Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supposing that I were to ask you to recommend a good , modern book to read , and I do n't mean good in the sense of morally uplifting , but perhaps more in the sense of exciting or interesting reading . |
| 2 | ‘ Darling , I can assure you I was watching you like a hawk for any sign of it , ’ he said , kissing her bent head . |
| 3 | Well when i was a wee boy the loch had never looked it before the barriers was built When I was going to school Well I was born I started a co school at nineteen eighteen . |
| 4 | I was wearing I had the , the stethoscope behind my neck and I took it off for something , I was holding it up to try and get a better |
| 5 | I think it 's just into my mind , I was assuming you meant the the free speech within the church , the the open prayer and the and the sermons . |
| 6 | Yeah carbon dioxide and the water that was it I was thinking I saw the H two yeah |
| 7 | As I was leaving I made a big show of asking to see the guitar one more time . |
| 8 | Waterloo I was defeated you won the war . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ It came out looking as though I was telling them to stuff the season of goodwill , not buy the children any presents and put a bullet in the turkey . |
| 10 | She lives at the other end , Blackberry Lane , I 'm not sure of the number , but I was told she has a monkey puzzle tree in her front garden . |
| 11 | I was standing there and I was going I had the two pound in my pocket like but there 's no way I was giving her two pound so Bitch |
| 12 | On the fruitwood I was working it left an interesting rippled effect . |
| 13 | I was forgetting she had a caesarian . |
| 14 | When you were born I planted a tree , |
| 15 | As soon as you were noticed you became the butt for other peoples jokes and worries . |
| 16 | ‘ He 'll see I have n't let things slide , ’ he said to Carrie , when she was helping him put the shelves straight . |
| 17 | When she was questioned she told the officer she had consumed two glasses of wine at the school Christmas concert . ’ |
| 18 | She goes that 's probably why she was telling me to get the flat ones cos she wo n't get them on . |
| 19 | She was told they had a warrant and there was nothing she could do about it . |
| 20 | So you 're doing exactly what we were telling you to do a few weeks ago , that you had to er take money out of reserves or you had to cut down on the level of services if you were to avoid putting that thirty four pounds on the council tax bills this year . |
| 21 | Well , they 're right , but with what we were doing we wanted the containment of a mono mix to be even more contained . |
| 22 | We were informed she has a rare , incurable disease . |
| 23 | ‘ We were asking them to play the main role in caring for their children , but they felt their authority was being undermined by the assessments . |
| 24 | ‘ When I walked into the studio Blixa had his body miked up and they were punching him to get a bass drum beat . |
| 25 | To me they were ordering her to have the baby , which was n't fair . |
| 26 | And the studio floor was covered with meat , and they had this dog they 'd starved for three days with contact mics all over its stomach … and they were recording him eating the meat ! |
| 27 | Whether they remain in Edinburgh or betake themselves to other lands and whatever be the walk of life in which they were bred I believe the students of this seminary will be found everywhere and at all times promoting civilisation in the world . ’ |
| 28 | And then they were giving up and going to America , they were going They had a sister . |
| 29 | When they were introduced they offered an alternative to insulin for the patient not responding to diet alone . |
| 30 | ‘ We had a similar set-up some years ago and if it were reintroduced I think the standard of the women 's game would rise ’ . |