his professional and personal reputation , considerable distress and embarrassment and that the article implied he was guilty of gross hypocrisy and deceit by denying that he was homosexual . |
| 11 | The the only job which I told Neil I do not expect him to take is working for waste disposal because he did that , this time last year and before he started he was full of big talk about you make a lot of money and you get a lot of tips at Christmas he found that you do not make a lot of money and you do not get generous tips at Christmas |
| 12 | And I say can I go to Hertford please and they did n't ask me how old I was , they just like the next thing I knew I was whacked out this six hundred quid ticket . |
| 13 | ‘ After bending over a horse or a job on the anvil till all your body ached you were glad of any bit of fun for a couple o' minutes to take your mind off the job . |
| 14 | This was a prize for the student who was best at English writing , and Anne knew she was good at that . |
| 15 | I understood how Mother felt when she knew she was pregnant at long last . |
| 16 | He knew she was grateful for much more than the gesture of making some tea and , instinctively , he held out his arms . |
| 17 | Sweetheart appeared oblivious to their stares , but Frankie knew she was aware of all the eyes that turned in her direction as she sat with her legs crossed and her head lifted proudly . |
| 18 | I knew you were innocent of any willing betrayal before I left here . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ At the moment , there 's insufficient evidence to arrest anyone , ’ said Harris quietly , ‘ and if I thought you were keen on any of the other men in this case , I 'd be saying the same thing about them . ’ |
| 20 | I should of put the kettle on for you but I thought you were busy with old father time here so I did n't er |
| 21 | I thought she was dreadful at first . |
| 22 | It had been bad enough that he thought she was interested before this had happened . |
| 23 | He felt he was involved in some royal masque , a diversion , a play where he was one of the mummers , blundering around in the dark to the silent laughter of an audience who always stayed in the shadows . |
| 24 | His friends knew he was capable of more . |
| 25 | Indeed , he was a man of some six feet three inches , and his countenance , though reassuring while one knew he was intent on obliging , could seem extremely forbidding viewed in certain other contexts . |
| 26 | THE DAY A YOUNG STEPHEN Street gave up his place in the school football team for a job on a record stall in London 's Walthamstow Market , friends and family knew he was serious about this music lark . |
| 27 | Jessamy knew he was right about that . |
| 28 | He knew he was worthy of better . |
| 29 | The report states : ‘ She knew it was not right in him to act as he did and … she knew it was not right in herself in permitting him … she knew it was wrong in both , and that it was against her will at all the tunes . ’ |
| 30 | More than four-fifths of non-executives thought it was undesirable for one person to be both chairman and chief executive . |