Example sentences of "[vb past] i [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course what defeated me was knows this fellow that is an ambulance driver and he 's classed as working class . |
| 2 | Out drinking with a couple of female journalists ( in what was supposedly Hemingway 's favourite bar in Havana , if you must know ) , I mentioned I was writing this article and we all launched into our favourite New Age stories , like the one about the Immortalists , a group who take to its logical end the New Age philosophy of positive thinking and creating your own reality , and have decided they are going to live forever . |
| 3 | When I first started I were getting fourteen shilling a day . |
| 4 | The ultimate warning over ouija comes from a high-ranking chaos magician who knew I was writing this book . |
| 5 | I was so high on adrenalin that for all I knew I was talking utter rubbish . |
| 6 | ‘ If I thought I was causing any pain to the fish I would n't go fishing and I think all anglers feel that way , ’ he says . |
| 7 | Said I was to take extra care to keep your ears warm , specially with this wind . |
| 8 | Said I was selling double glazing or something . |
| 9 | Said I was distracting other motorists . |
| 10 | Yeah , but she said I were called one night I went with her daughter-in-law |