Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How wise you were to let her stay , darling . ’ |
| 2 | If they refused we were to let her know and she 'd write to the bishop . |
| 3 | This particular trucker 's agent had gone out of business late on New Year 's Eve , one of a number of last-minute bankruptcies and mergers and a new agent would somehow have to be found to stamp his papers if Customs were to let him depart on the 20.15 sailing . |
| 4 | ‘ How would you like it if I were to let you know where you could stop the Wete Mo Nan Dlo , the biggest ceremony this year ? |
| 5 | It does please me but the thing sometimes is , you do n't get results , I mean I just said to him at half time ‘ come on we 've got to be a bit stronger , ’ you know I thought we were playing quite well , but I thought we were letting them dominate us a little bit . |
| 6 | And then I went and showed her all forms , all these form things that they 've got I were letting her read it . |
| 7 | The fumes from the beer that had once been stored in the barrel were making him feel rather sick . |
| 8 | They were supporting him , they were making him look good , and the overall strategy seemed to be working . |
| 9 | ‘ The state of my health and my voice last year were making me think seriously of my pension , ’ he said . |
| 10 | It was all overdone , like the decorations in the ward , but even while I was having a superior little mental scoff , they were making me feel obscurely uneasy and near to tears . |
| 11 | Right , were do we get , sharp words . |
| 12 | Are , are yards bigger today than they were do you think ? |
| 13 | And then we used to after that , we used to go out , every in the morning and at night , taking some feed out , to them wherever they were do you see . |
| 14 | we 'll do the margarine first , were did you put the margarine ? |
| 15 | I I was , I were help him point it at the time . |
| 16 | she would , she was seeing me do it and I respect what she says and I do what I 'm told no she did n't say that |
| 17 | They came almost in ignorance of an often sublime short game — the big attraction was to see him smash a golf ball further than anyone else in the world and their adulation proved his undoing . |
| 18 | He said to Miriam , who was helping him dress the wounds of those hurt in the recent engagement : " The poor Collector has erysipelas . |
| 19 | He did not suspect whose money was helping him become a partner . |
| 20 | It was strange that she had never thought of him before , for she now remembered how quickly he had learnt poetry when she was helping him learn to read . |
| 21 | ‘ He 'll see I have n't let things slide , ’ he said to Carrie , when she was helping him put the shelves straight . |
| 22 | And they were , you know the stallion they was helping him put it . |
| 23 | The official was helping us get a parking pass from the Campus Police . |
| 24 | Luis was helping us clean the Plaster Room after a long session of plastering . |
| 25 | ‘ Is that the chap who was helping you move in the other day ? ’ |
| 26 | Glassfibre aggregate must be as hard-wearing as anything used now , and would n't it give you a warm glow to know that your old Saucy Sal was helping you speed to your new shining craft down the newly laid section of the motorway ? |
| 27 | They needed the captain back on the rails immediately , and they knew the best way to do this was let him simmer down for 24 hours . |
| 28 | All they were told to do was let me know if you became engaged . ’ |
| 29 | My friends said she 's trouble and the last thing I should have done was let her move in and I was a bloody fool not to believe them . |
| 30 | For a few seconds before you die , you 'll know what it was made us get rough with you . ’ |