Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realised I was no longer having any fun doing my movies , and I think this was reflected in my last two films , Harlem Nights and Another 48 Hours . |
| 2 | You may remember I was pretty well oiled that evening , apart from being knocked senseless . ’ |
| 3 | well I was , I was get , I was just about to mention that |
| 4 | I was just about to put some more out . |
| 5 | Well I was just about to do that . |
| 6 | In fact I was just about to do this when Mr Gillis decided he was ready . |
| 7 | I was just about to make that point and I am glad that the right hon. Gentleman raised it . |
| 8 | ‘ I was just about to make some iced tea . ’ |
| 9 | She was just about to make some coffee , when the front door bell rang . |
| 10 | For one thing , she was still here to do that job for her sister . |
| 11 | She was still silently pondering this as he came back into the room and smiled across at his mother . |
| 12 | It was like Coalite , er when we first came here , oh yes it was , yes , but we have electric fires of course as well to , what we did because we were both out working all the time , we had electric fires and I think my husband , husband had them allied to a timeswitch and they came on before we came in , an hour or so , before we came in this room and in that room |
| 13 | I must admit we were certainly not expecting such an abundance of fish , nor such a diversity of species , from such a small pool . |
| 14 | One or two students have been avidly reading Chomsky , but since we were certainly not anticipating any sort of demand for theoretical work , we have scarcely no books on the subject to offer them . |
| 15 | And at least they were both fully dressed this time . |
| 16 | She walked hastily from him and into the store-room , and he followed her , and they were just about to confront each other again when the back door leading into the yard opened and there , revealed in the gaslight , was Jessie . |
| 17 | I have to say that they were also apparently making this suggestion for rats and mice . |
| 18 | The next thing he knew , the Thames Valley Police were calling the landlords as prosecution witnesses in " Operation Major " — dubbed " The Sting " by a tabloid newspaper — after the police had arrested hundreds of their tenants ( all claimants ) for allegedly defrauding the DHSS , by supposedly drawing social security to pay their rent when they were actually not paying any . |
| 19 | It was quite well read that those of you . |
| 20 | He was so unaware of the joke and it was so professionally done that the result was absolutely incredible . |
| 21 | His breathing had become rather quick and heavy , and the car suddenly swerved a few feet , as if he was no longer paying any attention to the road ahead . |
| 22 | Just before he got a good grip he went , he got a grip and he was just about to squeeze this , I went I sort of went of tiptoes and I goes , I 'll let it slide this time . |
| 23 | Indifferent student Leonard might have been formally , he was nevertheless already showing those precocious marks of the littérateur , ‘ always an ideas man , ’ as Rosengarten commented . |
| 24 | He was therefore equally clear that majority decisions would not necessarily embody the general will or express the general interest . |