Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | I acknowledge that Fish 's enterprise in [ his book ] Is There a Text in this Class ? , unlike Joyce 's in Finnegans Wake , makes it so unlikely that he intended to call the word ‘ pleasurably' an ‘ adverb' that I 'd feel bound — if I were his executor and he dead — to change it . |
| 2 | He brought me flowers , took me out to dinner and the theatre , and was generally attentive to me , as if I were his mistress and not an old married woman . |
| 3 | I wish I were his master ! |
| 4 | I began to understand how , if I were his wife , this good , religious man could soon kill me , without feeling any guilt at all . |
| 5 | I mean if I were his dad … |
| 6 | ‘ I was his good girl , the girl to take to book signings , to introduce to Norman Mailer , ’ she says . |
| 7 | ‘ The moment I got behind the wheel , he went on a binge , and he was in no shape to drive , so I was his chauffeur for three days , three days without sleep . |
| 8 | So Dana was my European exploiter ; I was his Daisy Miller . |
| 9 | I was his assistant and when he wanted flowers he would send me to the Old Covent Garden at 4.30am to buy hundreds of pots of chrysanthemums which would then be sold off at the end of the day , thus serving a dual purpose as decoration and a means of recouping some of our costs . |
| 10 | ‘ Then there was the traditional side : I had most tutorials with Gifford ( I was his pete ) and Scattergood , who was lovely . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If I was his manager I would offer Lewis $8m for the fight . |
| 12 | ‘ If I was his manager I would offer Lewis $8m for the fight . |
| 13 | I thought of Compton Mackenzie 's brave words at a Nomads ' Club dinner where I was his guest about the mystical experience of people loving their countrymen through loving their country and , by re-creating themselves , re-creating their nation . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought I was his best friend . |
| 15 | Jean-Claude said , handing me an affidavit , to swear I was his wife . |
| 16 | I was his mistress . |
| 17 | I was in love with him ; I was his wife . |
| 18 | For a time I was his friend , but not for long . |
| 19 | He still seemed to think I was his baby . |
| 20 | I knew that for him The Fat Controller confirmed it — I was his Wolf Man , his Anna O. He told me as much . |
| 21 | I understood that he was thanking me , and I tried to show him that I was his friend . |
| 22 | For thirty years I was his friend . |
| 23 | Even though he was so much older , I was his first girlfriend , he was my first boyfriend . " |
| 24 | I was his secret . |
| 25 | I was his friend and companion , and it was his will that you should ascend the Dragon Throne . ’ |
| 26 | I was his catch ; he was n't mine . |
| 27 | I had to sleep in the same room as loads of them on account of we said I was his secretary . ’ |
| 28 | ’ When he told me this morning that I was his prisoner , not his … not anything else , he left two Gharrgoyles to guard me . |
| 29 | ’ I was his prisoner for the night , ’ she snapped . |
| 30 | And then from there I went to the grocery manager , I was his secretary . |