Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [pron] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have reason to believe that if I were to ask you the time you would n't be able to accommodate me . |
| 2 | Well , it 's funny , I was telling Stephen , my boyfriend , about that , and I was telling him the question and he said |
| 3 | I was telling you the truth . |
| 4 | This paradox remained until early 1974 , when I was investigating what the behavior of matter in the vicinity of a black hole would be according to quantum mechanics . |
| 5 | And again perhaps to follow up a previous question and the question is this , that in the first draft of the statement of faith which was presented two years ago , there was a very clear statement which said that Christ died for our sin in connection with the cross and I was wondering what the reasoning was which took away that very specific meaning of the death of the Christ into a much more general and ambiguous one in the statement before us today . |
| 6 | His narrow victory at Mosport over Regazzoni put the two men equal on points with one race to go at Watkins glen , with Scheckter still in with an outside chance , and when Rega retired , Emerson settled in behind Reutemann , Pace and Hunt for the fourth place which was to give him the championship . |
| 7 | Somebody was telling me the Rocky was on R5 the other week & said that when he was with Arsenal & they won the league at Liverpool in the last few minutes , Arsenal were 13 ( ? ) points clear at the new year but still had to come from behind to overtake Liverpool ! ! ! |
| 8 | and she were telling me the guy that runs it wo n't let them talk to the customers , said that was pig ignorant surely |
| 9 | But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly . |
| 10 | I think the answer is that simply as it who were doing what the name would otherwise have done , erm for the reasons your Lordship has given and , and your Lordship has seen of course that the analysis of the relationship between the name and the agent , erm , certainly as far as Mr is concerned , indeed we said it certainly it follows from what , what article eighty five does , it does n't effect the extensible authority point but and the |
| 11 | When she said , I do n't know , I think she was telling me the truth , she did n't know . |
| 12 | She was offering him the deputy to Hitler , through an intermediary who was a friend of George Vl and Winston Churchill . |
| 13 | Again she was giving him the opportunity to ask her to lengthen the period — or to indicate in some way that he had no wish for her to leave . |
| 14 | Hoping against hope that she was giving him the come-on at last , he readily accepted . |
| 15 | Desperate Ricky should n't think she was giving him the come-on , she had the door open before the car stopped . |
| 16 | Her defence , that in providing for the poor she was doing what the HUD was supposed to do , earned her the nickname " Robin HUD " . |
| 17 | She was tellin' me the ovver day she wants Fred ter try an' get that empty 'ouse next door ter make the place bigger . |
| 18 | I just wan na find out who was writing them the letters and then I can finish . |
| 19 | After my fourth or fifth lesson I was able to see that it was I who was causing myself the discomfort . |
| 20 | It says much for the calibre of Mrs Kirkley that , after greeting Aggie with an inclination of her head and a smile , she looked at Millie , who was handing her the present , and said , ‘ Oh , thank you very much , Millie ; I 'm sure they 'll be delightful . |
| 21 | ‘ Who was selling her the stuff , this same man ? ’ |
| 22 | Not one organisation wrote to the Home Secretary indicating they were supporting what the Government is now putting for the House . |
| 23 | I never did think they were primitive and they always told the truth ( except when they were teaching me the language ) and were a damn sight more trustworthy than some of the white men we had on the job . |
| 24 | But Lothar then extracted a further concession , " since he would not have , he said , in the share [ of the regnum ] they were offering him the wherewithal to make good to his own supporters that which they had lost . |
| 25 | I do n't want you to give me your answers now , I am as it were giving you the opportunity now , over lunch , to consider this matter . |
| 26 | He said , ‘ Angie … ’ and she stood aside to let him in , lost for words , then followed him to the kitchen , as if he were showing her the way . |
| 27 | Chance , fate or whatever you want to call it was offering me the opportunity to finally get you out of my system . |
| 28 | And all the while , while he was handing him the plate of meat and bread , and while he was holding the cup to the trembling lips , a little silvery voice was beating inside Fergus 's head : this is all wrong . |
| 29 | Truman once said he was asked what the job of the presidency involved and Truman once said I sit here all day trying to persuade people to do the things they ought to have the sense to do without my persuading them . |
| 30 | He was telling her the cage door was open but she was still chained to the bars . |