Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] was [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which which company if I was to give you a choice , and the luxury that most recruiters do n't have . |
| 2 | Erm if I was to give you an option a choice of which market area you think you would be most happy with , where do you think ? |
| 3 | If I was to enter it a number , one O two . |
| 4 | ‘ And it would be nice , ’ she added slowly , ‘ if someone was to give us a bit reading . ’ |
| 5 | Mrs Goreng presented the idea like she was doing me a big favour , giving me the chance to teach the future malai President . |
| 6 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |
| 7 | He felt like it was asking him a question or searching for something in his mind . |
| 8 | She felt it probing her mind , as if it was asking her a question , searching for something in her mind . |
| 9 | He murmured her name as if he was asking himself a question . |
| 10 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 11 | Dressed with extreme casualness himself in trainers and jeans , he ignored her outfit and she was left feeling uncomfortably in the wrong , almost as if he was doing her a favour by not commenting on her appearance . |
| 12 | Erm I 'm , I admit er that that was one I just bolted simply because I was taking it the wrong way round , I thought we had identified what was the priority , life insurance , P H I and pensions and was summarizing it whereas I should 've realized we 're doing that page towards the priority |
| 13 | Er , oh in the example that I gave , yes , because it was totalling what the grand total . |
| 14 | And all the while , while he was handing him the plate of meat and bread , and while he was holding the cup to the trembling lips , a little silvery voice was beating inside Fergus 's head : this is all wrong . |
| 15 | The appellant 's 18 year old daughter was indecently assaulted by the father of her boyfriend , while he was giving her a lift in his van . |
| 16 | Swinging himself into the saddle , Guy turned Chalon 's head towards Winchester and began to consider the various means whereby he could ensure that Isabel belonged to him while he was giving her the time she needed . |
| 17 | Whether it was give it a better flavour or no , I do n't know but we never used the saltpetre . |
| 18 | Thank you very much indeed for the smelly duck — or should I say scented , it is such a nice smell ! — and for the pretty scarf which , you may be surprised to hear , Mark admired when I was wearing it the other day though he had n't realized it was new and from you ! |
| 19 | And I felt like I remember sometimes feeling as a child when I was doing something a bit difficult , a bit daring . |
| 20 | In the Anglo-Italian Cup , group A , the other game being played in this country tonight as I was telling you a short while ago , Bolton nil , Brescia one , the goal scorer after three . |
| 21 | ‘ I felt as though I was announcing it the whole time : by the way I watched you , and talked to you , and could hardly manage not to touch you — stroke your head , brush your arm , hold your hand … . |
| 22 | It 's as though she was giving herself a treat . " |
| 23 | Erm the , the other thing I noticed was that there is very little or no eye contact at all with Martin so you , you were never really looking at him when you were asking questions or when he was giving you the answers back , so there was no er visual acknowledgement whenever he was , he was coming back to you . |