Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pron] be [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar reaction occurred when he was given sugar , milk and oranges . |
| 2 | One of his proudest moments came when he was appointed provost of the Royal Burgh of Selkirk , a position he was to hold for seven years , He was the town 's last official provost before regionalisation . |
| 3 | ‘ When Paddy Ashdown parachuted me in , I asked him what happened if I was taken prisoner . |
| 4 | He had been asked what happened when he was making routine checks on a red Sierra car he and Special Constable Glenn Goodman , 37 , stopped on the A64 between York and Leeds last June . |
| 5 | PC Alexander Kelly , 32 , had been asked what happened when he was making routine checks on a red Sierra car which he and Special Constable Glenn Goodman , 37 , had stopped on the A64 between York and Leeds last June . |
| 6 | The same thing happened when I was lameducking Donald last spring . |
| 7 | The bonus scheme for American Mr Dworkin , who is credited with turning round the company 's fortunes , began when he was appointed chairman and chief executive of BhS in November 1989 . |
| 8 | A coastguard spokesman said the other two ‘ undoubtedly survived because they were wearing lifejackets , which also made them easier to spot in the water . ’ |
| 9 | He went inside the building and was not too surprised when the bell rang as he was making coffee . |
| 10 | It started when I was having tea … |
| 11 | Nicky and Roma met while he was mixing sound for Planxty years ago . |
| 12 | I mean I did have some of the boxes in there until I sort of , thought while I was sorting things out . |
| 13 | That 's why I laughed when they were said Terry Waite would need counselling . |
| 14 | I suppose , too , that I felt guilty : if I had behaved like a properly loving wife and refused to let Flora monopolize Richard so blatantly — which I only did because I was enjoying Adam 's company — the situation might not have arisen . |
| 15 | My local authority has had to cope with that problem for many years , as I did when I was housing chairman of my local authority . |
| 16 | When I got to the station they read the charge against me , charged me with it and I asked whether I was getting bail . |
| 17 | But the former Director of Public Prosecutions — who quit after he was caught kerb-crawling in King 's Cross , London — is talking about acting on stage . |
| 18 | He wondered if he was getting appendicitis . |
| 19 | She spoke with such hauteur and conviction that even Hoomey wondered whether she was telling lies or the truth . |