Example sentences of "was [adj] and [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |
| 2 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 3 | Part of the cuff was visible and reminded him of Middy sleeping under the quilt . |
| 4 | The moulding was hard and marked him for life . |
| 5 | Mr McTavish , studying Nails closely , thought the boy was ill and took him into the kitchen and made him a cup of tea . |
| 6 | Some find it simpler to say that Jesus was human and leave it at that . |
| 7 | The economic affairs commissioner , Henning Christophersen , said the overall Clinton plan was encouraging and compared it with the EC 's own plan to spark the economy out of recession . |
| 8 | We ate like hungry Travellers , but the meat was tough and needed someone with Masons Arms to cut it . |
| 9 | She was jealous and saw herself as a failure . |
| 10 | I have never felt such rage for M — even that day when she was drunk and hit me in front of that hateful boy Peter Catesby . |
| 11 | Murray 's cross from the right in the 67th minute was precise and evaded everyone except McCoist , whose header was turned towards Dykstra 's right-hand post and was as finely judged as the ball that set up the chance . |
| 12 | He says she was abusive and accused him of abducting her child . |
| 13 | The " black " group were significantly better at recognising this speaker ( p <0.1 ) ; most of the " white " group felt this speaker was Asian and assigned him to the " other " category . |