Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , ‘ What would my priorities be if the bad dream came true , and I were Minister of Health now ? ’ |
| 2 | I said you and I were man and wife , and to lose me would break or damage your bond with the King . |
| 3 | Complete this sentence : If I were dictator for a day … |
| 4 | Complete this sentence : If I were dictator for a day … |
| 5 | I were dickeyup in a week . ’ |
| 6 | I 've been flung into a filthy cell with a lot of other poor wretches as if I were sack of coals being emptied into a cellar . " |
| 7 | Leonard Cheshire and I were pilot officers together in No 4 Group at the beginning of the war ; he came from the dreaming spires of Oxford and I had just been commissioned as a pilot officer after serving a stint of five years as a sergeant pilot . |
| 8 | Nigel , the old Charmer , and I were half-nelson 'd with mirth . |
| 9 | ‘ If I were manager I would … ’ |
| 10 | In fact I were shop steward in the , in the building trade , I was a shop steward in the building trade . |
| 11 | I hope that the foregoing has served to give some idea of the private legislation procedure from the point of view of a parliamentary agent , and I think in conclusion that it would be useful if I were summarise a few of the problems which appear to affect solicitors , executive officers and advisers locally . |
| 12 | A marriage between foreign nationals from different countries and of different religions would have been difficult enough in settled times , but it was rendered much more complicated now by the fact that whatever my family 's record might have been with regard to the Fascist party , my mother , my father and I were enemy aliens who had just lost a war . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Cos I was bit worried about er him staying under the covers all night . |
| 17 | I was bit , in front of the bull and the bull got close enough to dribble on me . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I would have given my right arm to have achieved such an agreement when I was Minister for Aviation between 1984 and 1987 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | At the time of this incident I was patrol inspector at . |
| 24 | I was fool enough to think you might want to see me . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I was night work , till I retired . |
| 28 | I thought I was superstition and not writing in the . |
| 29 | I got it while I was prisoner there , after Otterburn . ’ |
| 30 | 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 . |