Example sentences of "[vb past] was [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way to Lavondyss was a short climb away , and all she needed was to resign herself to the journey , to abandon Scathach . |
| 2 | Whenever my mother and I had visited her from Štanjel , the first thing Aunt Ema always did was to call me into the larder , which was dark and cool , and give me a large spoonful of the most delicious cream from which she used to make butter , saying in the Mavhinje dialect : ‘ Take this , beautiful , because I know that you do n't like cream in your coffee . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The most foolish thing I ever did was take her to the Foundling . |
| 4 | Siberia for me , but all they did was put me on a plane heading for Berlin . |
| 5 | He practically had me signed up for the European Monetary System when all I wanted was to touch him for a gold moidore . |
| 6 | The last thing he wanted was to turn himself into a do-gooder , but he realized very quickly that most of the volunteers were genuinely and sincerely opening their hearts and homes . |