Example sentences of "i [vb base] [pers pn] [was/were] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I mean we were the first show to put Demis Roussos on . |
| 2 | I mean it was the only one with a with its own kitchen . |
| 3 | It 's a , I mean it were the same at Christmas were n't it ? |
| 4 | I caused a lot of hurt to my husband and family when I left them to live with her , but my partner , Kate , felt as strongly about me as I did about her and I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 5 | I know it was the right thing to do . |
| 6 | I know it was the last straw of many . |
| 7 | My brother reckons it was Beeney 's fault for not coming off his line but I reckon it was the two centre halfs again . |
| 8 | I reckon it was the hardest job next to coal-mining . |
| 9 | And when the businessman er realized he very generously sold it to the Trust er I believe the same I do n't know , I believe it was the same . |
| 10 | I believe he was the first westerner to make contact with the Dalai Lama , who became a great friend . |
| 11 | I believe he was the Wandering Jew , doomed to live forever . |
| 12 | I guess I was the first person to develop the idea of the modular system : ie. everything from the preamp to the power amp was modular . |
| 13 | ‘ He was unlucky to take 23 wickets in Sussex 's last two games of the season after the touring side had already been picked — I guess I was the lucky one to benefit . ’ |
| 14 | I guess it was the first time really in my life I 'd been totally left on my own . |
| 15 | He would n't say what was n't working out , though I guess it was the sexual frustration and not being able to put a date on setting up home together . |
| 16 | I suppose we were the first people in the 1960s to target our market and bring to people things that were well designed at an affordable price . |
| 17 | ‘ I liked him ’ , one daughter summed up a grandfather who had been orphaned in the Irish potato famine : ‘ he was an old man , and I was only nine when he died , but as our father was at the [ First World ] War , I suppose he was the only man in the house . |
| 18 | I suppose it was the poor tax payer ? |
| 19 | At least , I suppose it was the fifteenth … |
| 20 | I suppose I was the only one dawdling to look at her instead of going by as if she did n't exist . |
| 21 | I think we were the only house in the village which had no damage whatsoever . ’ |
| 22 | because , well I get paid off when the receivers come in , I was about three month out before I got sent back for and er the starting wage was , I think we actually got a wee rise , I think we were the only section that |
| 23 | Alfonso I think he was the guilty one really . |
| 24 | That 's right and I believe , well I think he was the first goalkeeper to throw the ball out . |
| 25 | I think you were the only one that recognised that . |
| 26 | I think I was the youngest . |
| 27 | I think it were the Irish Times or something , or the Irish Betting Times or something like that , and she was the only one who did n't draw a horse , and she thought oh well that 's it , no chance . |
| 28 | yes , that 's right I think it were the first ones to come out |
| 29 | I think it was the following morning after the doctor talked to him . |
| 30 | The voting er you voted for them at the delegate meeting and I think it was the six top six highest in the vote became the standing orders . |