Example sentences of "[verb] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he 'd noticed that our Mini was getting a bit down at heel , and in the light of Ken 's injuries he thought the least he could do was to give me a better means of transport . |
| 2 | I told him I knew Marc was going to listen to him , would help him , that all he had to do was tell him the truth . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I thought all I had to do was get you a valid passport and we 'd be safe . ’ |
| 4 | Sharing photographs was to him an act of intimacy ; to show someone a photograph you took was to give them a ‘ deeper insight into you as well as what you discerned ’ . |
| 5 | Well that 's right , I mean were see what the weather 's like . |
| 6 | ‘ All I did was tell him the truth . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps the most useful thing she did was to teach me the language , so that in a few days I could speak it quite well . |
| 8 | And they rang up , and they said were sending you a list of what we expect to be available in the way of food at Christmas because we always have the same thing . |