Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until I was lent this , I had not realised it was possible for members of the public to get their hands on such things . |
| 2 | I was fired some years after the War after an altercation with Hymie . |
| 3 | You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ? |
| 4 | ‘ I was given such a very early start in the game and looking back now I think of it as an even more remarkable achievement than I did at the time , ’ says Dozzell . |
| 5 | I had an alarming reading for an Agatha Christie film where I was given several sheets of script to sight read without any logical link up in the scenes being read and no-one to read with , except an office assistant who could n't read dialogue . |
| 6 | We knew the Germans were still sentimental about Christmas , and I was given several days leave . |
| 7 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
| 8 | After that , Mr Dance went away and I was given some food . |
| 9 | I was given some repulsive food which , by the end of the second day , I trained myself to eat . |
| 10 | erm the minor awards or discretionary awards as they became and that 's erm , I was given this job and er that 's how it 's built up really over the years . |
| 11 | If I 'm not teaching I 'm marking in th to actually get a lecture through cos I was given this with about a weeks ' notice you see , so I did n't have a chance to prepare the stuff for this course other than as we go along Right ? |
| 12 | I got my just desserts from Dad , which made my Mom cry more than me , but all in all I was given enough love and affection to cushion me against all the hardships that were to come . |
| 13 | After another term , I was given more art , and my class-room became an unofficial art room , much to the distress of the caretaker , who accused me of having the dirtiest class-room in the school ! |
| 14 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
| 15 | Ever since then , whenever I left a job or anyone gave me a present , I was given more of the same . |
| 16 | Of course I failed on all counts and so I was ignored most of the time — passed over . |
| 17 | And there it was , it struck me that I had nothing to lose , I was damned either way . |
| 18 | You know , you 're sort of turning the abortion argument on it 's head , that er in an abortion you can say it 's my body , I have a right to decide , and this baby that dies is never going to be there to question that decision , but in this type of situation the baby 's going to be there and okay , you 'll get so many who will just accept their situation and wo n't question it , but you 're always going to get some , or even one who will say I want to know my origins , I want to why I was conceived this way , why I was born this way , why , I have two mothers , that maybe a surrogate mother and a natural mother ? |
| 19 | Well I did n't know anything about any none of us knew anything about anybody in those days , cos it was so early on in the , and we were n't , I was influenced more by people like blues er black blues singers , American blues singers like Muddy and Lightning , all those old blues , , er they were the heroes for me that I grew up with playing skiffle and and then Lonnie became my first Lonnie became by first hero and I er modelled a lot of my early singing on Lonnie . |
| 20 | And I was determined that everywhere although not absolutely superbly glittering , everywhere was going to be tidy before I left . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh well , you see , the truth of the matter is that dragons have never existed as you ( and , until I was poisoned some three months ago , I ) understand existence . |
| 22 | ‘ I was asked that once before . |
| 23 | I was asked that question by Mr erm prior to the production of the first brochure with that statement in it |
| 24 | I was asked that |
| 25 | Head of sixth : Now I was asked this at my interview and what was I going to do about it . |
| 26 | And I was asked this week if it is possible to make up your own , rather than buy one of these metal affairs on wheels . |
| 27 | On the following morning , when I was attending another committee of the Cabinet , I was handed another message that the Prime Minister wished to see me … . |
| 28 | Possibly because everything was so new and different that the impressions could not be fully absorbed , and also perhaps because I was tired most of the time . |
| 29 | ‘ I was shown these two kids in a very pitiful state and I just could n't do nothing . ’ |
| 30 | I was occupied several evenings a week . |