Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] was [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh yes , they , I say there was one man and the , they used to try and get in if they could . |
| 2 | You will understand then something of the climate prevailing around Darlington Hall by the time of my father 's fall in front of the summerhouse — this occurring as it did just two weeks before the first of the conference guests were likely to arrive — and what I mean when I say there was little room for any ‘ beating about the bush ’ . |
| 3 | Observers say there was some overlap between his role and that of Hargrave and Wastnage . |
| 4 | Do you know I was thinking this the other day , do you think , say there was some girl like , let's just take Flick no , somebody , who do , who do , who do the people think 's real , who do the blokes always , yeah Flick they think is a real frump do n't they ? |
| 5 | And I say there was some sort of a an embarrassment I can only call it |
| 6 | This slag-bank is very old — belonging , for the most part , to the last years of the last century , when smelting was so extravagant with ore that some people say there was more iron in the slag than in the pig . |
| 7 | Police say there was widespread drug-taking at the party . |
| 8 | And a fellow said to me about two ye , two to three years ago I expect it was two telegraph people up that pole out an just outside of my gate and he 's still there and I walk along the gate and he turned round to me he say you 're a lucky man ! |
| 9 | They say it was great fun — and thought the able bodied that disabled people can contribute just as much — and sometimes more — as others . |
| 10 | say it was any thing to bother about |
| 11 | I imagine it was all part of the same reaction . |
| 12 | Police suspect it was some form of protest . |
| 13 | I 'd sit up in my room bashing out the blues like I was Blind Lemon Matlock . |
| 14 | I know there was great confusion that night . |
| 15 | That , that was the , you know there was that sort of spirit , there were very few scroungers er well there were scroungers of course but few people who er who did n't repay if , if they had a drink they bought one back . |
| 16 | Well , it may have been true , but , since receiving her letter , I know there was another reason . |
| 17 | The second point , briefly , is that the white paper has turned its face on the establishment of an environmental protection agency , and independent environment protection agency , and erm , you may feel strongly , I know there was another report that came out just about that time that erm was advocating it , and you may feel that what is needed is a central , independent environmental protection agency . |
| 18 | I know there was another woman in his life . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ As you well know there was another attempt on the Führer 's life at Rastenburg . |
| 20 | Irish hockey coach Cees Koppelaar reflects on his team 's failure to qualify for the World Cup and his plans for the future I know there was some criticism when I had to leave before the final inter-provincial game in Dublin last season — that was because of my club commitments in Holland . |
| 21 | ‘ I know there was some trouble backstage last night , ’ he said . |
| 22 | ‘ I hear there was more trouble in Angleside at the weekend , ’ says Marjorie , wiping the milky foam of the cappuccino from her lips with a dainty tissue . |
| 23 | I remember there was one fellow , er an Englishman , he was known as Potato Jones . |
| 24 | You remember there was that form saying how much is your time worth ? |
| 25 | Andy : ‘ Like there was this man I know in Ireland who swears this story is true . |
| 26 | She met his mocking gaze , noting that in spite of the typical little dig there was less malice than usual in his manner . |
| 27 | He subsequently er went to work at the Berlick in latter years and , and this man was just sweeping-up at the Berlick and I could n't believe it cos he was so high up in the technology in the war and he 'd be a dental mechanic and he 'd come down to just being a sweeper-up , and he used to show me the pay packets he 'd got in the war and you know it was fantastic money even , even by today 's standards this is going back fifteen years |
| 28 | I know it was long time ago , but can you now possibly recall where the information came from ? |
| 29 | I know it was last year I was really annoyed . |
| 30 | But I remember the train and the guy with the personal stereo , and I know it was just chance that we met . |