Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] be [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among those I met were the Duke of Wellington , who has his London home in part of beautiful Apsley House , which with all its treasures he presented to the nation some years ago ; Vicomte and Vicomtesse Bernard de la Giraudière , and Mr Richard Nicholson the Vice Chairman of Laurent-Perrier UK , and his charming wife ; Mr Malcolm Innes , Mrs Piffa Schroder , Mr John Grant of Rothiemurchus , the Hon. |
| 2 | Among the first people I met were the bridegroom 's uncle Mr Peter Stormonth-Darling , with his daughter Mrs Justin Cobb with her two-and-a-half year old daughter Zoë who was a bridesmaid . |
| 3 | The first friends I met were the bridegroom 's half-sister Lady Tana Focke , with Mr Paul Focke , and their two very attractive teenage daughters Diana Focke and Victoria Focke . |
| 4 | All I got is a ball of string and some bits of paper . |
| 5 | The manual actually fails to mention quite a lot and I only hope that the one I got is a prototype and not what the paying public will receive ! |
| 6 | ‘ What I got is an inarck … an inar … culate … |
| 7 | Mind yer , all I got was a load o' lip . |
| 8 | What I got was a group of men who ranged from those with a more developed line on women 's issues than mine to those who were frankly misogynistic , and a woman who went on record as saying that , in her opinion , feminism put women off being lesbians . |
| 9 | The next thing I got was an order for twenty of them . |
| 10 | I tried your mobile as well but I did n't think it would work up there in the mountains and sure enough all I got was the recording saying try again later . ’ |
| 11 | What was also disturbing was that I found being the centre of attention quite attractive . |
| 12 | There was never a dull moment and among the places I visited were the Statue of Liberty , Central Park , the World Trade Centre , the Empire State Building , Wall Street and Chinatown . |
| 13 | The second one I visited was the centre on Edgware Road . |
| 14 | The first dedicated fax card I used was the JTFax , which was purely a fax card and lacked a data modem . |
| 15 | to which I referred was an overestimate compared to the figure that I suggested , which was based on the same information . |
| 16 | But I realised I 'd been a bit heavy . |
| 17 | ‘ Educationally and professionally , I 'd been a bit of a prodigy — always the youngest in my league . |
| 18 | I 'd been a bit dithery for a few days , sort of clumsy and absentminded , as you often get when you 're feeling under the weather . |
| 19 | I thought that maybe I 'd been a bit harsh last night . ’ |
| 20 | In answer to Merrill 's questioning face , he went on , ‘ I think I once told you that I 'd been a bit — wild . |
| 21 | ‘ If only I 'd been a bit more sophisticated when we first got married . ’ |
| 22 | Ever since I 'd been a youngster , watching and playing football , Hibs have held an important place in the game . |
| 23 | My mother thought if I 'd been a boy Dad would have lived with us and been grand , or at least people would have noticed us . |
| 24 | But it 's kind of a shame , because I 'm only one element of blackness that you can see on television , and I 'll tell you , if I 'd been a kid and seen someone like me on telly , I 'd be a hell of a lot happier about the way I am in this world . ’ |
| 25 | At Old Street , I passed the Gym ‘ n ’ Tonic health club — I 'd been a member there until an embarrassing incident one evening in the female jacuzzi — then turned up towards Islington proper . |
| 26 | If I 'd been a union member I might have held out for a better offer or some redundancy money , but I was n't , so that was that . |
| 27 | I would n't have got to wear this if I 'd been a factory worker . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd been a partner for 10 years , I was 43 and could see another 17 years of PW partnership ahead of me . |
| 29 | I might hope to be a better grandfather than I 'd been a father . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose I could have got action like that if I 'd been a count , ’ she mused . |