Example sentences of "[unc] [pron] [was/were] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er of the ca There were there was a a frame which stretched out the carts . |
| 2 | But us there was there was mainly was also er living was er the eggs paid for what you bought for the shop . |
| 3 | And they were a they were you see . |
| 4 | What was your erm wha what was your opinion of of these new suggestions ? |
| 5 | Let's start with the yes 's , wha what was it , the formal sex education , you seventy eight ? |
| 6 | Because er I was I was trying I was told yesterday that I did n't do |
| 7 | Er I was I used to work with a to an old lady and she passed off . |
| 8 | and so er I was it . |
| 9 | I used to come , and I used to go from there just past the top of there was two biggish houses erm who was it lived in the one some , somebody named and er and then there was er who was something to do at er on and somebody named who was , got a brewery at Dalston and , and they were ladies and proper genteel-type ladies at that . |
| 10 | It 's like er who were it ? |
| 11 | If we had a splinter oh go to auntie my other mm she was n't our aunt really but er she was she was some relation but we used to call her auntie and we 'd have to go to her to take a splinter out of our own finger she us she could n't touch us , was n't that funny ? |
| 12 | You had reached the stage where you could er you could sleep out er and you did n't er er you did n't have a soft bed if er you were you were living rough . |
| 13 | Er it ought not to have done in so far that er we were we were we were we were moving , we were going forward to take up positions on er on the river , er and this was being done on the understanding that er a certain bridge had been destroyed , er and it had n't been destroyed er and they were and they were they were already across you see . |
| 14 | Er er there was something else , I I sorry Greg y you were going to raise |
| 15 | But er there was something about a servant lass that got pregnant . |
| 16 | I was er er there was something that I got told many years ago that I |
| 17 | thank you very much er there was something else |
| 18 | And er oh he he was he erm during the war now come nineteen thirty nine and that stale period when er there was nothing doing really in France , between the time that er our expedition to the to the Maginot line and all that . |
| 19 | the top of er there was somebody named was sold coal |
| 20 | but they were always a bit erm unhappy when they gave up so much time and er there was nobody there to listen to them when when they got there . |
| 21 | Er because me sis me sister , two of me sisters went in service , er there was me , at this time , me , me brother , two sisters , no , two brothers , five , six , well I , I have , we have at one time me mother and father slept downstairs in the front room . |
| 22 | And er , of course , er there was one either side of the waggon . |
| 23 | And they , then the other ones er there was one with General Motors and it was a , a huge thing , you were ten , it was a huge building , modern building but you just could n't tell what it was from the outside . |
| 24 | Well there was one Well father was in Cross but er there was one in what we called the South End . |
| 25 | No er there was one not so very I 'm sure not so ve not , not years ago but it was |
| 26 | Well er there was I did n't do so much of the normal grafting naturally , but I was always , if there was a new man came on the job they would always learns . |
| 27 | Er there was there was a erm a stud that was called a . |
| 28 | We got up to mischief obviously like a lot more , youngsters do even today , but er there was none of this sort of vandalism , we did n't use to destroy anything . |
| 29 | Er there were lots of er little panes broken before but er whether our lads were having a bit of a pot shot . |
| 30 | Er there were none of the incubators and this sort of thing for them like we 've got today . |