Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] to [pron] the " in BNC.

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1 With a broad smile , he explained , ‘ When I was talking to him the other day , and I happened to mention that an old friend of my sister 's was coming to Ireland , and that I was going to show her round Dublin , and that we 'd agreed to meet here , and about how scatty … ’
2 As I was saying to you the other day , laddie , because I was aiming to be a fighting man I would n't get married .
3 If I was left to it the first pint would go about
4 I mean she does n't does n't see a lot of her erm you know and but she and she was talking to her the other day because she does n't like to get involved or say a lot but
5 I fully understood what she was saying to you the day you visited Kinghorn , which is why I almost burst out laughing . ’
6 Isolated in this small square well in the deck , they were exposed to anything the elements cared to throw at them .
7 If it were left to itself the House of Commons could produce independent members in a way that would make the King 's Government impossible since it could refuse to grant the money needed to carry out his will .
8 It was explained to her the day they moved in . ’
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