Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that concerned me was that , with Stephen Pears injured , I was the oldest player in the team . |
| 2 | The other thing that concerned me was particular slots which do n't seem to ever produce much in the way of attendance or revenue . |
| 3 | Whereas the aim of social advancement is to reduce individual inequalities but the social environment which produced them is left intact ( on the assumption that these inequalities are due to inadequate education effort on the part of individuals , the state or to inequality of ‘ education gifts ’ ) , the aim of the collective advancement is to give individual education and , at the same time , influence the social context in which the individuals live : an effort is made to involve as many persons as possible in the education campaign . |
| 4 | ‘ Although it infuriated me , after we first met I was unable to get you out of my mind . |
| 5 | But as soon as they got out I realized I was wrong . |
| 6 | It was ten seconds or so before I realized I was supposed to be looking at the inside of the wooden door . |
| 7 | I realized I was hungry — very — and accepted gladly . |
| 8 | I realized I was hungry and it did n't matter . |
| 9 | But I realized I was different from the Brazilians , and that was when I started to rediscover my own identity . ’ |
| 10 | It was n't as though Tim Sherwood or Gordon Cowans let the side down , just the thought — shared I 'm sure by Kenny Dalglish — that a master craftsman might have tried something else to unlock Tottenham 's well-manned fortress . |
| 11 | So in the end , even the chairman agreed I was right . |
| 12 | Suddenly I realised I was drunk and alone . |
| 13 | Said one : ‘ I lied about my birth but I realised I was different and always coming top of the class did not help . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't know what it was , the mist , the way it hung , hot and heavy like a blanket , the weirdness and the exhaustion of the long night drive up the coast , but I suddenly realised I was scared . |
| 15 | I do n't think any of Nahum 's family realised I was blind until they arrived for Boz 's wedding to Alamena . |
| 16 | I just thought it all through and realised I was wrong . |
| 17 | After coffee he drew me aside , quietly admitted I was right , and agreed that Roald Dahl must withdraw . |
| 18 | With regard to the now unimportant four percent increase which then if you may made I 'm sure councillors deny it and if we are to believe the reason that we have to bring our rents to this level is because government policy so dictates that we shall do . |
| 19 | The people who reported me were overzealous in thinking I had done something wrong |
| 20 | The photographs which encircled me were happy with many smiling , young faces on them . |
| 21 | She caught me being rude today |
| 22 | She caught me being rude today |
| 23 | When I 'm not happy every day , about the things I said today , she caught me being rude today , but I know , she 'll tell stories to make me laugh , she makes me laugh , makes me laugh , she 'll tell stories to make me laugh and to make me feel this bad , I love my mum , she 's the best mum in the world |
| 24 | The modes of learning that helped me are those that I now use with my pupils . |
| 25 | The only person who approached me was poor Ian Smith , who came to London but was not a representative at the talks . |
| 26 | A lot of people said last year that I should n't have had a factory bike , so I was happy that my early results demonstrated I was worthy of an NSR . |
| 27 | From the description and sketch you drew I 'm sure you 've seen Link Stakes . |
| 28 | On my first day of school my mum kept trying to wake me but I pretended I was asleep because I was so nervous , eventually mum knew that I was playing a trick . |
| 29 | I pretended I was happy , you can make yourself think anything , but I 'm not . ’ |
| 30 | But then , when you did n't say anything at all , I found I was disappointed . ’ |