Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing that concerned me was that , with Stephen Pears injured , I was the oldest player in the team . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The situation that produced it was comparable to that which was to lead to a similar agreement between the returning Dutch and those who had proclaimed the Republic of Indonesia : in both cases neither side was prepared , there and then , for all-out war when the last British forces left Indonesia or when the Chinese armies in Tonkin were finally persuaded to leave . |
| 4 | The stench of damp that enveloped her was noxious ; she tried to take short breaths . |
| 5 | The hill that faced her was bearded like a prophet with a wild white waterfall . |
| 6 | Well this feller that rung me was sixty three . |
| 7 | When I joined the Partisans , among other things that surprised me was this endless attention to the arms : their constant cleaning , oiling , polishing . |
| 8 | The one that eluded him was that of the Association of Golf Writers which , asked to nominate who had done most for European golf , decided on the Walker Cup team that went to the United States and won the trophy there for the first time . |
| 9 | Winter had closed the eyelids of the land and the snow that covered it was ill-fitting and dingy like a second-hand shroud . |
| 10 | The new industrial age presented a vision of hell , of ‘ dark Satanic mills ’ , and the science that supported it was cold , objectified . |
| 11 | But this time the voice that answered her was deep and rich — and she had heard it before . |
| 12 | The first thing that struck me was that of about 100 different offerings at least half a dozen times I 'd been stopped in my tracks by absolutely classic flavours . |
| 13 | There again , it 's gon na be , it 's something like , that said it was forty four days and suddenly I thought , bugger that ! |
| 14 | He walked free after embarrassing the RSPCA by producing a book written by one of its own experts that said it was safe to leave fish home alone for up to two weeks . |
| 15 | When I opened the door to my tent the sight that greeted me was unbelievable . |
| 16 | The sight that greeted me was unforgettable . |
| 17 | The odd fleeting stasis that gripped her was complete . |
| 18 | I just thought it all through and realised I was wrong . |
| 19 | ‘ I could n't talk and realised it was serious . |
| 20 | He immediately booked a flight to Toulouse , saw a house 35 miles north-west of Toulouse in a small hamlet and realised it was ideal as a home as well as an auberge . |
| 21 | When they tried to question him they received unintelligible replies and realised he was drunk . |
| 22 | Noel Wright , prosecuting , said : ‘ The defendant is an enthusiastic DIY man and admitted he was responsible . ’ |
| 23 | Well the thing is , I got caught once before in the other place when I went to Manor of the Groves where I tried to book out erm and found I was late for the first erm |
| 24 | I checked with Pike and found I was correct : according to custom and practice my job description formed a part of my contract . |
| 25 | Some woman journalist friend of his had a handicapped daughter and found she was entitled to virtually no help looking after her , whereas if she fostered someone else 's kid she got any number of handouts . |
| 26 | A MAN turned up for Old Bailey jury service yesterday — and found he was due to try his 20-year-old son for burglary . |
| 27 | Tom touched his cheek and found it was cold . |
| 28 | Then he looked it up and found it was some priceless Tsarist cross he 'd turned down . |
| 29 | Last night I had no idea how to pronounce it and assumed it was pure Quechua . |
| 30 | He also followed up a rumour that another ME I 10 had crash-landed north of Glasgow the same night , although he did not get to the bottom of it , and assumed it was more evidence of the Scottish Saturday Night . |