Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [verb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ann and I were fishing Forbes Castle Water . |
| 2 | I marked it as Tracey 's but I were taking Tracey 's book in were n't I ? |
| 3 | Well er no I were working Saturday morning |
| 4 | If I were to contact Sir Philip , I might discover more recent news . ’ |
| 5 | And all I could think of was the way that baby had felt in my arms , and inside I was hating God for doing this to me . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I was called Luce after my mother . ’ |
| 7 | In Hüsker Dü I was using Ibanez Flying Vees — the Rocket Roll Junior was the exact name , 1975 issue . |
| 8 | I was calling Sweetman 's bluff , confident he would not dare pull the trigger , and equally confident that my marine training would let me turn him into mincemeat . |
| 9 | if you shout Helen , I was shouting Helen ! |
| 10 | One evening as I was nearing Farr 's entrance , I was running , tripped , with the result that I banged my head on the pavement . |
| 11 | As I was training Dawn more to display her than to use her to hunt , this comparative lack of interest in food was n't a problem . |
| 12 | I was watching Kim walk back to the screens . |
| 13 | I was watching Jennifer dance . |
| 14 | Every time we kissed , you 'd know I was kissing Andrew in my heart . |
| 15 | Yes there 's there 's a rather good I was recommending Thompson 's book er last week . |
| 16 | The next day there was a note from Hargreaves in my pigeon-hole — I was to see Dr Gyggle that afternoon . |
| 17 | Later I was to see Magee 's huge tweed factory , or mill , on the outskirts of town , a building that resembled a giant Gothic grammar school with stained glass office windows . |
| 18 | While I was batting Franklin took an offside ball to which I offered no stroke and broke the wicket . |
| 19 | off when we went bingo and I was smoking John started coughing and you think it 's got to be these fags cos you do n't normally cough |
| 20 | I was christened Laura , you see , ’ she added , in a rush of confidence , ‘ but I never liked it . |
| 21 | ‘ But actually I was christened Georgina , ’ she volunteered in a hoarse whisper , when she could speak again . |
| 22 | Then , giving him no chance to respond , she said , ‘ I was christened Paula Mary Josephine , but everyone calls me Polly . ’ |
| 23 | I needed a shower and a change of clothes and if I was meeting Werewolf and Sorrel in Vecchio Reccione 's it was wisest to leave Armstrong behind . |
| 24 | ‘ I see , ’ he said when he learned that I was meeting Edward . |
| 25 | I was meeting Jenny for lunch . |
| 26 | I was remembering Alison , Alison wandering about the flat naked , singing , like a child . |
| 27 | ‘ The ordinary people supported me before I was made WBC champion and I now owe it to them to let the public see me , ’ he said . |
| 28 | ‘ I was born Rose Mary Brooks at Belton on the 16th November 1876 ; and after I married George Edward Pettingill we lived away from the Island . |
| 29 | I was born Julian Parry , only daughter to Rhodri Parry , a merchant of this town , dealing in wool and woollen piece goods , and married by him a year and a half ago to Master Nicholas Hussey , who held lands here north of the town . |
| 30 | Happen you doant remember back that far , but when I was nursing Harry that first day we had him , you was the one what was going to choose a name for him . |