Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pers pn] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been informed that John Browne spoke with a stutter but the elder of the two men in front of him spoke with such pride and composure that Claverhouse doubted if it was the right man . |
| 2 | And what 's more , we want to see that ice rink filled because it 's the greatest family sporting entertainment you could ever wish to see and with the crowd behind you it gives you that extra buzz . |
| 3 | My partner then called out a number of articles and asked if they were the chosen one . |
| 4 | He sang If You Were the Only Girl in the World and he sang Help Me Make It Through the Night . |
| 5 | When you spoke of this eagle I knew whom you meant for she was the last of our kind who carried wisdom in her wings . |
| 6 | She asked whether it was the same Capron who was in the photograph she had borrowed from Tatyana Nowak , and who Marek had been to see . |
| 7 | Mr Clarke 's solicitor said as it was the first time the new offence had been tried under the 1991 Road Traffic Act they would be considering an appeal against sentence . |
| 8 | Preston looked at him and wondered if they were the same nightmares he had . |
| 9 | Peter wondered if he were the only person she had n't bothered to tell . |
| 10 | I wondered if it was the usual supper for prisoners . |
| 11 | He wondered if it was the same rope but did not like to ask his mother . |
| 12 | Defries wondered whether it was the early defrost . |
| 13 | She said that as though she wondered whether it was the correct thing to say . |