Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She reckons it were that chap she worked for , the one what lives in one of they new houses here in Upper Benbury . ’ |
| 2 | But it w it was thick , it were bloody rank it was . |
| 3 | Er er bank clerks , this was the top half er shop keepers , erm and and and sort of the further you went to they , the better the people came because they were top half I mean I remember Tom Williams the professional golfer , he lived up there . |
| 4 | If it were straight narrative it would be a Giant , but as a graphic novel its market is greatly reduced . |
| 5 | If it were full size you would have shaped the shoulders on a garment with no trouble at all and have a lovely neat edge for sewing up or grafting . |
| 6 | That were first thing I said to her this morning , I says d' ya ask |
| 7 | Alternatively if there were enough interest we could go part way on the Central Wales Line and arrange a coach pickup at an appropriate point . |
| 8 | but I were n't sure where , I think it were last week it were gon na be |
| 9 | So here I publish a picture of him ten years ago when he was Junior Minister he is enjoying a marvellous a party at London 's Intercontinental Hotel . |
| 10 | With the goal of curriculum enhancement it was possible for a junior member of staff with specific subject expertise to support a senior colleague without such expertise ; but when the goal was professional development it required a clear status differential between senior partner as trainer or consultant and junior partner as trainee or client . |
| 11 | The judge said there was little chance she 'd ever be freed . |
| 12 | The judge said there was little chance she 'd ever be freed . |
| 13 | There was little doubt it represented a major success for the objectors . |
| 14 | Er what was that word you you used last week ? |
| 15 | What was that word you started with |
| 16 | What was that nonsense you recited about rich man and beggars ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If you 're — uh — gay , as they insist on calling it these days , then I 'll just have to accept it , but I shall always blame myself , always wonder where I went wrong with you , wonder whether it was that school I sent you to , I was never sure if it was a mistake or ’ |
| 18 | If the approach was that way he would get no warning at all , and it would be on top of George — his name for the dummy sitting like a drunken son-of-a-bitch — before he knew it . |
| 19 | What was that music you were playing ? |
| 20 | ‘ Who was that man you were talking to ? ’ |
| 21 | But then there was that day she gave me the brooch what she said I was n't never to forget . |
| 22 | And course we 're doing a lot of counting today this wrist is a you know I do n't mind that you see what did that wrist was that elbow I had to have a second operation on it , in the arm up here because er I had to have some bone taken away in the elbow course it stretched guiders but they also erm disturbed the wrist joint because it was in plaster like that stretched round and disturbed the wrist joint and I ke it 's it weakened it and it 's only just it 's only just this what last nine months that it 's that it 's really started to effect this but I know what it is that 's because I keep going out doing the odd jobs |
| 23 | What was that name you told me ? |
| 24 | What was that boy I had working for me , I 've forgotten his name ? |
| 25 | Who was that client I saw in here ? |
| 26 | Och Ah shouldny laugh , bit what was that party they had like , Murdo . |
| 27 | What was that beak we used to mob up — air-nair , you were up to Wettie Wilkinson , for Constrair . |
| 28 | I felt well bloody marvellous , you now , i it was that imperative it had got ta be done , you ca n't have time o no I 'm sorry you ca n't ! |
| 29 | Was that boredom she could detect in his voice ? |
| 30 | I took part in the obstacle course which when I was that age I found it difficult . |