Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were to choose any country in the world to live as a family in it would have to be somewhere different , perhaps exotic . |
| 2 | When I left at two o'clock , Tally and I were addressing each other by first names ( ‘ Elliot ’ was strange to him and we settled for ‘ Ellix ’ ) and I was able to address the two waitresses by their first names without feeling uncomfortable . |
| 3 | DENNING J. stated the facts and continued : If I were to consider this matter without regard to recent developments in the law , there is no doubt that , had the plaintiffs claimed it , they would have been entitled to recover ground rent at the rate of £2,500 a year from the beginning of the term , since the lease under which it was payable was a lease under seal which , according to the old common law , could not be varied by an agreement by parol ( whether in writing or not ) , but only by deed . |
| 4 | If I were to rewrite this book in ten years ' time , in the light of further research and experience , my own views might well have changed somewhat . |
| 5 | Cos I was using that issue at that time , but we always make the proviso that if things change , you may have to alter your mind about where your money 's placed . |
| 6 | I was sprinting full tilt across the playground , with the ‘ bad boy ’ of the year hot on my heels , as it was ‘ boys after girls ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ If I thought I was causing any pain to the fish I would n't go fishing and I think all anglers feel that way , ’ he says . |
| 8 | Here I was given one piece of advice : ‘ For you , the simplest is the best . ’ |
| 9 | The targets I was given last year in my appraisal were n't covered at all this year in my appraisal by the manager , |
| 10 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
| 11 | Erm , I would be happy , I mean , I purposely , I put some lines in just because I was thinking that way at the time , but I 'd be very happy if other people would scribble it out , change it , throw it back at me , you know , I would like to see I suppose , just to see if we can erm , if that , because , because I have to say that although you know part of reading 's letter , erm , I feel it 's , it , it feels destructive and it feels very critical . |
| 12 | The Monday evening they phone me up and said that I was to attend another meeting on Tuesday which I believe were the twenty second to which they said , We 've thought about it and we 've decided not to continue your employment . |
| 13 | I did n't know it then but I was receiving subliminal training for later business life . |
| 14 | But you see , the Reverend has a distant relative whom he means to put in my place and so I was granted sick leave over the holiday in order that his dear Jonathan could come and assist him with the Christmas services . |
| 15 | With my own two children , I felt cheerful and reasonably well during the first pregnancy ; the bonding process with the baby was immediate and passionate , but nine months later I was seeking medical help for exhaustion . |
| 16 | Well I was reading that article in the Sunday Times with you and the chap who 's the champion said he liked it because it 's like chess and bridge . |
| 17 | It 's quite a good subject though — I mean , I was reading this serial in my Mum 's Woman 's Own , all about this governess and this French Comte who was . |
| 18 | I was reading this article in a Playboy Magazine round at my boyfriend 's place , or was it Penthouse , anyway , I seem to be spending quite a lot o' time round at my boyfriend 's reading magazines and here it says how these several top U.S. psychiatrists had done this survey on how your emotions can sabotage your sexlife even if you are a man and here it blamed the sexually aggressive female of the seventies for the sexual recession of the eighties . |
| 19 | but the thing is I was reading this erm , I was reading another book on this erm |
| 20 | ‘ I was reading some rubbish in The Guardian … it 's almost as bad as The Observer … ‘ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ I was enjoying that cup of tea , ’ he said mournfully . |
| 22 | ‘ I was waving this wrench in front of her face , ’ 61-year-old Jean says . |
| 23 | The first time I ever got it I what do you want me to do and he said right run across there and I 'd run now punch it , and I 'd be punching the you 'd be jumping and turning round , I could n't get the right one , and finally punch it and the would be coming , said quick hit that and I was getting all sort of |
| 24 | Frankly , dear readers , I was getting bored waiting for the graphs to get to the point of maximum excitement . |
| 25 | cos I mean , that 's what prompted all this cos I was getting some information from my |
| 26 | ‘ I was getting wet chatting on the pavement , anyway . ’ |
| 27 | On retirement from the Army & Navy Stores I was appointed managing director of Hatchards , Piccadilly , and Miss Riley came as my secretary and continued there in a full or part time capacity for many years . |
| 28 | At the age of 34 I was appointed Chief Executive of Warwickshire County Council , an organisation with 16,000 staff and a budget of £250 million . |
| 29 | I sometimes felt that I was taking unfair advantage of the family 's need to talk through their problems with a sympathetic outsider . |
| 30 | Twice I 've picked up goods on a shelf marked reduced and then found , because of the bar codes , I was charged full price at the pay-out desk . |