Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merson admitted : ‘ I was born up front . |
| 2 | Barak gave specific instructions that I was to go in alone . |
| 3 | One recent Saturday afternoon I was walking along High Row and was treated to the sight of a Labour Party vehicle giving out an election message closely followed by a similar van in Conservative colours broadcasting loud music , presumably to drown out the opposition . |
| 4 | All the time I was breathing in beautiful outdoor air . |
| 5 | The inside of the boot is lined with Cambrelle and has a removable high density footbed — this combination added extra comfort when I was pounding over rough and stony ground . |
| 6 | Having discovered that , I was then , in April of last year , in France , in Strasbourg , Strasbourg is Leicester 's twin city in France , and as I was wondering through near to the cathedral in Strasbourg , I found a book a book-shop , a second- hand book shop . |
| 7 | Naomi , she was arriving back penniless she had a foreign daughter-in-law , that in itself was proof enough that she had strayed from God 's will . |
| 8 | first of all she just ripped at it and slung it around , although after a couple of days she was tearing off dainty morsels and swallowing them . |
| 9 | After about a week she was tearing off big lumps of the dead chicks I was feeding her . |
| 10 | Yet here she was opening up old wounds and it was harder to forgive that . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She was breathing in great gulps , but still there was n't enough air . |
| 13 | However , the public on Møn was a small one and the park was visited primarily by public servants from other parts of Denmark , whose job it was to plant out public places — and also by visitors to the Villa and The Tamarisks . |
| 14 | The pinder , whose job it was to round up stray animals and keep them in the pinfold , to be released on payment of a fine , was also known as the axeman . |
| 15 | The Department of Trade and Industry announced that it was setting up working groups to examine the scope for changing some of the most complex areas of company law . |
| 16 | It was disguised as if it were some form of regional assistance , whereas it was bailing out uneconomic , old industries which ought to have been modernised . |
| 17 | Later , it was to take on consultative functions ; in practice , most observers expected it to act as a clearing house for mutual trade between its members , which was expected to remain important for some years , and to co-ordinate east European policy toward the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 18 | In fact Well there was Craighead was it was built up high on the hill side . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He added that at CCCs fourth quarter closing , it was signing up new licensees at a 30% higher rate than anticipated . |
| 21 | He was shouting out crusty ! . |
| 22 | Hewitt sent out a proposal to 80 carrier companies and within days , he was receiving back positive acknowledgements . |
| 23 | He caught the glint of a smile from Fael-Inis at that , and felt a sudden delight , because the fire was surging up all about them , and Fael-Inis had taken up a stance at the fore of the Chariot , and he was gathering up silken reins between his hands , only the reins were of living colour and shifting light , and there were certainly spells within them as there had certainly been spells in the Chamber of the Looms … |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Now , if he was churning out stunning guitar solos and loads of rhythm variations , a tune lasting eight minutes might be bearable . |
| 26 | All the time he was running up huge bills and wiping out systems all over the world . ’ |
| 27 | He was torn up real bad from all my gunfire . |
| 28 | In a backyard shack in a Dallas suburb , and outside of normal working hours , he was turning out custom-built metal detectors that were of such advanced design for their day , that they wee superior to many of the commercially available machines of the time . |
| 29 | You know it seemed to be that we had a working rule that had functioned reasonably well over the years and all of a sudden he was tearing up various paragraphs that did n't suit him , and altering bits you know and changing them round just to suit the company , and all to our disadvantage . |
| 30 | She 'd known he was growing up peculiar — he did badly at school , and had no friends — but she 'd begun to see , from living in the same house as him again , how different he was from other kids . |