Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I figured it was the best way to keep the interaction between the guitar and the lyrics , which is the whole point for me . |
| 32 | You stopped because you both decided it was the right thing to do for you at the time . |
| 33 | ‘ He swore it was the genuine cross . |
| 34 | What concerned her was the strange attitude of Gioella . |
| 35 | Heaven itself opened up for me when we made love and I knew I was the first man in your life . |
| 36 | At first I thought I was the only patient with cancer , for no one else ever spoke of it . |
| 37 | How comforting to read Gill Rowley 's Pet-Hate List ( YWTU , October GH ) about the check-out trolley pushers — I always thought I was the only person in the world who wanted to reverse , screaming hysterically , ‘ Get back ! ’ |
| 38 | I thought I was the bad girl , but everybody else was doing exactly the same . |
| 39 | I always thought I was the philandering type , but my mind keeps going back to her . |
| 40 | Then , she dreamed she was the Great Crocodile in the Moon . |
| 41 | Before Eva had time to do a mental check list of any way that she or the students at the ICO might have offended , General Wiseman informed her that he felt she was the right person to take over leadership of the women 's social services . |
| 42 | When she was kind to me I thought she was the best person in the world , but she did not always have time for me . |
| 43 | I thought she was the cleaning woman first of all . ’ |
| 44 | The constituency that chose you was the Conservative party . |
| 45 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 46 | The one I saw it was the same plain . |
| 47 | Like any good manager Donald Wilson chose David Whitaker to story edit Doctor Who because he felt he was the best man for the job . |
| 48 | Similarly , in the Oval Test , Sobers put in a prodigious spell of bowling , keeping at it because his captain felt he was the right bowler for the situation . |
| 49 | ‘ I felt he was the right man for the job in 1990 when he was appointed to succeed Bobby Robson . |
| 50 | We are sorry Q.T. day had to be cancelled but because the weather conditions were so bad we felt it was the right thing to do . |
| 51 | In the meantime , he eventually sold the Company as its peak in 1987 , he had made another small fortune , and with some 30 aeroplanes and 80 pilots on the books he felt it was the right time to let it go . |
| 52 | Well I suppose th they felt it was the cheapest way of , of , of having them . |
| 53 | Wherever she went it was the same story . |
| 54 | I had seen Come Blow Your Horn and kept my eye on what he was up to , and I knew he was the right person for that part . |
| 55 | Their swords rang together , and Riven knew he was the weaker man . |
| 56 | She really wanted to know ; though it would be painful , she knew it was the only way . |
| 57 | whereas Caesar did n't take the crown because he was ambitious , he knew it was the right thing to do . |
| 58 | But I knew it would work , I knew it was the perfect register for it ; it was just a question of the right tonality and the right feeling . |
| 59 | Thérèse respectfully sent the nuns a faire-part , edged in black ; she knew it was the correct thing to do . |
| 60 | ‘ I went away and left him ’ , now even if they went , went away and left and , because they had to bring the children home , or if they went away and left him because they knew it was the best thing for everyone concerned , because the foreign office wants as many people , we all need as many people to get out of the area as possible ; their guilt will be huge . |