Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , but she said I were called one night I went with her daughter-in-law |
| 2 | And if I were to pick one of my own , it would be either ‘ Zen Arcade ’ or ‘ Workbook ’ . ' |
| 3 | If I were to take this gun and shoot … who ? |
| 4 | I did that once with erm that bloody Comfort , I were using that . |
| 5 | If I were to choose any country in the world to live as a family in it would have to be somewhere different , perhaps exotic . |
| 6 | His reply is just about repeatable in this magazine : ‘ Look , ’ he said , ‘ big cars are for men with little dicks , and if I were to spend all my time polishing it , what would that make me ? ’ |
| 7 | When I left at two o'clock , Tally and I were addressing each other by first names ( ‘ Elliot ’ was strange to him and we settled for ‘ Ellix ’ ) and I was able to address the two waitresses by their first names without feeling uncomfortable . |
| 8 | We called him Boy because my elder sister and I were born first and his arrival gave great joy . |
| 9 | I would be treading a little widely in the direction of sub judice if I were to answer that , because any decision is for the jurisdiction of the court . |
| 10 | I were gon na report it today then I got talking with gaffer I were sorting this job out |
| 11 | When the hon. Member for Newham , North-East and I were buying one or two shirts in Sri Lanka , we must have been conscious that we were supporting the industry of the developing world , and rightly so . |
| 12 | ‘ And , if I were to use all my available charm , you 'd be willing again . ’ |
| 13 | I were telling you about Irene , I were filling this thing in and I put right , sixty four I were gon na put sixty four , that were it . |
| 14 | No , If I were to do that , my psychiatrist would reckon it proved my cure was complete . ’ |
| 15 | From the Federation 's point of view , er I have substantially difficult , a difficulty , in guiding you as to where the new settlement ought to be , because in effect I would be choosing between members , and that is a certain route to my unemployment , if I were to do that , and I do n't wish to be unemployed . |
| 16 | Before Christmas I were getting seventy some weeks , were n't I ? |
| 17 | When I first started I were getting fourteen shilling a day . |
| 18 | Then that went when you 're fifteen , I was fifteen I were getting twelve and six . |
| 19 | Every time I took a big breath I were getting short pains all down this side ? |
| 20 | And I were to guess that learning together is also a model of rich and diverse possibilities . |
| 21 | Well I got some foot long pruners but the branches were hitting our thing and I were doing this and , you know , and now I 've got |
| 22 | Or if I were feeling lyrical that day , I might write , ‘ It is a curious truth that grasshoppers have their hearing-organs in the sides of the abdomen . |
| 23 | And so demanding was Doctor Who that both Barry and I were working sixty- and seventy-hour weeks in those days , consistently . |
| 24 | ‘ Would you chaps mind terribly if Barry and I were left alone ? ’ the other Rex asked . |
| 25 | Yeah , cos I mean , I were saying that yesterday , that , that little bit of damaged carpet in there because it 's a carpet |
| 26 | Well they 've wanted a mid-field player and a good striker , now people well write letters to local press informing them of this , but they do n't seem to be prepared to do this , they , the managers want to do their own thing as far as I can see they think the people on the terraces do n't know anything , but Jim and I were saying last night they wanted a mid-field player for ages now all this season , a ball winner , they have n't had one since Willie used to play and |
| 27 | If I were to get half a dozen hens and half a dozen pullets , because I think you would like their little tiny eggs , would that suit you ? ’ |
| 28 | DENNING J. stated the facts and continued : If I were to consider this matter without regard to recent developments in the law , there is no doubt that , had the plaintiffs claimed it , they would have been entitled to recover ground rent at the rate of £2,500 a year from the beginning of the term , since the lease under which it was payable was a lease under seal which , according to the old common law , could not be varied by an agreement by parol ( whether in writing or not ) , but only by deed . |
| 29 | I were let good . |
| 30 | I had a phone call , and you know that place I were going this afternoon ? |