Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] was [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I quickly discovered that in her view it did n't have one , and that the only reason she had agreed to see me was to get this across once and for all . |
| 2 | 440 , where an agreement by the father of illegitimate children to pay the mother for maintaining them was held enforceable by Cockburn C.J. and Byles J. on the ground that the liability imposed upon the mother of illegitimate children under the then relevant statute ( 4 & 5 Will . |
| 3 | The curtain which divided them was wearing thin . |
| 4 | Now if I were to suggest to you that in some gay bars the ‘ lads ’ pop off to the toilets that number of times to indulge themselves , then you might think I was repeating lurid propaganda put about by the puritan league . |
| 5 | Then two years ago I realised I was going broke . |
| 6 | I realised I was missing half the jokes , so I mugged up from a textbook — and here I am , ready for more ! ’ |
| 7 | Erm I thought that erm I , I mean I was getting some things that John has n't , has n't mentioned , erm when you mentioned the wife being there erm when you , when you were introducing the C C Q you then assumed that you would be coming back with recommendations |
| 8 | I think that would do the trick but preparing handou I mean I was doing those till two , this lot for you this mor I 'm absolutely y'know it 's quite hard work when you 're concurrently teaching all the time . |
| 9 | And of course what defeated me was knows this fellow that is an ambulance driver and he 's classed as working class . |
| 10 | ‘ How did you know I was imagining that ? |
| 11 | Do you know I was thinking this the other day , do you think , say there was some girl like , let's just take Flick no , somebody , who do , who do , who do the people think 's real , who do the blokes always , yeah Flick they think is a real frump do n't they ? |
| 12 | He just looked at me as if to say ‘ how did you know I was doing that ? ’ |
| 13 | You say how do you know I was doing forty miles an hour ? |
| 14 | Out drinking with a couple of female journalists ( in what was supposedly Hemingway 's favourite bar in Havana , if you must know ) , I mentioned I was writing this article and we all launched into our favourite New Age stories , like the one about the Immortalists , a group who take to its logical end the New Age philosophy of positive thinking and creating your own reality , and have decided they are going to live forever . |
| 15 | Well did she not know she was doing this ? |
| 16 | Then a man I did n't know who was sitting next to me nudged me in the ribs . |
| 17 | She found she was thinking small , on the scale of the ark , seeing her own hands huge as those of Gulliver in Lilliput . |
| 18 | Then she found she was doing all this already , and a sigh of utter contentment shivered through her . |
| 19 | It should n't have taken her long to pack and change out of her sundress into a skirt and blouse , but she found she was folding each garment at least twice , and several times she stood looking out of the window at the busy yard below . |
| 20 | It might be useful to know who was doing that . |
| 21 | That she appeared to be having a marvellous time in Jamaica and was being hopelessly indulged by Dunbar had elicited no more than a shrug of Harry 's shoulders and a vague comment about his being delighted she was having such a good time . |
| 22 | How alarmed you must have been to discover she was receiving secret messages from some mysterious adviser , who also promised he would arrange her escape from Godstowe ! |
| 23 | His move was swift and unexpected , and before she knew what was happening she was lying full-length on the cushioned seat , with Michele sitting beside her , imprisoning her there . |
| 24 | So was your main work in the power station , checking everything was running alright ? |
| 25 | Of course he did n't know it was called that . |
| 26 | I did n't know he was called Pink . |
| 27 | ‘ How do you know he was murdered that night ? ’ asked Blanche . |
| 28 | Local reports suggest he was carrying 20 cases of cigarettes from Gibraltar to Spanish territory where they can fetch 3 times the price . |
| 29 | Well I expect he was hurt poor lad . |
| 30 | There 's been nothing very dramatic since the secretive and highly confidential opening , when the teacher started with : " I 've been told about the wreck of a Roman Galley , which is buried in mud off the coast near Pompeii ; and it 's said that when it sank it was carrying great chests of treasure from Egypt . " |