Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean we were in a particular discussion last night I mean that chap was making a particular point and we were able to ask questions and that was very useful and it helped everything else and as a result I have a view that Hydro Electric have a certain commitment to the community and I respect it for having that commitment . |
| 2 | I say I worked , but I mean it was for a charity which ran one of these centres where they try and help the socially deprived . |
| 3 | I mean it was in a sense beautiful , but really |
| 4 | She got injured in her back somewhere , but er it was national news , I mean it was in The Mirror and all the papers and it became a , for a day or two it was er it was in everywhere , and the theory is that er it was this erm very very dry summer and a very very wet autumn and a bit of dry rot in the timbers somewhere , but it was it was another |
| 5 | I mean it was like a bloody interview on that phone |
| 6 | Yeah we I must admit , would a , would a parent , I mean I was at a very simple level , following instructions , go and get that ruler Jimmy ? |
| 7 | I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’ |
| 8 | No , I I mean I was on the phone and th , there was a knock at the door and this woman came round and said she was from from the |
| 9 | I mean one day , I mean I was in a customer care meeting for three hours on Monday , so obviously I lost some there , but you know , that particular day I was on a , just on the phone personally on my B M S for just over three hours , and just looking at the other things that I had to deal with . |
| 10 | He said that 's when they put presents round and er he come in on the Friday on the Friday night and I mean I was in a right state , I mean we 've been in there about seven weeks and I was like at the point of like a nervous breakdown and he said to me how do you feel about me taking Matthew from you , so I said I he said I think you need a break . |
| 11 | like you just , they just went , oh and but I think it 's finally , I mean I was in the |
| 12 | I mean you were at the meeting that 's why I 'm referring to you . |
| 13 | Me Aunty Linda 's not working either , like she did n't need the money but I mean he was on the dole for years me Uncle Ron . |
| 14 | We were sitting on water , going down a great , deep stream , and then I realized we were on a board — like that board in the field — all white and covered with black lines . |
| 15 | I reali I realized it was on the same day Mark . |
| 16 | ‘ I THOUGHT I was still standing and then I realised I was on the floor . ’ |
| 17 | Of course , ’ he added with a twisted smile , ‘ it was n't until your last day in the office that I realised you were under the impression that it was I who 'd had the affair with Elise . ’ |
| 18 | The next time I met him was under an awning in the Campo San Polo in Venice , where he was quietly discoursing to a bunch of very young German anarcho-punks . |
| 19 | And I checked we were on the causeway . |
| 20 | I expect he was after a squirrel or a bird up there ; he 's a regular hunter . |
| 21 | I found I was outside the tent , standing up with my jacket clutched to me , the better to see them . |
| 22 | I say it was on the cards because throughout the match the Scousers used the tactic of playing the long ball towards Rush and it was then quite simply a one-on-one race with either Fairclough or Newsome . |
| 23 | From the deadness of sound , I judged I was in the main roof-space . |
| 24 | remember I says they were in a sale in school |
| 25 | So when I saw James ( true story this ) in Sainsbury 's , I walked up to him , leered , banged him on the elbow with a bottle of freshly squeezed orange juice and said , ‘ Tom Jones ! ’ because the last time I meet him was on the Tom Jones TV programme . |
| 26 | I got such a shock I forgot he was behind the glass and thought he was going to shove his face right into mine . |
| 27 | I suspect he was in the Tower not because he could count the days but was privy to secrets which could rock thrones and topple crowns ! ’ |
| 28 | I guessed you were from the first , and the fact that you could quite happily and openly go away with him for a weekend everyone would know about confirmed that I was right . |
| 29 | My UPS solved the database crash problems and I consider it was worth every penny . |
| 30 | ‘ I accept I was in the wrong , ’ said the 31-year-old . |