Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [be] the " in BNC.

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1 And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever .
2 Well when we got it home I realized it was the battery lead that was just a little bit of lead
3 On odd nights that would worry me but in time I realised they were the kind of neighbours who never caused a disturbance .
4 And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said .
5 I expected it was the loss of her husband , so I bought some material and made bead bags , and bags I filled with chalks , and a small drawing board for her quite intelligent little girl .
6 I found I was the only woman in the upstairs room of the Albert in Kings Cross , listening to a man in a leather jacket giving an introductory talk which seemed to assume that we were all men .
7 When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field .
8 I pretended I was the photographer and she pretended she was the writer .
9 ‘ Look , Superintendent , I assumed they were the source of the information in the first place . ’
10 I assumed it was the deliberate policy of an amateur sport towards a ‘ public service ’ . ’
11 I assumed I was the senior man but one of my mates , a very good pal of mine to me , a senior shunter , he says , Oh you 'll get the job , they 'll be wanting to get rid of you Jimmy .
12 I assumed you were the type of patient who would have been told … ’
13 I could lie , I could bluff , but what I told you is the truth .
14 I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means .
15 ‘ I killed her in the field because I believed she was the devil . ’
16 I reckoned he was the minister Clare was planning to denounce and I set about trying to discover his secret for myself . ’
17 I guessed it was the shock of Froggy 's death , and the tension of caddying for one of his contracted professionals .
18 I guessed it was the bald man 's son .
19 From the foam on it I guessed it was the first out of the keg that evening .
20 On answering the phone I discovered it was the manager of my football team , Bob , to say that due to a waterlogged pitch the game was off .
21 I figured it was the best way to keep the interaction between the guitar and the lyrics , which is the whole point for me .
22 Playing tunes that bring a smile to my face and a sentimental tear to my eye , for the last time that I heard them was the day of the first Gittel 's wedding .
23 I just wonder what 's I last I heard they were the receiver was trying to pull it into the collapse but er
24 But when she married and moved to a distant part of the country , I decided it was the moment for me to change my life too .
25 We started a bit shaky , and took a while to adjust , but in the end we could have added to our tally , by which time I felt we were the better side . ’
26 We were using it for drunk driving offenders and repeat traffic offenders , not so much because I felt they were the only people who were appropriate for it , but because we wanted to make sure we started with a group who were not likely to get into major trouble should the project not work out .
27 I felt he was the right man for the job in 1990 when he was appointed to succeed Bobby Robson .
28 I felt I was the lamb to the slaughter .
29 I felt it was the most likely place .
30 I felt it was the least I could do . ’
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