Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [was/were] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I mean it was it that we were taken to first , and I mean thee was a lot of people on it and I mean it had obviously saved a lot of lives . |
| 2 | Well that 's what I mean I was a |
| 3 | Erm if you just liken it , I mean I was a beat officer here for eight years and the sorts of things that you 'd come on duty erm to see , are you may , you might get the nutty woman , who who er , you reoccur and you have to go and see her and you ge , erm , but all the shift members can then pass that to the beat officer . |
| 4 | I , I mean I was a bit disappointed yesterday cos it was a good do |
| 5 | I mean I was the on I was the only black guy in the regiment erm for a very long time and erm you know it did n't it does n't matter what colour you are erm apart from my case , there was if you was erm if you were slow on your runs or you was n't good at at cleaning your kit you would get bullied . |
| 6 | Old Kaspar replies : ’ Why that I can not tell , ' said he , But' t was a famous victory . ' ’ |
| 7 | Some people say I was a fool and could have made a fortune . |
| 8 | Others say I was a good judge by staying home . |
| 9 | I did n't experience sexism 'til I was an adult . ’ |
| 10 | They say she was no more than a skeleton . |
| 11 | ‘ People say she was a junkie but how do they know that ? |
| 12 | People who go to sea and dislike a thing they come out with it : I say she was a Jonah . |
| 13 | He say she was a fantasic person , with time for everyone . |
| 14 | She took her Great Dane puppy for a walk for the first time , when I say she was a puppy , she was huge . |
| 15 | Did I hear that detective say you were a reporter ? ’ |
| 16 | You could n't come and , you come bouncing in here and say you were a blacksmith . |
| 17 | And is it the same size ground as the match when there was twenty five thousand in you say you were a bit bothered about it in fact ? |
| 18 | I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part . |
| 19 | It 's only then you say you were the person who telephoned . |
| 20 | Outlines of hut circles , still visible , suggest there was a permanent Brigante settlement here , supposedly one of the last strongholds against the Romans . |
| 21 | Although Mark 's expert navigation round the lesser-known hedegrows of Hampshire got us out of the bumper-to-bumper mess , I almost regretted leaving cos I expect there was a huge party somewhere on the middle of the M3 ( ‘ let's all have a disco ’ , etc . ) |
| 22 | The vet checked Sam over and said all was well , and as it was a first fit there was no need to start him on the tablets , yet . |
| 23 | Astronomers in Tokyo took a picture but reported nothing visible , although they now say there was a bright object and ‘ we can not imagine how we missed it ’ . |
| 24 | Er you say there was a choice between this and Balloon Woods , why did you actually choose ? |
| 25 | I told Patterson to follow normal procedure and he got one of the girls in the postroom to ring Airborne and say there was a package for delivery a.s.a.p. and give them just the district , EC 1 , where it was going . |
| 26 | Say there was a big cheer when he crashed his car on the strike , crashed his car on the strike , did you hear about that ? |
| 27 | We 'll have to apologise say there was a an accident . |
| 28 | Well , it was actually started by a few railway men , th right opposite Street there used to be hand laundry , and then there was a row of houses , from there , running up to the corner of Street where the club stands originally , but in the beginning it was just a row of small houses , and it started with a few railway men having a meet holding the meetings in this house , in these houses , and I 've got very dim memories of how it actually started but it was a real event when they were first , before they actually built the club it was run in the row of houses that ran from up Street as I say there was a little hand laundry corner of Street heading onto Street on the left hand side was the greengrocers , and that , they kept that greengrocers for as long as I can remember . |
| 29 | Angola wants Mr Savimbi to go into voluntary exile while elections are held , perhaps to return later , but his supporters say there was no such agreement . |
| 30 | I do n't think they could say anything , as I say there was no hosepipe ban then anyway so |