Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards ( another former Lancaster student ) invited me home to tea , and in the evening , and I were entertained at home by |
| 2 | He was later filled with remorse for this , saying ‘ I would I were assured of pardon for that sin , though on that condition that this right hand were cut off . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Bill and I were left on stage gaping as they all got up and made for the exits . |
| 4 | I was invited to lunch one day . |
| 5 | First of all I was invited to lunch in Leeds and they sent the helicopter for me , piloted by Captain John Leeson , who had done all the flying for the aerial shots in the film . |
| 6 | Today I was invited to tea at Lady Emily 's to meet Krishnaji . |
| 7 | I was operating in the dark ; I was deprived of intelligence . |
| 8 | ( Finished March 11th ) I was covered with debris . |
| 9 | I was covered in blood ; my clothes were torn ; I was completely exhausted . |
| 10 | ‘ When I looked up I was covered in blood . |
| 11 | ‘ I said , ‘ My God ! ’ , and he said , ‘ What 's happened to you ? ’ because I was covered in blood , too . |
| 12 | But much latelier , in the private academies of Italy , wither I was favoured to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under twenty or thereabouts , for the manner is that everyone must give some proof of his wit a reading there , met with acceptance above what was looked for , and other things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them , were received with written incomience which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . |
| 13 | Kay was the name that I was called at home , my middle name , one of my father 's names , and I knew that Kay , the boy in The Snow Queen , was me , who had a lump of ice in her heart . |
| 14 | But when I turned up at the hospital they put me on call and I was called to Casualty to anaesthetise a man . |
| 15 | Before my fall , when I was a great man , I was tempted by meat and wine , and by the luxuries my position brought me . |
| 16 | After a month 's stay at UCH ( University College Hospital in Central London ) I was transferred to specialist cardiologist Dr Jane Sommerville at the then National Heart Hospital . |
| 17 | I was hospitalised for angina and my care was excellent . |
| 18 | The last entry in the baby book before I was hospitalised with anorexia reads : ‘ Failed 11-plus exam . |
| 19 | I was hit by joyride car , says soldier |
| 20 | I was moved from home to home . |
| 21 | They took me over to Cheapside and I was remanded in custody . |
| 22 | I was flooded with joy , and all at once it seemed the most important thing in the world that he should know that I still loved him , too . |
| 23 | I felt fear at this moment but it passed and I was calmed in thought when the sensation passed . |
| 24 | While waiting for the call-up , various opportunities or openings of an official nature came my way , and I was summoned for interview , usually at extremely short notice , in connection with some of them . |
| 25 | I was drenched in sweat , bottom sheet twisted in sinewy hands , but thanks to Sister Attila , I could control it . |
| 26 | I was perfectly happy until I was sent to school at the age of five . |
| 27 | I was sent to school here , so I must learn as much as I can . ’ |
| 28 | Of course I was sent to bed without any supper . |
| 29 | In fact , I was sent to bed as a punishment . |
| 30 | The third offence , that was after the immigration problems , I was sent to prison . |