Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] was [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | oh , they may of been updated then , the question I asked you was a different one , when was the moment when they became inaccurate ? |
| 2 | I think it can do , I mean it was a long time ago and I 'm , I 'm |
| 3 | Well that 's what I said to her you 'll probably find something around , but I mean it was a nice , it is a nice pattern |
| 4 | in there , and that was gon na be the disco , and this was the , you know , I mean it was a good idea , I do n't know why he pulled out with went half-cock . |
| 5 | I mean it was a gorgeous colour . |
| 6 | I mean it was a common fish was n't it ? |
| 7 | It was quite a good little ear , I mean it was a commercial hotel and |
| 8 | Erm I mean it was a top floor flat . |
| 9 | Hopefully Jane , hopefully , I mean it was a disastrous weekend for the U's on Saturday . |
| 10 | And I mean it was a difficult start , and I was in fact a junior detective for five and a half years before any alteration was made in the staff , there was no promotions or leaving so that as junior detective for five and a half years , I got all jobs that nobody else wanted |
| 11 | And I mean it was an official thing from the tax |
| 12 | I mean it was the only one with a with its own kitchen . |
| 13 | I mean he was a super chap , really lovely chap , ever so nice . |
| 14 | We read the , read the agreements differently to what they did but he 'd lean towards the drivers , conductors and he gave away a lot of what had tried to erm stop them from having because they were n't really entitled to it but he saw differently and gave it away and course once you 've given it away you , no way of retracting it , but then came in and , well , I mean he was a real transport man , his , his vision and his ideas were really good and he made it what it is today . |
| 15 | more information I mean this is , I mean this is part of what I was talk mythology I mean we 're talking about the index survey so when I raised the example of Churchill and the Churchill ex example is , was a good one because I mean he was an intellectual in his way , you know I mean he was a big bright cookie and but his was in terms of word count because he had a use of words for the way he used his words was how ordinary people would understand him I mean if you go back to you know we will fight them on the beaches and everything else I mean you think of the number of syllables he used in those words etcetera , etcetera I mean that 's sort of what I 'm getting to I mean he had his sharp succinct approach you know |
| 16 | That 's what they reckon they used to do but he , I mean he was an old Jew , he was but he was , he was to the Germans . |
| 17 | And I realized it was the first time I actually slept in a bed with Frank ever . |
| 18 | ‘ I went into analysis because I realised I was a dangerous character — I mean this suicidal , self-destructive instinct I had . |
| 19 | And , as soon as I 'd said that , I realised it was the wrong thing to have said . |
| 20 | As Holy Communion was by tradition the first food and drink of the day , the tea left a feeling of guilt for I was told never to tell anyone although I expect it was a common practice amongst lady communicants . |
| 21 | The job I found him was an undemanding clerical one . |
| 22 | I found I was the only woman in the upstairs room of the Albert in Kings Cross , listening to a man in a leather jacket giving an introductory talk which seemed to assume that we were all men . |
| 23 | When I arrived I found I was the only newspaperman so involved , and Mains had his men out on the main field . |
| 24 | That 's why I say it was a sad time . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I assumed it was the deliberate policy of an amateur sport towards a ‘ public service ’ . ’ |
| 26 | I assumed I was the senior man but one of my mates , a very good pal of mine to me , a senior shunter , he says , Oh you 'll get the job , they 'll be wanting to get rid of you Jimmy . |
| 27 | I learnt he was an old seaman who kept an inn , and he knew all the seamen in Bristol . |
| 28 | I believed I was the first anthropologist in France to understand what this means . |
| 29 | ‘ I hope it was a good bet to win , sir . ’ |
| 30 | I suspect it was a cautionary tale . |