Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TELEVISION reporter Tim Ewart told last night how he left ITN for a new career at a rival station and then slowly realised it was all a terrible mistake . |
| 2 | Next door , through the partition wall , some shouts were audible , so muffled it was impossible to tell whether it was a violent assault or someone asking for his bath to be turned off . |
| 3 | I do n't know what it was , the mist , the way it hung , hot and heavy like a blanket , the weirdness and the exhaustion of the long night drive up the coast , but I suddenly realised I was scared . |
| 4 | They only realised he was autistic after reading a newspaper article on the symptoms . |
| 5 | ‘ I only realised he was any good when he was 13 and went down to the English schools Under-14 championships at Queens one Monday . |
| 6 | That he obviously imagined she was some kind of flighty , sex-starved man-eater ? |
| 7 | This was another of those naked spaces , so exposed it was useless — putting a chair out there to sit in the sun seemed unthinkable , there were none of the nooks and crannies or spaces that invited use . |
| 8 | I suddenly decided it was all petty , stupid , useless . |
| 9 | From the small town of Urubamba the fifty kilometres , journey from Pisac to Ollantaytambo was in a colectivo so packed it was difficult to see anything . |
| 10 | The expectations of some more exacting living sellers were also whittled to realistic levels , and , faced with good property at tempting estimates , collectors apparently decided it was safe to come back . |
| 11 | While Christie 's toyed with the idea of another Spanish sale , they quite rightly decided it was better not to overplay one market , which had in fact exhibited some weaknesses amidst the strengths . |
| 12 | To Jonjo O'Neill , who a moment earlier had been plugging on towards a certain third place , this sign of weakness in Wayward Lad 's finishing effort offered remote but renewed hope : ‘ I suddenly saw he was tiring , ’ he reported later , ‘ and so did she . ’ |
| 13 | I suddenly saw he was tiring , and so did she . |
| 14 | So he obviously thought it was worthwhile doing that |
| 15 | Joe obviously thought it was all very daring and suitable for us both . |
| 16 | He obviously thought it was funny , what he was doing , but it was n't at all . |
| 17 | Eileen Laughton , a former Panel member who respected him greatly said he was worried about the pressure that was likely to be put on him if he did n't toe the local authority line . |
| 18 | She did n't want to swim this afternoon , but only said it was slight indigestion . ’ |
| 19 | She only wished she was any good at the game herself , which unfortunately she was n't . |
| 20 | Yeah , so said it was that spaghetti Bolognese that did it . |
| 21 | On one occasion a dozen young myrtles had been dispatched , at a shilling apiece , although Miller much regretted he was unable to pack them himself on account of injuring his leg while ‘ a-herborising by water ’ . |
| 22 | Critics generally agreed it was funny , but some admitted to feeling uneasy about laughing at Frank Spencer as his world collapsed around him . |
| 23 | He treated the mad redhead as though she were a fellow-spirit , and she responded , until the moment when she finally admitted she was incapable of understanding a word he was saying . |
| 24 | I think I just assumed he was that sort of person and night-time did that to him . |
| 25 | The palm which momentarily touched his was moist and very cold . |
| 26 | He assured her they would not , they would think he was guilty , that most of them already thought he was guilty . |
| 27 | I just I just saw it was pure virgin olive oil and I thought oh that 'll do |
| 28 | ‘ I just knew she was right for the role . |
| 29 | I just thought it was worthwhile making that point as it is made to be very . |
| 30 | I mean that comes off it , I can see that much , I just thought it was good anyway |