Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She paced the garden ; she found it was an exact square . |
| 2 | I learnt he was an old seaman who kept an inn , and he knew all the seamen in Bristol . |
| 3 | They guessed it was an emotional response to another womb death ; though , heaven knew , they would hardly have wanted a child , in their mid-forties , even if Charsky 's infertility could be miraculously cured . |
| 4 | In cotton weaving rates in 1808 had fallen so low that weavers were reported to be working upwards of fifteen hours , even to twenty , but as an employer remarked it was an impossible situation to sustain and a man would not choose to work eighteen hours if he could live from the labour of twelve . |
| 5 | She felt I was an undesirable influence , you coming from Methodist stock . ’ |
| 6 | I could n't see myself doing it so as I said I was n't going to make a fool of myself by putting my name as being nominated forward er as a candidate etcetera lose interest that 's the first thing that happened because they knew I was an outspoken bloke . |
| 7 | And three : that you thought I was an ambitious sharpie trying to steal your father 's company . ’ |
| 8 | Dot felt she was an unwanted item of luggage being sent away . |
| 9 | My Mrs Hewitt from the Lake District was so nice and I felt she was an old friend , but we wanted to talk about our Christmas shopping , not books . |
| 10 | TV presenter Michaela Strachan thought she was an early April Fool victim when she made her debut on The Really Wild Show . |
| 11 | They wanted to get rid of her because they thought she was an interfering busybody . |
| 12 | Coun. John Williams , Labour group leader , stressed it was an experimental scheme which would be closely monitored . |
| 13 | I felt he was an undesirable character . ’ |
| 14 | I knew he was an honourable guy . |
| 15 | We saw Eliot off that evening , not too late , because we knew he was an early riser who went to morning Mass . |
| 16 | So many times she had told herself that , and each time she knew it was an impossible thing to do . |
| 17 | Even as she said it , she knew it was an outrageous suggestion . |
| 18 | ‘ People thought it was an early April Fool 's joke at first , ’ he said last week . |
| 19 | But he said he thought it was an Irish fellow you know and I said well where does he live ? |
| 20 | Born black in the Aliso Project , in the days before it became Mexican , he became a cop 20 years ago because he thought it was an honourable job . |
| 21 | With regard to the foundation on which his advocacy of the primacy was based , it can be summed up by saying that he thought it was an integral part of the rights of the church committed to his care , testified to by the living members of the community and the tradition which they inherited . |
| 22 | They thought it was an end-of-term joke , and that the aggressor was shooting blanks . |
| 23 | Now that he 's settled in and understanding the language a bit better , I thought it was an appropriate time to congratulate and welcome him to Carnoustie . |
| 24 | I I 've got a bill to come in from the electrician for his call-out charge he diagnosed that it 's was not an electrical fault and then thought it was an electrical fault by the noise , it was making a fizzing noise but he does n't th he said it 's , it 's the pump the pump is on the way out it needs replacing house is built in nineteen eighty five ! |
| 25 | The only one I would mention Chairman is not strictly accurate , we all did , lots of us anyway , the , the British Legion service on Sunday at the church and I just wondered if we could agree to send a letter to the president cos once again a lot of effort and time and organization went into it and I thought it was an excellent occasion and I think he might appreciate |
| 26 | All in all , I thought it was an excellent unit and ended up buying one myself . |
| 27 | Er , it 's a shame because er , to be honest I thought it was an excellent conference |
| 28 | ‘ I thought it was an interesting part of history . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought it was an interesting piece , ’ says Gedge . |
| 30 | He was standing miles away and he thought it was an aggressive posture . |