Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 If it makes you feel any better , you may like to know that she 's been telling me that our separation was all my fault — because I was too proud to climb down , or admit I was in the wrong .
2 Or Hofmannsthal telling Strauss how ‘ delighted and moved he was by the music ’ ?
3 Allchin began by admitting that Microsoft has had a problem communicating its approach to object technology and claimed he was on the panel to put the record straight : there are objects in Windows NT because there is an object management system in the kernel — its simply not exposed to users .
4 But Taylor 's staff checked with Downing Street — and discovered he was in no position to offer anything .
5 I burst on to the pass from Jack Clarke , had a wee look and saw I was in the clear .
6 He looked at Catherine Crane 's feet and saw she was in a similar situation .
7 Granpa thought it could well have been a Saturday , felt it most likely the month had been January , was confident the year was 1900 , and knew it was in the reign of Queen Victoria .
8 The judge refused to grant an injunction , and said it was for the valuer to decide whether to proceed or not , and that the president of the RICS owed no duty to the parties not to make an appointment .
9 A little fat guy came in and said he was for the card game in Room 42 .
10 I asked him why the hell he wanted me to stay the night when he was going out later , and he just shrugged his shoulders and said he was in a funny mood and did n't know what he was saying . ’
11 Werewolf answered and said he was in the middle of cooking lunch as Sorrel was out .
12 Then she must sit in the sun before hauling it back up and altogether I was enraged and wished I was in a condition to show her how it should be done .
13 The judge was impressed but reckoned it was in the wrong section .
14 But suppose I was in the bathroom , and wanted to go to the kitchen .
15 Maggie could n't help but think she was in the middle of a death trap .
16 Downey admitted shouting but said it was on the spur of the moment and he meant no disrespect to anybody .
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