Example sentences of "[pers pn] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The last time I went to see a specialist about my knee , I was ready to pack it in if he 'd told me I was facing another year out . |
| 2 | No no they went the other way I they were walking that way I was walking along the grass yeah . |
| 3 | ‘ Was n't it you she was teasing that time , when the bees came out ? |
| 4 | He was thirty-six when he married her mother , and she herself was born three years later . |
| 5 | That erm it might be wise or advisable , I 'd be interested to hear your views Colin and others perhaps even council procedures , you know on , on how far you can go in checking out er because I mean , you know you get something which tells you what was happening three weeks ago . |
| 6 | We when we got the song first and recorded we we were talking one day and we were just saying it would be an ideal song for Children in Need you know so we decided that we 'd er donate all the proceeds from this track on the video and album and the concert in Stockport , it 's tomorrow night is n't it ? |
| 7 | ‘ When I saw Ivo with a parcel he was about to mail to his wife 's cousin in Karlovy Vary , I told him I was driving that way , and that I 'd drop it into the shop where Edita 's cousin works if he wished . ’ |
| 8 | We have a friendly hug and I tell her I was laying three places anyway . |
| 9 | Topaz clawed Andrew 's back , silently begging him to satisfy the ravenous craving within her which was reaching unbearable proportions . |
| 10 | She had told him she was promised that evening to Charles Harvey , who was taking her to Jeffrey Archer 's party . |
| 11 | she says the hum , and then she was telling us when she brought the tape back the other day one of her interviews was telling her she was interviewing this man s er out of , out of the blue take off all your clothes please . |
| 12 | What did she have to say when you told her you were taking another woman on this little ‘ business ’ trip ? ’ |
| 13 | it was him we were laughing this morning |
| 14 | er the air force , the German air force , aye , they had a go as well , they they they they they they they were providing all sorts of er er strafing and bombing , er comma . |
| 15 | Instinct told him he was passing some kind of test . |
| 16 | Even when we were not even looking like fouling them he was giving free kicks against us . |
| 17 | In it I was crossing Old Carrots , coming towards the house , a stick in one hand , the other pushed into my hair . |
| 18 | I warned 'em you was comin' round ternight an' not ter be late , ’ Nellie said . |
| 19 | Autumn 1945 in Cardiff High School was a season of intensive preparation for a small group of us who were to make that attempt . |