Example sentences of "be [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if I had n't of been blinded he was out the door |
| 2 | Lachlan , I 'm thinking you were in the right of it ; there 's no proof , but from the description , this Iain Og is most likely John Campbell of Cawdor , Argyll 's lad . ’ |
| 3 | well I was saying for experiments and that , do n't you thing , just listen to what I 'm telling you was in the paper ! |
| 4 | When they were privatised I was on the Opposition Front Bench and did the job so well that I am no longer there . |
| 5 | DETAILS are expected this week of a rescue package for the Gateway supermarkets group after bankers were warned it was on the verge of collapse . |
| 6 | The official report of the Maadi Hospital states that when Sadat arrived at the hospital and was examined he was in a state of complete coma . |
| 7 | ‘ It was felt it was in the public interest to look at the company which was already insolvent , ’ said a DTI spokeswoman . |
| 8 | I think he was pretending we were in a TV movie . |
| 9 | The last time I was offered them was at a Free Kirk soiree and I was careful to keep my fingers to myself until after the Grace . |
| 10 | But when he came to trade them in and filled in his application , he was told he was beyond the age limit . |
| 11 | I thought they might be going to pay their rents , for I was told it was about the settling-time . |
| 12 | I was unable to use the public toilets since I was told I was in the wrong one whichever I went to . |
| 13 | Patrick was wishing he was at the wheel . |
| 14 | She was saying she was on a camcorder today . |
| 15 | that 's er one of those upright ones in there she said yeah I thought Claire might be interested in that and so I was thinking it was like the ones we 've seen but it 's not , it 's completely round and it 's on erm like a stand like that , you know , it 's an upright |
| 16 | I was determined it was at the burn that came down by the distillery at the edge of the town . |
| 17 | I was informed she was in the burns unit . |