Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] was [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I pleaded guilty because I realised I was in breach of my contract and expected to be punished . |
| 2 | When she woke up , she found she was at home with him at last . ’ |
| 3 | He played the hard man and pretended he was beyond fear , but that was nonsense . |
| 4 | ‘ Anyway , a certain man appeared , and pretended he was in love with Miss Havisham . |
| 5 | Right now , I mentioned it was in aid of charity , how , how are you going on , on the charity side of things ? |
| 6 | George Burley 's door , two along from mine , was wide open , and I found he was in residence , dressed but asleep , quietly snoring in his armchair . |
| 7 | Going absently to see what it was , Greg found it was from Somerset House . |
| 8 | The trouble was that Melanie believed I was in bed with one of them every time I was half an hour late . ’ |
| 9 | Like the rest of the family , you assumed I was for sale . |
| 10 | Mrs Busuttil went to Middlesbrough General Hospital on January 31 because she believed she was in labour . |
| 11 | Brian , emerging from the bathroom , heard his wife talking and imagined she was with Camille , thus he was surprised to find her alone . |
| 12 | Yet Diana truly believed he was in love with her because of the devoted way he behaved in her presence . |
| 13 | Canon Law was most strict on this : a priest was bound to hear the confession of any man who believed he was in danger of death . |
| 14 | He was aware that she believed he was in need of art . |
| 15 | What provoked it was in part the ecclesiastical reform movement . |
| 16 | The Cherry and Whites are used to winning against Nottingham … last time they played it was for league points in the first division … |
| 17 | When morning came he was in pain and not best pleased . |
| 18 | They ate what was in front of them . |
| 19 | As it happened I was on night duty . |
| 20 | Mr Graham confirmed it was in order for the NGC to offer alternative routes for the inquiry 's consideration . |
| 21 | Police confirmed he was under arrest . |
| 22 | Det Sgt Hardy Jones of Darlington CID confirmed he was in contact with officers from other forces to discuss the raids . |
| 23 | Subsequent analysis of a sample drilled from the interior showed it was of bronze with no zinc present at all . |
| 24 | And the area code showed it was in Dusseldorf — 70 miles away . |
| 25 | He guessed he was in disgrace again , because neither |
| 26 | There was no chimney attached to it ; so she guessed it was for paraffin oil . |
| 27 | I heard she was in hospital . |
| 28 | The Brigadier , red-tabbed and resplendent , made him feel scruffy in his battle dress , however well pressed it was after Clarissa 's loving efforts . |
| 29 | But as soon as he heard it was in Hampstead , he smelt a rat . |
| 30 | When she married she had to live in the country and , instead of bemoaning what she 'd lost in the way of concerts and the theatre , she enjoyed what was on offer . |