Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] was [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Kaspar replies : ’ Why that I can not tell , ' said he , But' t was a famous victory . ' ’ |
| 2 | Others say I was a good judge by staying home . |
| 3 | He say she was a fantasic person , with time for everyone . |
| 4 | Outlines of hut circles , still visible , suggest there was a permanent Brigante settlement here , supposedly one of the last strongholds against the Romans . |
| 5 | Although Mark 's expert navigation round the lesser-known hedegrows of Hampshire got us out of the bumper-to-bumper mess , I almost regretted leaving cos I expect there was a huge party somewhere on the middle of the M3 ( ‘ let's all have a disco ’ , etc . ) |
| 6 | Say there was a big cheer when he crashed his car on the strike , crashed his car on the strike , did you hear about that ? |
| 7 | Astronomers in Tokyo took a picture but reported nothing visible , although they now say there was a bright object and ‘ we can not imagine how we missed it ’ . |
| 8 | Well , it was actually started by a few railway men , th right opposite Street there used to be hand laundry , and then there was a row of houses , from there , running up to the corner of Street where the club stands originally , but in the beginning it was just a row of small houses , and it started with a few railway men having a meet holding the meetings in this house , in these houses , and I 've got very dim memories of how it actually started but it was a real event when they were first , before they actually built the club it was run in the row of houses that ran from up Street as I say there was a little hand laundry corner of Street heading onto Street on the left hand side was the greengrocers , and that , they kept that greengrocers for as long as I can remember . |
| 9 | Angola wants Mr Savimbi to go into voluntary exile while elections are held , perhaps to return later , but his supporters say there was no such agreement . |
| 10 | At every stage of the arms race there was no intrinsic benefit in being tall for its own sake . |
| 11 | 19–10– There was a further declaration in similar terms . |
| 12 | As Holy Communion was by tradition the first food and drink of the day , the tea left a feeling of guilt for I was told never to tell anyone although I expect it was a common practice amongst lady communicants . |
| 13 | He had heard old men in the workhouse say it was a good place for brave boys , and that there was always work there for those that wanted it . |
| 14 | The pro-nuclear scientists say it was a necessary prototype which spawned the next generation of power stations . |
| 15 | That 's why I say it was a sad time . ’ |
| 16 | But police say it was a violent attack . |
| 17 | But police say it was a violent attack . |
| 18 | The prison authorities say it was a genuine call for help . |
| 19 | ‘ The Crown say it was a brilliant performance . ’ |
| 20 | They say it was a computerised letter which got through and they apologise in advance to any other tenant who might have got one . |
| 21 | Onlookers say it was a spontaneous gesture . |
| 22 | So you say it was a few railway men that got together and |
| 23 | You say it was a difficult piece for the orchestra , but the Philharmonia was full of very gifted players . |
| 24 | Police say it was an appalling crime . |
| 25 | What we do is take the , the day of the week and the , the calendar date , it might be the say it was the fourth day of the week Thursday |
| 26 | When I found the right place it was a real hole . |
| 27 | Mr Collett 's employers say he was a first class driver . |
| 28 | I heard one of the constables say he was a tip-top detective from London . ’ |
| 29 | Bran the Blessed — some say he was a Celtic God , some a virtuous king — is really responsible for the legend of the ravens . |
| 30 | They say he was a big boy do n't they ? |