Example sentences of "[pers pn] the [noun sg] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me the daughter was a bad lot though . |
| 2 | And for me the beginning was when I was young ; before the Soviets , before the Nazis . |
| 3 | A lot of discussion went on between J Walter Thompson and my agent 's assistant , who told me the idea was to vary the commercials considerably so as not to bore the general public . |
| 4 | A typed version tells me the poem was written in December 1957 . |
| 5 | ‘ For me the decision was n't hard , ’ she said . |
| 6 | For me the relationship was ended . ’ |
| 7 | Around me the camp was settling down for the night , bricks securing groundsheets , tent flaps tied tight , kerosene lamps hissing away their shadows . |
| 8 | To me the issue was meta-numerical . |
| 9 | Far below me the sea was making its lacework on the water and flinging wreaths of gold on the shore . |
| 10 | People have told me the lemon was to mask the taste of the uneven products made at that time by unscientific country brewers ; I do not believe that . |
| 11 | I had arranged for her to see a specialist , and he told me the condition was irreversible , that she would never lose her sight completely but that she would be almost totally blind within a year . |
| 12 | As I look behind me the queue was getting bigger and bigger . . |
| 13 | Dinner came ; for me the meal was a very hasty one , and before I went to bed that night I had finished reading the manuscript . |
| 14 | They responded by giving the general area a few desultory squirts with their foam , but informed me the place was a total loss , and that I should be fully content with having got out of it alive . |
| 15 | Indeed for me the conference was a great opportunity to meet so many CA staff , whose vitality and unity , in a common cause impressed me . |
| 16 | For me the war was over . |
| 17 | We all enjoy a British victory and Nick did a great job in pulling his game back in the last four holes but for me the victory was soured by the silly and jingoistic utterances of the Radio 5 team . |
| 18 | But when the door was locked behind me the cell was dark for there was neither window nor electric light . |
| 19 | When Nicklaus did finally track me down he told me the bag was still mine if I wanted it , but I told him I 'd already committed myself , so I gave up the chance . |
| 20 | Indeed , for me the need was becoming more and more urgent . |
| 21 | Below them the vestibule was lit , dimly , by the electrolier , in which only two candles had bulbs in them . |
| 22 | Around them the darkness was absolute , the silence oppressive . |
| 23 | By Thursday , some journalists were reporting that a Royal aide had told them the marriage was ‘ clearly not made in heaven ’ . |
| 24 | Bill Barnes took off with two others , one I believe was Orr , and had climbed to about 2,000 feet after making contact with the Malta Tower who told them the raid was coming in low and very fast . ’ |
| 25 | Apart from the frolics of the children on the boulders below them the scene was a quiet one . |
| 26 | The major reason given for giving them the boot was the requirement for a shit-hot pitch when the Euro championships come round in 96 . |
| 27 | His creditors met on the 28th and they read a letter from their debtor telling them the law was an enemy he could not conquer . |
| 28 | Beyond them the dragon was as multi-hued , horned , spiked and lithe as the one in his memory — a real dragon . |
| 29 | Behind them the shore was already a dimly glimpsed grey line , the individual details of buildings , or a car driving along the shore road , lost under the hazy shadow of hillside and moor beyond . |
| 30 | Many , particularly from The Times and Sunday Times , had been on the papers in Gray 's Inn Road and Printing House Square all their working lives , and for most of them the strike was about more than trade-union principles . |