Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he knew she was next door because he had heard her moving about . |
| 2 | Partly he knew it was last night 's sedative , coupled with a large slug of Miles ' Chivas Regal . |
| 3 | I thought it was last week ? |
| 4 | I thought it was next Tuesday . |
| 5 | A notable sleeper was Sotheby 's lot 265 , undercatalogued as ‘ a Meissen figure of an actor ’ , estimated at £700–900 , sold over telephone for £4,800 ( $7,200 ) ; again lot 339 , a Berlin Cabaret set , catalogued misleadingly as circa 1880 , estimated at £1,200–1,800 , was a good buy at £3,200 ( $4,800 ) ; trade sources affirmed it was eighteenth century . |
| 6 | Somebody said it was next door . |