Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] was [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should think it was a welcoming sign , would n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I should think he was the only creature for whom Lavinia truly cared . ’ |
| 3 | I must admit it was a muddy mess . |
| 4 | I must admit it was a muddy mess . |
| 5 | I must say it was a great relief not to have to try to understand it all from books . |
| 6 | I must say it was the worst experience of my life , each time I looked over the stable door the most terrible thoughts went through my mind : what if he was lying down ? |
| 7 | I must say it was an awful lot of rot , although we had reserved seats … . |
| 8 | ‘ I expect you 'll think it was a colossal cheek , but I called the Norwich HQ to get your address . ’ |
| 9 | I mean , erm , if you did n't know it was meant to be serious , you might think it was a great send off of psychoanalysis , you know . |
| 10 | ‘ Killers are usually stupid but some people might think it was a clever move to do just that . |
| 11 | No one knows anything about the fellow 's past , but I 'll wager it was an unsavoury one … |
| 12 | I 'll admit it was a weak-sister thing to say , but why should I stick up for Russell ? |
| 13 | ‘ You 're going to be angry with me and then we 'll agree it was the only way to strike against any possible opposition . |
| 14 | To hear her talk you 'd think I was the hired help . |
| 15 | If a horse did that , I 'd know he was a bad 'un . ’ |
| 16 | Well there wa hardly anything else he could do it was a big relief to us was n't it . |
| 17 | ‘ He said he could see I was a young man with all his wits about him . ’ |
| 18 | His handwriting was so bad that Mr Sunderland had pinned his composition to the notice-board in the hall so everyone could see he was the worst writer in the whole school . |
| 19 | I did n't know who the guy riding it was , but through my police issue 200 × 6000 macroscopic laser-prism binoculars I could see he was the same guy who had just bopped the doorman in the head . |
| 20 | Until recently what was on the child 's school record and whether parent or child could see it was a vexed question . |
| 21 | James Riley , 14 , said : ‘ Then one of us said ‘ No , it 's a baby ’ and as we got nearer we could see it was a little boy . |
| 22 | I went to inspect and could see it was a half-plucked pheasant . |
| 23 | My family and friends were very supportive throughout the divorce because they could see it was the right thing as we were n't making each other happy . |
| 24 | She could see it was the wrong thing to say and his black brows rose coldly . |
| 25 | I could see she was an unfit woman , and although I was resolved not to tell anyone now of my qualifications , except that I had been an ARP worker , I did try to be as helpful to her as I could . |
| 26 | Otherwise , she 'd have gone after him , told him it was n't a matter of right or wrong , it was a matter of when he 'd admit he was an arrogant , overbearing liar . |
| 27 | I could tell he was a wrong 'un . |
| 28 | Our Tory MP did jump off his LandRover to shake my hand and take one of my leaflets the other day , but as far as I could tell I was the only voter he met that morning . |
| 29 | Maud and Enid could tell it was the same one because its feet had not yet reappeared . |
| 30 | By the time he could toddle he was a constant worry to his mother , because he was ‘ into everything ’ and could not left alone for a minute . |