Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my best-known remarks was when I was Chancellor and Geoffrey Howe was my opponent , and he made a rather damaging criticism of what I was doing and I did n't want to spend time on that . |
| 2 | I always seem to , I think we , we were always at Stanford Hall that we must , it was a must that we have a good programme because if somebody comes and there 's nothing doing , they think well you know yo I , I , you see I suppose I 've got that orientated into Guild work but a friend of mine enticed me to go to er a club and erm it 's just simply for any age group , any sex male or female , but you must bereaved you know and erm she is a widow and I was widow , so I went but you see we , we sat round and you just , there was nothing organised and to me who had always been organised , I just felt so like a lost soul you know and er then one chappie put some records on and you cou and you could n't dance to them and I said oh , you know to me I thought wh you know but I do n't want to do it , I 've got enough to do but , I , I was straight away , I was looking for the organisation behind it you know . |
| 3 | I was horn in March 1947 , at the peak of the Bulge : more babies horn that month than ever before or after , and carried through the terrible winter of 1946–47 . |
| 4 | Cos I was bit worried about er him staying under the covers all night . |
| 5 | I was bit , in front of the bull and the bull got close enough to dribble on me . |
| 6 | Oh no I did n't I said I I did I was bit embarrassed about doing it because I 've already changed it twice , he said well he rang me again I said oh he must of got his records wrong . |
| 7 | I mean I was showing the figures and proved that er it was n't paying its way but to me it had always been our shop , you know , from when I was child and wonderful memories you know . |
| 8 | Before I was Minister of Health , I was inclined to be sceptical of the utility of this hierarchy , especially of the tier interposed between the minister and the direct administration of the hospitals . |
| 9 | I would have given my right arm to have achieved such an agreement when I was Minister for Aviation between 1984 and 1987 . |
| 10 | The early experience of ESAs that I had when I was Minister for Agriculture , Fisheries and Food showed the policy to be important , helpful and constructive . |
| 11 | At the time of this incident I was patrol inspector at . |
| 12 | I was fool enough to think you might want to see me . ’ |
| 13 | I 've spent 13 years travelling the world with badminton — I was coach to the Australian side at the last World Championships — and it will be nice to spend some time at home . |
| 14 | I was night relief nurse in Hope , a women 's acute medical ward , and tonight was one of the rare nights when all three Hope night nurses were on together . |
| 15 | I was night work , till I retired . |
| 16 | I thought I was superstition and not writing in the . |
| 17 | I got it while I was prisoner there , after Otterburn . ’ |
| 18 | Although it is 40 years since I was called-up , the memories of that part of my life are still vivid and I still have my flying logbook to refresh my memory . |
| 19 | ‘ I delivered hundreds , and I met hundreds more while I was matron of Thorn House . |
| 20 | I was wall papering with that |
| 21 | Anyway that 's what that was the time when I was sea sick , when we come across the channel . |
| 22 | I was feel very proud of myself because I had just progressed from a tiny red tricycle to riding a huge yellow proper bicycle , with stabilizers . |
| 23 | When I was Defence Secretary and , to my shame , trying to sell tanks to King Idris in Libya , I was pretty sure that he 'd be overthrown in an army coup , and I tried to identify the colonel who was likely to be the leader of the coup . |
| 24 | I was work la last week and I erm I got ta scrub my nails after done everything anyway like every , like after I made the sandwiches , I scrub my nails after I 've been washing up , scrub my nails so I was scrubbing them all day Saturday , last week and it still did n't come out . |
| 25 | There was much talk when I was boy of Haskala - which is civic freedom , ja ? |
| 26 | When we moved here I was surround by sheep now I find I am surrounded by a sunday market , a bulldog bash , drag racing and now a pop festival . ’ |
| 27 | I was strip searched and told to have a bath . |
| 28 | Yes I was sir . |
| 29 | I , I just did n't stay to ask to be quite honest I was shell shocked . |
| 30 | My daughter told me that I was chrome yellow , and a glance in the mirror proved her right . |