Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But though her mouth opened it was a silent entreaty and all she seemed able to do was cling to the top of her cage near where branches of trees hung and vainly try to say words that would not come . |
| 2 | Dot felt she was an unwanted item of luggage being sent away . |
| 3 | Dot thought it was the loveliest book she 'd ever seen . |
| 4 | The plaintiff could not prove that the defendant knew it was a secret process either because of its nature or because he had been specifically told that it was and Vaisey J pointed out that if it were really secret it was surprising that the defendant 's employment had brought him into contact with it ; he had been to prison in the past . |
| 5 | The opposition said it was the work of SAVAK , the secret police . |
| 6 | Mummy said she was a good girl when she was asleep . |
| 7 | Someone down the car said it was a disgrace and the school holidays were too long and someone else said , pity the poor teachers . |
| 8 | The judge reckoned it was a bit savage but nevertheless awarded it second prize . |
| 9 | With Shadow Cabinet Ministers , Labour MPs and Prospective Labour MPs ( including the candidate for Orkney and Shetland , John Aberdeen from Stromness ) at the conference , the Action Committee thought it was a good opportunity to make a lot of politicians aware of the situation very quickly . |
| 10 | Even the judge thought it was a great idea , Nick , because on a boat Rickie will be far away from temptation . ’ |
| 11 | A pair of old shoes was put aside to be thrown out before Granny remembered they were the most comfortable she 'd ever had . |
| 12 | ‘ People in the village said she was a witch . |
| 13 | Some folk in the village said it was a public disgrace that a maid like Martha Pascoe should be bartered for with barrels of fish , but most saw the whole affair as a great joke , because when all was said and done , the lass was unlikely to marry Sam or Harry or anyone else against her will , and if she could use their ardour to win a few more stone of pilchards and thereby swell the village purse and give everyone a bit of harmless fun , then more power to her elbow . |
| 14 | When a schoolfriend told a neighbour he had seen a body , the boy said it was a blow-up dummy his father had left lying around . |
| 15 | A spokesman for estate agents Buckell and Ballard whgo found the intruders during a routine security check said it was a very isolated incident and very unfortunate , but it does illustrate a need for a change in the law . |
| 16 | The Queen said it was a very sweet play , and the King — ’ |
| 17 | People at home said they were a gay , defiant , rather reckless band of cavaliers of the sky . |
| 18 | The judge said it was a mircale that Inspector Paul Kirby was n't hit , and other officers told the court they 'd never been so terrified . |
| 19 | Some in Europe who had maintained the Yellow Sword declared it was an extremely difficult fish , only giving birth to about 20 very week fry — which often died in the first few weeks . |
| 20 | Heaven knew she was no stranger to men 's admiring glances , but they 'd never had this effect on her before — nor anything remotely like it ! |
| 21 | My husband thought they were a failure and felt embarrassed about them , and for a long time he would n't let me see them . |
| 22 | Rain said he was a very ordinary middle-aged journalist , a staid sort of man who wrote about local government matters . |
| 23 | When I was about to take O-level Art and my teacher said I was a disaster , my father was shamed into giving me an intensive course ( 'I ca n't have a daughter not passing ’ ) and taught me painting , pastel drawing , cross-hatching , line drawing . |
| 24 | In his keynote speech , the Labour leader said it was an inspiration to see the party working together in support of its policy objectives . |
| 25 | The organisation claimed he was a Catholic who had been involved with the Army , the Royal Ulster Constabulary and loyalist terrorists . |
| 26 | THE wayward Marquess of Blandford last night claimed it was a lost love which led him into drug addiction . |
| 27 | The inquest at Cheltenham County Court heard it was a clear sunny day with little traffic on the road . |
| 28 | The ward sister said , ‘ Your wife said she was a Catholic . |
| 29 | On the Via Mercanti side of the palazzo is a relief sculpture of the ‘ half wool sow ’ , the mythical half-pig , half-sheep that legend had it was the real derivation of the name Mediolanum — from medio lanae . |
| 30 | That pleased the smart set , but secretly the old money decided it was a bit tacky . |