Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] was [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Human rights group say he was in charge of Bolivian death squads responsible for murdering hundreds of journalists , political and labour leaders , and church officials . |
| 2 | The casualty rate so far was no more than might have been expected from the hazardous nature of the operation , and although he could not , in all honesty , say he was in command of the whole ship , he at least held the strategic upper hand . |
| 3 | I imagine he was at home with his highly attractive wife . ’ |
| 4 | I mean she was in Park Hospital for so long and then she was transferred to a nursing home in Thornton . |
| 5 | Once the ability to create symbolic signals and rearrange them was in place , individuals that accomplished this more effectively might well have been at an advantage over those who did it less effectively in terms of all the benefits that come from co-operation . |
| 6 | ‘ I remember I was in Brussels and I lost to Ivan Lendl . |
| 7 | Remember she was at Ricky 's party |
| 8 | There was no soot in the mists and fog which came from the river , and no garbage in the gutters like there was in London . |
| 9 | Well I know it was at Street at one time . |
| 10 | Except that is was for money , I know it was for money but er I do n't know the exact er Because I think I think in that year , we got what we called the Samuel award , that were three shillings a day , basic , you see ? |
| 11 | Afterwards , when they were alone , Marshall said : ‘ If that was an accurate account , one person had ample opportunity to take the knife off the bar and we already know he was at Linley 's party . ’ |
| 12 | I , know he was in Black Adder |
| 13 | ‘ Listen , my little innocent , I know what was in Ralf 's mind . ’ |
| 14 | I suppose I was in danger of becoming a sort of ‘ owloholic ’ , but I was thoroughly enjoying myself . |
| 15 | OK , suppose she was In Love with Dionne . |
| 16 | I suppose he was at Jefferson 's . |
| 17 | He could sit on a terrace in the French quarter , sipping wine , and feel he was in France . |
| 18 | And an important win it was over Erith and Belvedere , both teams struggling at the bottom of the southern division ; to tell us all about it , Adrian Burcher . |
| 19 | I mean it was like Deborah and Dave , can you remember ? |
| 20 | I mean it was like years ago I heard things about Down 's children with holes in the heart and why bother to do it , but now everything 's changing — let's make them more normal . |
| 21 | ‘ I think I was with Maurin when Edouard rang him . ’ |
| 22 | I never said she , she , I mean , I think , I blame myself as well I think I was on edge , but everything , everything she questions , you know , like she ca n't be nice , says no you 're not having anything oh she says |
| 23 | I think I was in shock , or undergoing reaction . |
| 24 | Well yeah she was , I think she was at Derek 's desk . |
| 25 | I think she was in love with him . |
| 26 | Er I think she was in trouble with the police . |
| 27 | er and the , the son , I think he was at college himself |
| 28 | I think he was in trouble with the police . |
| 29 | I think he was in Crewe at one time |
| 30 | So that was the journey waybill and that was handed in at the end of the day and from that and a visual check of the tickets that were returned by him to the ticket office , they could tell which tickets were missing and therefore they were sold to him and er there be , there was the odd shortages but in those days if anybody was short in his takings by , I think it was about sixpence in those days , he was the subject of a another warning by letter and if he persisted , well then he was brought in to see the Traffic Superintendent who erm , could suspend him for two or three days , so he lost pay for two or three days . |