Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Subjects heard sentences from four different sets , in random order , and after a distractor task , were given a forced-choice recognition test in which they were given both sentences they had originally heard and new sentences which were constructed either by combining information from within a set , or combining information from different sets .
2 Yeah , but she said I were called one night I went with her daughter-in-law
3 Where shall ye now get as much money as ye owe ? ’ , and when she was given forty pence she bought herself a furred cloak with it rather than paying off any of her debts .
4 No they , they did n't because the that 's right because it was cancelled last year it was the year before she did .
5 Well that was said last week it was going up .
6 ‘ It has to do with what was said last time I was here . ’
7 I think hers was built early spring I think .
8 Milk Race organisers had asked Richmondshire District Council if it would support a sprint section through the town , but the recreation committee was told last night it would have to pay £1,000 £600 for prize money and £400 as a management fee .
9 In Dec. 1892 another meeting was called this time it was to discuss the construction of a high level bridge , and to print a pamphlet together with a lithograph plan of the proposed bridge .
10 Litter from battery hen farms is unsuitable for the plants and though turkey litter was tried last Christmas it proved much less successful than the chicken fuel .
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