Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] night " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but she said I were called one night I went with her daughter-in-law |
| 2 | I have here a copy of the committee which was formed that night , and also a copy of the minutes , I 'll give each Councillor one , and then they can read it at their leisure , instead of me taking up the whole meeting . |
| 3 | Take some pills that you were given last night . |
| 4 | Take some pills that you were given last night . |
| 5 | It did not escape my notice , however , that you were accompanied last night by a rather large , rather muddy man who , I gathered from hints dropped from various quarters , had been your escort that evening . |
| 6 | You were overwrought that night and after all , we do owe your life to Sarah . ’ |
| 7 | She was said last night to be out of intensive care and making progress . |
| 8 | The third and last time she was wakened that night , it was by the voice of her husband saying , ‘ What it is to have a clear conscience . |
| 9 | We were raided two nights ago — nomads , your son said . |
| 10 | ‘ We were burgled last night . |
| 11 | We were told last night : ‘ The Civil List will be reduced in both size and the number of people . |
| 12 | They were named last night as Richard 's uncle , Gary Sowerby , 25 , of Heythorpe Road , Acklam , and John Hodgson , 26 , of Witton Close , Middlesbrough . |
| 13 | They were told last night that their policies are still valid . |
| 14 | THE jury trying the case of a man accused of robbing a supermarket and shooting two people who tried to stop him was discharged last night after failing to reach a verdict . |
| 15 | NEARLY £5billion has been put up by 2.2million private investors chasing water shares , it was confirmed last night , making the sale one of the most popular privatisations . |
| 16 | KING Hussein of Jordan DID have cancer , it was confirmed last night . |
| 17 | AN in-depth report on the Government 's major skills training scheme that was delivered to the Department of Employment three weeks ago will remain unpublished , it was confirmed last night . |
| 18 | It was confirmed last night that the idea of privately-run detention centres was being pursued within the Home Office . |
| 19 | It was confirmed last night that Mr Lynch will work with Mr Bleasdale to plan the structure , budgets and contracts required for the ScotRail operating franchise — one of the first due to be set up under the privatisation plans . |
| 20 | The board has also been having ongoing talks with potential investors , but it was understood last night that the present worrying situation remained unchanged . |
| 21 | MORE parts of Darlington could soon benefit from pedestrian-only schemes , it was hinted last night . |
| 22 | It was announced last night that urgent talks are to be held with public health officials after a survey by the Institution of Environmental Health Officers showed 2,858 out of 5,622 restaurants , pubs , and other outlets investigated were using microwave ovens designed for home kitchens . |
| 23 | TOUGH guy Tony Scannell is quitting The Bill after eight years as hard-drinking Detective Sergeant Roach , it was announced last night . |
| 24 | Princess Diana has agreed to be patron to Centrepoint , the London-based charity caring for the homeless , it was announced last night . |
| 25 | A SUCCESSFUL after-care scheme run for elderly people at Middlesbrough General Hospital has been extended for a further year , it was announced last night . |
| 26 | However , more than 700 jobs have been saved in a management buy-out of the Lilley subsidiary , Dumfries-based building firm Robison & Davidson , it was announced last night . |
| 27 | MORE than 700 jobs have been saved in a management buyout of the Lilley subsidiary Dumfries-based building firm Robison and Davidson , it was announced last night . |
| 28 | Significantly , it was written one night when Cash was sitting around at home with the likes of Bob Dylan , Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash . |
| 29 | PATRICK RYAN , the Catholic priest whose extradition was unsuccessfully sought by Britain last year , will not face prosecution in the Irish Republic , it was revealed last night . |
| 30 | SIR Andrew Lloyd Webber 's new musical Sunset Boulevard is to open in London next June , it was revealed last night . |