Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julian Charley , to Edward England , my publisher , and to St. John 's College , Nottingham , where I was at that time principal , and by whose Governors I had been given study leave in order to write the book . |
| 2 | Richard come back where you were at this side . |
| 3 | They stayed where they were for another minute or so , although Jack had to practically hold Ho down while they waited . |
| 4 | They spread to the Conservative Party 's own library where they were in marked contrast to the public image created by her backing of the new British Library buildings , as we shall see shortly . |
| 5 | The unions are still engaged in a struggle to establish themselves in the available ‘ space ’ , a struggle that has very largely been resolved in the case of the BR unions where it was in any case mainly confined to representation of the footplate grades . |
| 6 | But although I was in great pain , I was desperate to know if Magwitch was safe . |
| 7 | I 'd only drink half a pint , so I was in great demand — the sergeant would have the rest . |
| 8 | Once I was in that job , I started looking to see where the bodies were buried . ’ |
| 9 | Gary should have been a girl , she had thought , for he was half a head smaller than she was with fair curling hair , baby-blue eyes and long thick lashes that were the envy of every woman who met him . |
| 10 | Karen taught physical education , so she was in good shape . |
| 11 | She 'd be even better , too , she thought prayerfully , once she was on dry land . |
| 12 | The subject of the portrait was Rob ; only it was a caricature of Rob — the eyes bluer than they were in real life , the mouth laughing , salacious , suggestive … and he wore a wide-brimmed black hat with a jaunty ostrich plume , and beneath his chin was a froth of lace . |
| 13 | They had , there , there was a small section still made kettles during the war cos I mean kettles wore out , wear out just the same , you 've still got to have a kettle or a bucket , but erm that 's like everything else there was only , only a small section so they was in short supply . |
| 14 | Suddenly , once they were in each other 's arms , our hero and heroine acted like normal human beings . |
| 15 | He had had assurance from Jesus , that although he was dying , although he was in physical torment and pain , going through one of most excruciating , awful deaths imaginable ! |
| 16 | He became Minister for the Arts in July 1990 and although he was in this post only a few months , he made a distinct mark . |
| 17 | But yes , erm it , it 's partly sediment brought down from inland , it 's also the fact that you have offshore of Rye the area of Winchelsea Beach and so-called Rye Harbour which is somewhat detached from the town of Rye , and there 's been an enormous accumulation of shingle there , so that the Castle , which was built in , that 's Camber Castle which was built in the reign of Henry the Eighth , since that time the shoreline at Winchelsea Beach , as a result of the accumulation of shingle , has moved in excess of one point five kilometres seaward of that point , and so obviously erm Rye is now much further inland than it was at that time . |
| 18 | The response in this area was far more positive than it was for simple strumming . |
| 19 | Togetherness and self-help in the birth process , followed as a matter of course by breast feeding , is now embraced with less evangelical fervour than it was by Fifties pioneer couples . |
| 20 | He was in bathing trunks , more tanned than he was in real life , his body glistening with suntan oil , and she was aware that she , although she dared not picture herself , was in a bikini . |
| 21 | Opportunities are beginning to appear , so it was with future business on his mind that Fraser Gordon , Export Manger Europe visited Rostov on Don with a trade mission organised jointly between the Glasgow City Chambers and Chamber of Commerce . |
| 22 | Noreen felt much the same so it was with great relief that for the New York engagement they could at least travel in from Queen 's each day and sleep in their own beds at night . |
| 23 | For the past twenty four years Douglas Reyburn have won it only twice before , so it was with tremendous satisfaction that the results were received . |
| 24 | ‘ So it was with this Man , ’ continued Minch . |
| 25 | if I were in real distress , and I was told , Mary , that you pitied me , it would n't cheer me up at all . |
| 26 | If one wants to be accepted as a mainstream , serious film-maker it does n't strike me , if I were in that position , as a shrewd career move . |
| 27 | One of my boyfriends said that it 's as if I was from another planet . |
| 28 | I actually feel , there was a time I used to think it would n't happen to me because if I was in that situation I would do this , I would do the next thing and when it did actually happen to me it took me ages to get over |
| 29 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 30 | But if I was in better shape , I 'd be sitting up there . |