Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] was [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ This is ridiculous — I 'm so excited , you 'd think I was five years old ! ’ |
| 3 | To hear you talk , anyone would think I was some kind of wanton , a man-stealer . |
| 4 | The only person who approached me was poor Ian Smith , who came to London but was not a representative at the talks . |
| 5 | och , do you know I was five minutes late , but that was different I was twenty five minutes late , I I did n't even ask her why , cos I knew we 'd in the door like as I 'm walking through it . |
| 6 | And when Hawkbit said he wanted to know who was Chief Rabbit , Bigwig bit him . |
| 7 | By the time she had parked she was twenty minutes late and quite beyond caring . |
| 8 | In the world into which she intended to soar there was little room for Rhodri Parry . |
| 9 | Did n't know there was two versions of . |
| 10 | Oh I 'm sorry , but there was only that one which is all , it 's got her latest stuff on it , I 'm not really keen on anything else , it 's got those last , you know the sort of her last few records of it , on it I should say I did n't know there was any others around , when I told you I wanted the Cher one , it was the one that was out now not the old ones . |
| 11 | Applying Firth , it is irrelevant that the victim did not know there was any liability . |
| 12 | Now , he said , if there 's any question of doubt , he 'll seal it and then the receiver would know there was some question of doubt , and he would seal back the reply . |
| 13 | I was in China a few years ago and was fascinated to discover there was one bicycle for every thirty Chinese , and you see they 're not going to be distributed very equally are they ? |
| 14 | Oh yes , they , I say there was one man and the , they used to try and get in if they could . |
| 15 | About thirty in each suite to differ and a master key and as I say there was five suites and they had to make a key that 'd open everyone of the fifty-five . |
| 16 | You will understand then something of the climate prevailing around Darlington Hall by the time of my father 's fall in front of the summerhouse — this occurring as it did just two weeks before the first of the conference guests were likely to arrive — and what I mean when I say there was little room for any ‘ beating about the bush ’ . |
| 17 | Observers say there was some overlap between his role and that of Hargrave and Wastnage . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | And I say there was some sort of a an embarrassment I can only call it |
| 20 | This slag-bank is very old — belonging , for the most part , to the last years of the last century , when smelting was so extravagant with ore that some people say there was more iron in the slag than in the pig . |
| 21 | Police say there was widespread drug-taking at the party . |
| 22 | His doctor cited dehydration for the Bangkok postponements and migraine for Singapore 's , denying there was any link to stress from the sex allegations . |
| 23 | They found there was good agreement between both groups , although social workers tended to be more cautious in their judgements . |
| 24 | If we 'd won it was 2nd place . |
| 25 | did n't know it was two parts , till I and I thought what a funny way to end , I mean are they dead |
| 26 | And a fellow said to me about two ye , two to three years ago I expect it was two telegraph people up that pole out an just outside of my gate and he 's still there and I walk along the gate and he turned round to me he say you 're a lucky man ! |
| 27 | They say it was great fun — and thought the able bodied that disabled people can contribute just as much — and sometimes more — as others . |
| 28 | And a and also , I mean , it was , and it was a Panasonic one this , erm what you do , if you were doing a jacket top potato , you er would weigh the potato and , and then erm put in the weight , say it was six ounces , and all you do then is press erm jacket potato , you do n't have to put any time , it automatically does it for the time . |
| 29 | if you saw something where , I do n't know , say it was two glasses and then we could buy two as well and |
| 30 | They , they put , we go to er , a little shop in , only a little shop and they have to got into er one at Croydon every Thursday , and he get 's , the manager , he get 's the er , driver 's to come out of head office , and what staff , and he always buys it in bulk and he , he still buys say it 's coca cola say it was ten pence a can |