Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I listened to this tale of woe and as I dug with my tiny spade , wondered what I might find , an arm or perhaps a leg , but the only discoveries that I made were small pieces of coal washed up on the beach . |
| 2 | ‘ The most expensive ingredient that I used was fresh tomatoes . |
| 3 | The watercolours I used were raw sienna , French ultramarine and Indian red , which produced a series of slate greys and browns to match the London brick . |
| 4 | The companies I mentioned are important acquisitions . ’ |
| 5 | Previously , all the theory I learnt was head stuff . |
| 6 | Well , do you honestly think the answer would have been the same if I 'd been Norman Ward Westerman or Lord Boddy ? ’ |
| 7 | I 'd been half-hoping Vecchi might show before I sent Laura Channing out to what might develop into target-practice . |
| 8 | The last the last quality entertainment video that I watched was Pretty Woman but I did n't like it . |
| 9 | Derek had another inspiration : what I needed was fresh air . |
| 10 | Erm , putting images into words is not always easy , a colour in a painting can give you a way in and the brown of Van Gogh 's jacket erm affected me with this one particularly and the sun flower I felt was inappropriate misplace , in a vase to , to small , erm and it gave me an image a very strong image of suffering and this poem is in its very early stages and its literally just a list of images and I wanted to be able to show you how I start off which is with a series of images and then I have to put some filler in and open them up a bit and , and make them more accessible and understandable , but this is just a list form . |
| 11 | I joined the Associate Membership scheme in the beginning and left it last year because of what I felt was gross overcharging for a pathetic members ' service . |
| 12 | I had rather been hoping that I might see somebody I knew while I was in the town , but the only people I saw were old Mackenzie in the gun and tackle shop and Mrs Stuart in the cafe , yawning and fat behind her Formica counters and reading a Mills & boon . |
| 13 | I went in first and all I saw was standard classroom with a blackboard down one wall , two lines of plain tables and some wooden chairs . |
| 14 | CABBIE I ROBBED IS NEAR DEATH |
| 15 | ‘ We wo n't ! ’ called Quigley , with what I feared was misplaced optimism . |
| 16 | Based on what I thought were proper symptoms , Puls. was given but with only temporary relief , and slight lowering of the blood pressure . |
| 17 | But er he never asked me , put it that way , what I thought was suitable machinery and he , as far as I know he never asked other rock men what they thought was suitable for the rock and other slate makers what they thought was suitable for inside the mill , or the diamond saw operators , what sort of saws they thought were the best . |
| 18 | I had made the mistake of volunteering to sleep on the couch in the living room on the nights that Janice stayed at our flat ; this offer was made with what I thought was obvious sarcasm one evening while Gav and Norris were attempting to develop a technique for cooking poppadoms in the microwave . |
| 19 | In one store the manager tried to sell me what I thought was obsolete software . |
| 20 | ‘ Robert would have turned the fire extinguisher on you , ’ said my mother with what I thought was unusual perception . |
| 21 | First two cases I took were missing persons . |
| 22 | Among the courses I took were Old English , Middle English , Old Norse , English Philology , and Phonetics ( this last course was taught by and , who were among the senior teachers in the Phonetics Department of U.C.L. at that time ) . |
| 23 | To do what I did was good business sense . ’ |
| 24 | The ones I liked were polished walnut but they were eigh |
| 25 | I read throughout the night , glancing at the bed from where , earlier the same day , I had been certain Francis was watching me . |
| 26 | Before I had been lifeless jumble of miscellaneous body parts but now I was Frankenstein 's monster , shocked by lust into coherence and action . |
| 27 | Because in my last five years before [ becoming Prime Minister ] I had been Foreign Secretary [ and ] , therefore , away a lot . |
| 28 | ‘ Nonya , ’ I said , with what I trusted was dignified reproach . |
| 29 | The only thing I wanted was long hair . |
| 30 | The last thing I wanted was Great-uncle interfering ! |