Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Although they were looking at the clump of bushes from a different angle now , she knew it was the same clump they had seen from the gate . |
| 62 | She had never known anything like the need that rent her , and she knew it was the same need that was racking Luke 's rigid body ; and still it escalated as they succumbed to a welter of tumultuous embraces , caresses and kisses , their staccato breathing punctuated by the sharp sounds of desire , their skin damp with perspiration . |
| 63 | ‘ I knew it was the same family , ’ he admitted . |
| 64 | No , it was n't the first time , but remembering what had happened previously , how he had kissed her and , worst of all , how she had responded , she knew it was the last place she would have chosen when she needed to keep a clear head ! |
| 65 | Would it be fair to say that you accepted his decision when you thought it was the right decision , regardless of whether he may have been depressed or he may have been under the influence of drugs or some other pressure ? |
| 66 | No brickbats for that , for neither of them did it out of a sense of malice , but merely because they thought it was the right thing to do , and no doubt also because they believed , quite wrongly , that to instil a sense of guilt into me would ultimately be for my good , If I did what they thought was wrong then I was made to feel that someone , usually them , had suffered . |
| 67 | I thought it was the front doorbell . |
| 68 | I wanted to run it because I thought it was the only way we stood a chance . |
| 69 | It 's lovely I thought it was the real thing . |
| 70 | Carrie thought it was the saddest sound site had ever heard . |
| 71 | I thought it was the greatest adventure of our age . |
| 72 | They all loved it , thought it was the greatest thing they 'd ever drunk . ’ |
| 73 | I thought it was the other church , the one near the market , and I waited there till a quarter to twelve , and then I realized my mistake . |
| 74 | The final great act — for everyone thought it was the final act — took place on 16 November . |
| 75 | Children would normally go to London when they ran away from home , because they thought it was the best place to go to get a job , and where they could sleep easily . |
| 76 | Thought it was the funniest thing since the invention of piles . ’ |
| 77 | that 's what I 'd guessed , erm , so I said no , I said they 're fine , so she said oh I 'm ever so sorry I said do n't be I said these sort of things get around , I mean it 's , she kept go and then I went on to describe how I virtually done not too a dissimilar thing going up the road trying to talk to people about writing in to object , you know with this planning application and erm , I said I sort of knock on someone 's door up there and I thought it was the next door that the husband had died and it was that one |
| 78 | I thought it was the National Front actually |
| 79 | I told Diana [ Vreeland ] and she thought it was the chicest thing she ever heard . |
| 80 | ‘ When we did a signing session at the Rough Trade shop , we thought it was the biggest ball hop ever ! ’ cackles Niall . |
| 81 | Dot thought it was the loveliest book she 'd ever seen . |
| 82 | At the start of the campaign people thought it was the main issue being stressed by the Conservatives , but they soon changed their minds . |
| 83 | He never darkened its doors , but he thought it was the proper place for weddings and christenings and funerals , and he was always prepared to rig up lights for the annual parish nativity play , with a dimming spotlight to beam sentimentally on the Virgin Mary . |
| 84 | I thought it was the tragic comedy like life really . |
| 85 | Wilkinson thought it was the worst header of his career ! |
| 86 | For a moment she was confused ; she thought it was the thin man , and she could n't work out how he 'd got behind them . |
| 87 | You know how I do , I could n't remember that I 'd actually started the the Easter term doing the erm choices etcetera , I always thought it was the later half of that term , the latter half of that term . |
| 88 | There was a shrieking in her ears , so vibratingly shrill that for an instant she thought it was the whole Glass Castle shivering to pieces — then she looked up and saw the Women sweeping down on them , screaming their war cry . |
| 89 | When I left there I thought it was the happiest day of my life , but it was n't . |
| 90 | He thought he was the odd man out as far as nationality was concerned because everybody else , including me , was North American . |