Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] be [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One study exploring alcohol and drug abuse among elderly people , found there was evidence this could be a major problem . |
| 2 | SHOPPERS in Newcastle and the MetroCentre found there was Time for School when the department of Education and Science Roadshow hit the NorthEast . |
| 3 | Fish done , spuds on , she got out the asparagus and found they were plastic ! |
| 4 | He let her be music , absolute music . ’ |
| 5 | Reacting to the killings , the Nobel Peace Prize winner , Desmond Tutu , the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town , said it demonstrated it was time for all South Africa 's politicians ‘ for goodness sake to get off your butts and get on with the business of getting a new constitution for this country . |
| 6 | Yes … ! ’ and felt him strip , the feel of his hair-roughened skin against hers driving her wild because now he was so real , so completely real , and so completely hers as they moved together naked , and she took the physical desire he expressed for her and pretended it was love , because it was the deepest display of emotion he had ever shown her . |
| 7 | Then he pretended he was Captain going to bite me . |
| 8 | ‘ although the term Information Management is becoming more frequently used it 's definition is not widely understood as the effective production , storage , retrieval and dissemination of information in any form . |
| 9 | A long clearance from one the Leeds defenders found it 's way into the Crewe half where upon rolling out into touch the linesman controlled it neatly with his left and passed it back to the returning Crewe player with a neat right foot pass . |
| 10 | Afterwards through her affair with the Frenchman she is content because as she says ‘ the linnet found it 's way to the sky ’ . |
| 11 | You found it 's contact , yeah , good , erm |
| 12 | er we learnt from America that er a lot of birds that have been caught by cats , die , and everybody 's always assumed it 's shock but the Americans were doing some tests and they found it 's septicaemia from the cat 's teeth . |
| 13 | when they found it was time to go back . |
| 14 | But he says the hospital changed it 's mind without telling him . |
| 15 | I was mystified and alarmed , then I suddenly twigged it was rain . |
| 16 | erm I found recently found a Bestway pattern book and this is one of the pa the war time patterns they produced which is sort of shell shaped squares for patchwork and it really looks very effective . |
| 17 | Apuleius believed she was mother to the gods of the Roman Empire — DIANA , MINERVA , Venus , HECATE , etc. — and awarded her the additional responsibility of ensuring the welfare of sailors through the use of a celestial wooden rudder which controlled the wind and waves . |
| 18 | Even then , he believed there was hope and persuaded her that they should take a holiday together . |
| 19 | She was asked if she believed there was life after death . |
| 20 | Still half dazed by shock , lashed by rage and a deeper pain she told herself was grief for Edmund , Isabel forgot the fleeting moments when fitzAlan had shown her tenderness despite his suspicions , forgot that he had asked for the truth . |
| 21 | The cold and dreadful pain that she never told herself was jealousy went through Alice . |
| 22 | After a few months the child 's speech improved but later a specialist advised there was need of a further operation . |
| 23 | Luce had n't expected him to give in so easily , and she felt almost dizzy with what she assured herself was relief . |
| 24 | I noticed there are horse treks arranged for the next three days . |
| 25 | His face had gone into something soft that his nose told him was dog dirt . |
| 26 | The first ( up to 7/8 years ) was moral realism and right and wrong in the child 's eyes depended on what adults told him was right or wrong . |
| 27 | The pilot of a Fuji aircraft at about 500 feet agl on finals , who believed he was number four to land , saw a Cherokee type aircraft approaching him on a collision course from his 10 o'clock ; to him the aircraft appeared to be level or slightly high and under power , and his passenger saw the Cherokee 's landing light flash . |
| 28 | Mr Major signalled it was business as usual when he welcomed new Welsh Secretary John Redwood at the morning 's Cabinet and told ministers they had important issues to deal with . |
| 29 | ‘ Brrrrr — ’ he said as the Green Man signalled it was time to cross . |
| 30 | And er last time I came it was Doctor and he changed |