Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [adv] [coord] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I was taken in and the first job I was taken , by this young fella , eighteenish , big chap to me , but he said , Come on young'un , this is what you 've got ta do . |
| 2 | Well I fucking done th see last Thursday I done our front garden and our back garden , I do n't know what fucking else I did n't do , and then I was storming out and the fucking dishes Willy |
| 3 | But if you were to carry on and the woman was screaming no no no no get off get off get off , as far as I 'm concerned that 's rape . |
| 4 | when you were going out and the had stopped and all the girls had a you know , the ordinary paper bag with a got their shoes in there . |
| 5 | As he did so his hand accidentally brushed against her bare leg , and suddenly she was aware of how little difference there was between the shorts she was wearing now and the swimsuit she had worn earlier . |
| 6 | I remember the undertaker asking if anyone wanted to see her before she was screwed down and the people filing past one by one , their heads bowed . |
| 7 | She was cleaned up and the four adults sat round the table and played Scrabble . |
| 8 | Now we were grown up and the difference in our ages was immaterial . |
| 9 | ‘ It was a rush decision to do it , we were phoned up and the next day after that we recorded it . |
| 10 | God knows how he did , they were clumped together and the undergrowth beneath made more treacherous by a carpet of snow . |
| 11 | As viewers of this scene we could also have deduced something about the relationship between John and Mary from the way they were sitting together and the way they looked at each other . |
| 12 | It also urged firms to make sure they completed and exported orders quickly in case they were found out or the UN introduced further sanctions against Iraq . |
| 13 | And when they arrived Great Britain or Britain as it was called then and the people living there were Britons . |
| 14 | It was raining outside and the gusts of cold , damp air were refreshing after the stale smokiness of the room . |
| 15 | Maintain a research register with entries indicating the subject of the research , the case on which it was carried out and the lawyer handling the case . |
| 16 | The day began at 10 am for rehearsals for the next production but if this proved unsuccessful , it was taken off and the new production rushed on . |
| 17 | ‘ You do n't put an empty box in a safe ; there must have been something in it when it was put there and the lavender sachet makes me think it must have been something of sentimental value . ’ |
| 18 | When Part 2 was completed , it was handed in and the purpose of the study was explained . |
| 19 | It felt as though the tree he was sitting in and the green leaves all around him belonged to another world altogether and that he was a trespasser who had no right to be where he was . |
| 20 | ‘ It was a motor-cyclist , he was knocked down and the driver did n't stop . ’ |
| 21 | He knew he was behaving ludicrously and the sooner he got the wench locked up with a pack of nuns the better . |
| 22 | Occasionally two or three rooks would straggle up to mob him from some tree or tiny patch of parkland they were trying to protect but he was going strongly and the wind was giving him support and direction . |