Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merson admitted : ‘ I was born up front . |
| 2 | You were knocked out cold , and a head wound coupled with alcohol can be serious . ’ |
| 3 | It would be surprising if Tolkien had not looked at the calm face of Tollund Man , or the hideously frightened one of ‘ Queen Gunhild ’ ( all too obviously still struggling as she was pinned down alive ) , and reflected that these were the true lineaments of his pagan ancestors . |
| 4 | We were led down black-and-white-tiled corridors , through a series of presence chambers , all huge and hung with tapestries which Wolsey had brought from abroad . |
| 5 | Then we were taken up steep narrow logging roads into the mountains of Boras . |
| 6 | They were escorted down long corridors — cooled by fans , for the weather was still very warm-by a senior aide , who was French , and by his aide , who was Algerian . |
| 7 | They were taken on full-time , they left college , and they want to do whatever they want to do . |
| 8 | In fact Well there was Craighead was it was built up high on the hill side . |
| 9 | In fact the whole financial framework of NEP was shaky , and much of it was brought in piecemeal on ad hoc lines , as was the case with the vital currency reforms . |
| 10 | When I saw him stood upright before me , I could not be sure to what extent he was hunched over due to infirmity and what extent due to the habit of accommodating the steeply sloped ceilings of the room . |
| 11 | He was torn up real bad from all my gunfire . |