Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was reluctant to admit his nationality , and usually claimed he was Austrian to save any possible embarrassments of the truth . |
| 2 | My very first was with someone I was at school with , but he subsequently got married and vehemently denied he was gay . |
| 3 | He concentrated the Sandinista troops along the Honduran frontier ; offered to end arms imports until after the election ; gave assurances of safe conduct to returning rebels ; and then said he was ready to reinstate the ceasefire he had only just abrogated . |
| 4 | What was occupying his mind , as vividly as if it were even now taking place , was the moment when he had said , ‘ That is absolutely fascinating , Norman , ’ and then realized it was supposed to be the end of the programme . |
| 5 | How many folks did it carry ? ’ and when he refused to answer , added stiffly : ‘ Jess … that 's what I 'm called , ’ as a first move to soften him — and then remembered she was supposed to be a boy . |
| 6 | She did n't want to swim this afternoon , but only said it was slight indigestion . ’ |
| 7 | I thought at first she was ketch-rigged , but then decided she was more of a schooner . |