Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was tempted to call it a day there and then , pull over and have a kip , but my stomach reminded me that I had n't thrown it a bone since the ploughman 's at lunch-time , and it had been quite an eventful day . |
| 2 | I was hoping to buy her a ring for Christmas but we just could n't afford it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , ’ Nora replied angrily , ‘ I was trying to give you a little surprise but you 've spoiled that now . ’ |
| 4 | I found I was trying to announce it the I 'd this and I 'd that in there . |
| 5 | There was an equine ‘ flu scare on and I was advised to give him a booster , which I did . |
| 6 | ‘ I was going to ask you a small favour , ’ said Mr Chan . |
| 7 | It 's a cold morning and I was going to give him a cup of coffee . ’ |
| 8 | I was g , I was going to get to read the newspaper report in the Mercury and the Mail , and when I appeared at Leicester Castle before a Judge , but er , I think , and I was going to give you a clue . |
| 9 | Then she added quickly , lest he deliberately misinterpret that , ‘ But I was going to leave you a note , as I keep trying to tell you . |
| 10 | I was going to write you a note — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I was going to show you the laconicum , ’ he said , and he turned and snuffed like a hound across the green , open bowl , and set out on a selected trail , nose to scent , heading obliquely for the complex of standing walls where several rooms of the ancient baths converged . |
| 12 | Can I , can I , yes I was going to tell you a story |
| 13 | I was going to make him a director , bloody good young man , tough and fair and straight . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr Gajdusek lives in the part of Czechoslovakia called Western Bohemia , and I was going to make it a quick flight over , find this place called Mariánské Láznë where he has his home , and shoot back to England again , ’ Cara replied . |
| 15 | ‘ For a moment then I thought you were going to give me a different name . |
| 16 | But in Using a Model for Nursing ( Roper et al , 1983 ) , the third year student nurse contributing to the study in a surgical ward , commented that the model approach helped her to appreciate the need for planned discharge goals ; even when admitting the patient , she was alerted to consider what the patient required to know on discharge in order to resume her usual Activities of Living . |
| 17 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 18 | So Mum told me she was going to leave me a bit more than she had originally planned . |
| 19 | She was going to enjoy it a lot . |
| 20 | I have no doubt wha did I not tell you about the fact that I hit the roof when he said that she has said that when he was twenty one , she was going to buy him a Vauxhall Chevette . |
| 21 | She was going to offer him an armchair to sit in but he had already decided to settle at the pinewood table . |
| 22 | Mrs Tibbs looked out from behind the tall mirror she was carrying to see what the commotion was . |
| 23 | ‘ We 're unbeaten in eight games but we have n't been able to win them and the players were saying beforehand that we were going to give someone a good hiding . |
| 24 | The Lions selectors have an impassioned Irish performance to thank for that — and , according to coach Gerry Murphy , a little divine inspiration : ‘ We were going to keep it a secret , ’ he quipped , ‘ but we spent last weekend in Lourdes ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ It was as if they were trying to give us a clue , deliberately toying with us . ’ |
| 26 | And erm and Miss asked why we were n't friends any more and we goes well she lied and you know , she splits up most people by doing that cos they were trying to tell us the truth and we would n't listen . |
| 27 | It 's almost as if they were looking to make themselves the most hated and hunted men on earth . ’ |
| 28 | I understand they were persuaded to give it a further year 's grace in the hope of improvements to its organisational structure . |
| 29 | They 'd relented , his Mum and Dad , and they were going to give him a parrot for Easter . |
| 30 | At Heathrow Wendy Hoyte was being met by her husband Les and they were going to give me a lift back into London . |