Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It began one morning at breakfast in the days when I was still a bachelor and Tristan and I were taking our places at the mahogany dining table . |
| 2 | this lad was , now he was , coming in the bar , he sat just as you come in the door and then he moved to that long thing where we sit , well I go at the bar and Jackie was sat there Jackie , I said time to be social , no I cos I laugh , I were laughing me head off me and he 's jabbering away move like that , his arms moving you know , then he sets off to sing , well , la , la and Johnny said shut up I know Johnny put his glass of beer on the next table to ours and sets off to see Mickey , then he stands up this lad sit down you , must have thought for his beer , I think he was like , I says to Jack I says er you want to put his trousers is all undone , you know sat and his trousers what and his jumper , so our Johnny went he said get that covered up and , but he pulled it down like that , and now he took 'em out he walked through the door and his trousers were falling down but |
| 3 | I got up feeling bilious and with a burning headache , wobbling from the previous day 's struggle , as if I were finding my legs after a long illness . |
| 4 | However , perhaps if I were to concentrate my efforts on finding an emergent path for your good self , I would be successful . |
| 5 | For instance , she never specifically said : ‘ Do n't blame your mother for everything ’ , but she made me understand that I was using my mother as an excuse for the fact that I was n't happy a lot of the time . |
| 6 | I was using my car as a weapon . ’ |
| 7 | It took me a long time to work out why I was eating my meals off a trampoline . ’ |
| 8 | I just wanted to know , inside my own head , that I was betraying his trust in me the way he 'd betrayed mine . |
| 9 | Soon I was pricking my ears at every hiss and rustle , every creak and sigh , every flap , scuttle and click . |
| 10 | Wilson was quick to see how provocative such a development would be to the shipowners and refused to accept the post , though he confessed to have been " foolish enough to have allowed myself to be nominated and elected as honorary general manager , which meant that I was lending my name to an organization over which I had no control " . |
| 11 | An hour later I was fastening my safety-belt at LAX . |
| 12 | If I was to give my life to this orchestra then I could not allow that someone throw me out at a moment 's notice . |
| 13 | One day when I was collecting my money from Wemmick , he invited me to his house at Walworth , a village outside London . |
| 14 | I believe I was collecting my thoughts for a renewed effort when the young gentleman suddenly rose to his feet , and clutching his attaché case to his person , said : ‘ Well , I think I 'll go and take a little fresh air . |
| 15 | I was nursing my mug of tea with both hands and taking short sips of the very hot liquid when a Commando arrived at the trench , stating that he had come to take Sid 's place on the Bren gun . |
| 16 | ‘ I was serving my country at my desk , Mr Milton . ’ |
| 17 | I was given my pre-op by a ‘ bank nurse ’ . |
| 18 | I was saving my energies for the return journey . |
| 19 | ‘ Lonely This Christmas ’ by Mud was playing of the radio and I was swinging my body from side to side in time to the music in order to pass the time . |
| 20 | I was ruining his chances of getting free from the chains of misery attaching him to a rotten banlieue de Paris . |
| 21 | As a matter of fact , as I was larding my toast with the old Maria Schneider this morning , preparatory to sprinkling it with Ecstasy , I worked out a scenario involving eight women , providing one of them was Indian and none were dressed as Carmelites . |
| 22 | More and more I was enjoying my evenings with Frank and Sarge , and it was great to be accepted warmly into such a compatible family . |
| 23 | Not that day or on any of the countless occasions I resolved to , because I was sharing my house with Francis again . |
| 24 | It was when I was resting my hand on her flank to steady her that I noticed the little swelling under the skin . |
| 25 | I was getting your number from Tessa . ’ |
| 26 | I , on the other hand , was free as I had never been before : free of the boring business of examinations to be got through and jobs to be found , I was forming my life into a growing , organic design , normal and beautiful . |
| 27 | If I was to pop my clogs at work or any time you 'd get fifty five thousand eight hundred eighty pounds . |
| 28 | I was conducting my research with the staff of a school with whom I had previously worked . |
| 29 | anyway he went to the toilet , went a wee and I put him back in bed and he was laid there and anyway and , and he eventually dropped off , anyway I was telling my mum about it yesterday , and I did n't sort of think no more of it the next day , right , and mum I said well if ever he gets that again she said you should from the doctor she said , because , one of our boys had it she said and it was a blockage |
| 30 | A couple of days later I was telling my sister over the phone how short of money I was . |