Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had all heard rumours about the Legion 's paras , and I was holding myself to my vow made in the bathroom in Wales nearly ten years before . |
| 2 | ‘ Me wages are in there and I was taking them to me ma . |
| 3 | You 'd hurt me so badly — there I was , head over heels in love with you , and you were asking me to be your mistress . ’ |
| 4 | It was a song Mr Malik sang , and she was singing it to what must , surely , be his words . |
| 5 | he had come back from the meeting with Patrick , and he had opened a bottle of whisky … automatically his had reached for it , found it between his legs , and he was raising it to his lips when the hurried knocking shook the door again . |
| 6 | As Frank was talking his arm had gone round May 's shoulder and he was hugging her to him , and of a sudden Peggy felt she must get away from this family scene or she 'd burst out crying . |